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Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender.
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender.
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! Absolute
| bān || bānā || bānawn || bānatawn || bānān || bānātān
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! Construct
| bān || bānat || bānaw || bānataw || bānā || bānāt
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Revision as of 16:19, 22 November 2022

Zanahi (native: zanāhī, haṭ-ṭaṣwā haz-zanāhiyyā) is an Indo-European language with a high degree of Semitic influence.

Zanahi
zanāhī
Pronunciation[zænæːhiː]
Created byShariifka
Early form
Proto-Zanahi

Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Zanahi
Labial Dental Denti-alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
plain emphatic
Nasal m n
Stop voiceless p k q ʔ
voiced b ɡ
Fricative voiceless f θ s ʃ x ~ χ ħ h
voiced v ð z ɣ ~ ʁ ʕ
Trill r
Approximant l j w

Vowels

Vowel phonemes of Zanahi
Short Long
Front Back Front Back
Close /i/ /u/ /iː/ /uː/
Mid /eː/ /oː/
Open /a/ /aː/
Diphthongs /aw/, /aj/

Orthography

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Lenition

Non-emphatic plosives undergo lenition to fricatives (analogous to "begadkefat" in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew) in certain environments.

Consonants that undergo lenition
Un-lenited Lenited
/b/ /v/
/ɡ/ /ɣ ~ ʁ/
/d/ /ð/
/k/ /x ~ χ/
/p/ /f/
/t/ /θ/

Morphology

Like Arabic, Zanahi words are traditionally classified in three categories: nominals, verbs, and particles.

Nominals

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Nouns and adjectives

Nouns do not decline for case. However, they have two states: the absolute and construct states.

There are two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine is most often marked with the ending (which becomes -at in the construct case).

There are three numbers: singular, dual, and plural. However, the dual is most often used for nouns that usually come in pairs; in other cases, it can optionally be replaced with the plural.

Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender.

Adverbs

Verbs

Particles

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources