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|+ Zanahi consonant orthography | |+ Zanahi consonant orthography | ||
! Letter !! | ! Letter !! Scientific transliteration !! Alternative transliterations !! IPA !! Name !! Remarks | ||
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| || ' || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} || 'ālaf | | || ' || ' || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} || 'ālaf || | ||
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| || b || {{IPA|/b/}} || | | || b || b || {{IPA|/b/}} || bēṯ || | ||
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| || v || {{IPA|/v/}} || | | || v || ḇ; bh || {{IPA|/v/}} || vēṯ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || g || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || gāmal | | || g || g || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || gāmal || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || ġ || {{IPA|/ɣ ~ ʁ/}} || | | || ḡ || gh; ɣ; ġ || {{IPA|/ɣ ~ ʁ/}} || ḡāmal || | ||
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| || | | || ǧ || j || {{IPA|/d͡ʒ/} || ǧāmal || Used in Arabic and other foreign loanwords. | ||
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| || | | || d || d || {{IPA|/d̪/}} || dālaṯ || | ||
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| || | | || ḏ || dh; ð || {{IPA|/ð/}} || ḏālaṯ || | ||
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| || | | || h || h || {{IPA|/h/}} || hē || | ||
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| || | | || w || w || {{IPA|/w/}} || wāw || | ||
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| || | | || z || z || {{IPA|/z/}} || zayn || | ||
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| || | | || ḥ || ħ; h'; 7 || {{IPA|/ħ/}} || ḥēṯ || | ||
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| || | | || ḫ || kh; ch; x; 7' || {{IPA|/x ~ χ/}} || ḫēṯ || Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | ||
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| || | | || ṭ || t'; 6 || {{IPA|/t̪ˁ/}} || ṭēṯ || | ||
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| || | | || ẓ || z'; dh'; ð̣; 6' || {{IPA|/ðˁ/}} || ẓēṯ || Used in Arabic loanwords. | ||
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| || | | || y || || {{IPA|/j/}} || yōḏ || | ||
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| || | | || k || || {{IPA|/k/}} || kāf || | ||
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| || | | || ḵ || kh; ch; x || {{IPA|/x ~ χ/}} || ḵāf || | ||
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| || | | || č || ch; tsh || {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} || čāf || Used in non-Semitic loanwords. | ||
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| || | | || l || || {{IPA|/l/}} || lāmaḏ || | ||
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| || | | || m || || {{IPA|/m/}} || mīm || | ||
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| || | | || n || || {{IPA|/n/}} || nūn || | ||
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| || | | || s || || {{IPA|/s/}} || samkaṯ || | ||
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| || | | || ʻ || c; "; 3 || {{IPA|/ʕ/}} || ʻayn || | ||
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| || | | || ġ || gh; ɣ; 3' || {{IPA|/ɣ ~ ʁ/}} || ġayn || Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | ||
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| || | | || p || || {{IPA|/p/}} || pē || | ||
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| || | | || f || p̄; ph || {{IPA|/f/}} || fē || | ||
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| || þ|| {{IPA|/θ/}} || | | || ṣ || s'; 9 || {{IPA|/sˁ/}} || ṣāḏē || | ||
|- | |||
| || ḍ || d'; 9' || {{IPA|/d͡ɮˁ/}} || ḍāḏē || | |||
|- | |||
| || q || ḳ || {{IPA|/q/}} || qōf || | |||
|- | |||
| || r || || {{IPA|/r/}} || rēš || | |||
|- | |||
| || š || sh || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} || šīn || | |||
|- | |||
| || t || || {{IPA|/t̪/}} || tāw || | |||
|- | |||
| || ṯ || th; θ; þ || {{IPA|/θ/}} || ṯāw || | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 24 November 2022
Zanahi (native: zanāhī, haṭ-ṭaṣwā haz-zanāhiyyā) is an Indo-European language with a high degree of Semitic influence.
