Suwáá/Wordlist

The Azzanic languages are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including Tergetian, ʔAškāsīnių (čegānų ʔAškāsīnių) and Rozzino. In particular, ʔAškāsīnių is extremely conservative. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the Talsmic languages.

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants

		Labial	Denti-alveolar		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
			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
Tergetian	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
Rozzino	p	b	t	d	f	v	s	ż	z	ż	sci	sgi	ci	gi	ci	gi	c(h)	g(h)	qu	gu	m	n	l	r	gi, coloring	v, coloring	[ʔ]	h [ʔ]
ʔAškāsīnių	f	b	t	d	þ	ð	s	z	c	dz	š	ž	č	dž	ṭ	ḍ	k	g	q	ʕ	m	n	l	r	j	v	ʔ	h

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 (CVː or CVC) syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); in the absence of a heavy syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.

Grammar

Proto-Azzanic had Philippine alignment as does Rozzino and ʔAškāsīnių. Verb-initial clauses were the norm as in Semitic and Austronesian languages.

Nouns

Nouns and adjectives declined for three cases: direct, indirect and genitive.

Verbs

Verbs had an extensive trigger system marked by various binyanim. Verbs also inflected for the tense and subject (the argument in the direct case). There was an emphatic clitic =is added to verbs.