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The Azzanic languages are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiobian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiobian Sea, including Netagin, Aškās and Rozzigno. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the Talsmic languages.
Phylogeny
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Denti-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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central | lateral | ||||||||
Nasal | *m | *n | |||||||
Plosive | plain | *p | *t | *ṭ | *k | *q | *ʔ | ||
voiced | *b | *d | *ḍ | *g | *ɢ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | *þ *s | *ś | *h | |||||
voiced | *ð *z | *ź | |||||||
Affricate | plain | *c | *ć | ||||||
voiced | *ʒ | *ʒ́ | |||||||
Approximant | *w | *y | |||||||
Liquid | *r | *l |
Consonant correspondences
PAzz | *p | *b | *t | *d | *þ | *ð | *s | *z | *c | *ʒ | *ś | *ź | *ć | *ʒ́ | *ṭ | *ḍ | *k | *g | *q | *ɢ | *m | *n | *l | *r | *y | *w | *ʔ | *h |
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Netagin | p | b | t | d | t | d | s | z | s | z | ś | ź | ŧ | đ | ṭ | ḍ | c | g | q | ġ | m | n | l | r | ˀ, coloring | f, coloring | ˀ | ˀ |
Rozzigno | p | b | t | d | f | v | s | ż | z | ż | sci | sgi | ci | gi | ci | gi | c(h) | g(h) | ħ | għ | m | n~gn | l~gli | r | gi, coloring | v, coloring | [ʔ] | h [ʔ] |
Vowels
Similar to Baltic:
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | *i *ī | *u *ū |
Mid | *ō | |
Open | *e *ē | *a *ā |
Diphthongs | *ey *ew | *ay *aw |
Suprasegmentals
Stress fell on the first heavy syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); if there was no long syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.
Phonotactics
Grammar
Nouns
Verbs
There was an emphatic clitic =is added to verbs.