Zanahi | |
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zanāhī | |
Pronunciation | [zænæːhiː] |
Created by | Shariifka |
Indo-European
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Early form | Proto-Zanahi
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Introduction
Zanahi is a satem language.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Denti-alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
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plain | emphatic | |||||||||
Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | ||||||||
Stop | voiceless | /p/ | /t̪/ | /t̪ʕ/ | /k/ | /q/ | /ʔ/ | |||
voiced | /b/ | /d̪/ | /d͡ɮˤ/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /ɡ/ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | /f/ | /θ/ | /s/ | /sˤ/ | /ʃ/ | /x ~ χ/ | /ħ/ | /h/ | |
voiced | /v/ | /ð/ | /z/ | /ðˤ/ | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ | /ʕ/ | ||||
Trill | /r/ | |||||||||
Approximant | /l/ | /j/ | /w/ |
Vowels
Short | Long | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Back | Front | Back | |
Close | /i/ | /u/ | /iː/ | /uː/ |
Mid | /eː/ | /oː/ | ||
Open | /a/ | /aː/ | ||
Diphthongs | /aw/, /aj/ |
Orthography
Letter | Scientific transliteration | Alternative transliterations | IPA | Name | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
' | ' | /ʔ/ | 'ālaf | ||
b | b | /b/ | bēṯ | ||
v | ḇ; bh | /v/ | vēṯ | ||
g | g | /ɡ/ | gāmal | ||
ḡ | gh; ɣ; ġ | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ | ḡāmal | ||
ǧ | j | /d͡ʒ/} | ǧāmal | Used in Arabic and other foreign loanwords. | |
d | d | /d̪/ | dālaṯ | ||
ḏ | dh; ð | /ð/ | ḏālaṯ | ||
h | h | /h/ | hē | ||
w | w | /w/ | wāw | ||
z | z | /z/ | zayn | ||
ḥ | ħ; h'; 7 | /ħ/ | ḥēṯ | ||
ḫ | kh; ch; x; 7' | /x ~ χ/ | ḫēṯ | Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | |
ṭ | t'; 6 | /t̪ˁ/ | ṭēṯ | ||
ẓ | z'; dh'; ð̣; 6' | /ðˁ/ | ẓēṯ | Used in Arabic loanwords. | |
y | /j/ | yōḏ | |||
k | /k/ | kāf | |||
ḵ | kh; ch; x | /x ~ χ/ | ḵāf | ||
č | ch; tsh | /t͡ʃ/ | čāf | Used in non-Semitic loanwords. | |
l | /l/ | lāmaḏ | |||
m | /m/ | mīm | |||
n | /n/ | nūn | |||
s | /s/ | samkaṯ | |||
ʻ | c; "; 3 | /ʕ/ | ʻayn | ||
ġ | gh; ɣ; 3' | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ | ġayn | Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | |
p | /p/ | pē | |||
f | p̄; ph | /f/ | fē | ||
ṣ | s'; 9 | /sˁ/ | ṣāḏē | ||
ḍ | d'; 9' | /d͡ɮˁ/ | ḍāḏē | ||
q | ḳ | /q/ | qōf | ||
r | /r/ | rēš | |||
š | sh | /ʃ/ | šīn | ||
t | /t̪/ | tāw | |||
ṯ | th; θ; þ | /θ/ | ṯāw |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Lenition
Non-emphatic plosives undergo lenition to fricatives (analogous to "begadkefat" in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew) in certain environments.
Un-lenited | Lenited |
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/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
Person/ Number |
Independent | Dependent |
---|---|---|
1S | ammā | -mā |
2SM | antā | -tā/-þā |
2SF | antī | -tī/þī |
3SM | hattā | -hā |
3SF | hattī | -hī |
1P | annā | -nā |
2PM | antān | -tān/þān |
2PF | antīn | -tīn/þīn |
3PM | hattān | -hān |
3PF | hattīn | -hīn |
Demonstrative pronouns
Distance | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
masc. | fem. | masc. | fem. | |
Near | sā | sī | sān | sīn |
Far | tā | tī | tān | tīn |
Nouns and adjectives
Nouns do not decline for case.
There are two genders: masculine and feminine.The feminine is most often marked with the ending -ā.
There are two numbers: singular and plural.
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and definiteness.
The definite article is ha-, which is prefixed to the noun/adjective causes the first consonant to geminate if it is not pharngeal or glottal. There is no indefinite article.
Below is an example declension for the adjective bān "clear":
Gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indef. | def. | indef. | def. | |
Masculine | bān | hab-bān | bānīn | hab-bānīn |
Feminine | bānā | hab-bānā | bānān | hab-bānān |