Netagin

In the Unbegotten timeline, Netagin is a classical language of Edna's conworld, belonging to the Idavic language family. Netagin has influenced many other languages such as Ouřefr and Shalaian. Netagin is intended to be optimized for writing piyyutim: like Hebrew, Netagin has final stress and stressed suffixes, so that it is natural to rhyme by having the last syllables the same like in Jewish piyyutim.

It's inspired by Hebrew, Old English, Welsh, Czech, and Windermere.

Gibberish

Hazaj meter:
Tygůň šatlej řy-čaňňewěr,
Kadob pehlať a-wahmawěr,
ale'ad tu pa-nojjanneň,
Hypyre đůj wyto šotneň.

Shakhar Avakeshkha:
Takuň pyčie takuň
Pařuj palenůk hoj,
Eki šakow leťiň
Absan tapien lahoj.

Yigdal meter:
Peslaň mygeptak ďah mynej we'ůx,
Mirěť čapa koriň a-ruze'ůx.
Dolper aniw nelieň taja tožie,
Bon niem sa pakawiň lyňa pežie.

Phonology

Consonants

Conservative within its family

		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal(ized)		Velar
Nasal		m /m/		n /n/		ň /ɲ/
Plosive		p /p/	b /b/	t /t/	d /d/	ť /c/	ď /ɟ/	k /k/	g /g/
Fricative				s /s/	z /z/	š /ʃ/	ž /ʒ/	x /x/	h /ɣ/
Affricate				c /ts/		č /tʃ/	đ /dʒ/
Flap				r /ɾ/
Trill				ř /r̥/
Approximant		w /v/		l /l~ɫ/		j /j/

Vowels

Less conservative; vowels in stressed syllables are lengthened, unstressed vowels reduced when historically short

a e i o ě ů u ie a y /a e i o ea oa~u ʏ~ø ɪ ə~ɐ ɨ~ɪ/

Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic a:

• In pretonic syllables, a is pronounced /ɐ/;
• In propretonic syllables, a is pronounced /ə/.

Diachronics:

In stressed syllables: a e i u ā ē ī ū > a ea e o oa ie i y usually.

In pretonic syllables: a o i e > a a e e; in propretonic syllables: a o i e > a a y y

Stress

Usually final, some penultimately-stressed "segolates" CVCVC or CVCCV

Penult long vowels + every other stress gives the language a distinctive "Scotch snap" rhythm.

Phonotactics

no initial clusters, max cluster length 2

cluster consonants can be arbitrary as long as voice assimilated

Possible vowel final vowels: /ɪ, e, a, ea, oa, i, ɨ/ (cf TibH /ɔ, ɛ, e, o, i, u/)

Vowel reduction

Pretonic to propretonic: (Most commonly occuring type) a > a, e > y.

Tonic to pretonic: *a, *o > a; *e > e; *i > y

Morphology

Pronominal markers

Netagin has five series of personal markers:

• Independent personal pronouns, serving as subject pronouns in independent clauses (corresponding to Lushootseed čad-words)
• Emphatic personal pronouns: used for emphasis, and for calling someone with a 2nd person pronoun (corresponding to Lushootseed ʔaca-words)
• Alienable prefixes
• Inalienable/preposition/conjunction suffixes
• Verb object affixes

	1sg	2sg		3sg		1pl		2pl	3pl
		m.	f.	m.	f.	exclusive	inclusive
Independent	xiel	xied	xieš	en	ě	xoť	xub	xuď	ěv
Emphatic	ali	adů	adůš	enpa	espa	ynťů	ynťieb	yndi	evpa
Alienable	l(e)-	t(e)-	est(e)-	en-/em-	es-	ť(e)-	n(e)-	č(e)-	ha-
Inalienable	-al	-ad	-adie	-í	-as	-ať	-ab	-ned	-es
Verb object affixes	-al	-ad	-adie	-í	-as	-ať	-ab	-ned	-es

Nouns and adjectives

Todo: neuter/nonbinary gender

Netagin has 2 genders (masculine, feminine) and two cases (nominative, genitive); the feminine gender evolved from the Proto-Idavic abstract/honorific gender.

Netagin case affixes are regular:

	lyt (m.) = man		ďašatle (f.) = sparrow
	singular	plural	singular	plural
Nominative	lyt	lytů	ďašatle	ďašatla
Genitive	lyto	lytůx	ďašatlěn	ďašatlěx

Declension of -in words: Arbecin (of the city Arbec)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
Nominative	Arbecin	Arbecjů	Arbecie	Arbecja
Genitive	Arbecjo	Arbecjůx	Arbecien	Arbeciex

In a genitive or prepositional phrase, only the last noun takes the genitive; the genitive thus functions more like an "end of noun phrase marker".

Stem changes in the genitive and plural can get pretty bad

Possessive affixes

ne, sg.f. ně = Lushootseed ti, tsi

pa, sg.f. pů = Lushootseed kʷi, kʷsi

Verbs

some binyanim should do Lushootseed style triggers

Binyan	Imperfective	Perfective	Active Participle	Passive Participle	Verbnoun
1	1å2a3	-i12a3	1ö2e3	1e2o3	1å2e3, 1a2i3
2	1a2ö3	-a12u3	1å2i3	1å2u3	1å2å3
3	ʔa12i13	-å12e3	bi11u2å3	þi11u2å3	ʔa12o3
4	ʔa1å2e3	-a1e2u3	ba12a3	þa12å3	ʔa12a3ö
5	þa12u3	-uþ1å2e3	buþ1å2o3	þuþ1å2o3	þa12ö3ö
6	ʔi1:å2a3	-u1:e2o3	bu1:e2o3	þu1:e2o3	ʔu1:å2e3
7	ʔiþþa1å2o3	-uþþa1å2e3	buþþa1å2o3	þuþþa1å2o3	þiþþa1å2ī3
8	ʔi21å2e3	-i21e2o3	bu21å2o3	þu21å2o3	ʔu21å2e3
9	1as2o3	-u1is2o3	bu1as2o3	þu1as2o3	þu1as2e3
10	1a2å2a3	-i12å2o3	bu12å2o3	þu12å2o3	þu12å2e3
11	1a2å2e3	-i12e2o3	bu12e2o3	þu12e2o3	þi12å2e3
12	1i31a2o3	-i1i31e2o3	bu1i31å2o3	þu1i31å2o3	1i31å2e3

Syntax

Borrow from Lushootseed syntax: predicate first

Sample texts

A vegan war song

(Ye who contend for sentient-justice)