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|''lon'' | |||
|''lowae'' | |||
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!|1.in | |||
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|''lod'' | |||
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|''lo'' | |||
|''lob'' | |||
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|''loz'' | |||
|''lox'' | |||
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Revision as of 01:26, 14 June 2016
Xaetjeonw /ɮɛtʃən/ (Xaetjeon: baeyghnae Xaetjeon) is a Naquic language whose aesthetics is based on Praimhín's Rencadian (which has been abandoned by the author). It is a modern descendant of Naquian.
Numbers 1-12: baev, diho, natj-S, tqov, dzaweo, bael-S, oth, loseoth, bas-S, gaeyo, dav, dadheo-S (multiples of 3 seimhiu)
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||||
| Stop/Affricate | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | dz /ts/ | dx /tɬ/ | dj /tʃ/ | g /k/ | |
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | tq /tɬʰ/ | tj /tʃʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | q /ɬ/ | sj /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ |
| voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/ | z /z/ | x /ɮ/ | zj /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | ||
| Approximant | l /ɫ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||||
- Notes
- In casual speech, the unaspirated stops and affricates /p t ts tɬ tʃ k/ are voiced intervocalically to [b d dz dɮ dʒ ɡ].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /ɪ/ | eu /ɨ/ | u /ʊ/ |
| Mid | ae /ɛ/ | eo /ə/ | o /ɔ/ |
| Open | a /a/ |
Lenition
| Normal | p | t | ts | s | tq | q | tj | sj | c | b | d | dz | z | dx | x | dj | zj | g |
| Lenited | f | th | s | h | q | h | sj | h | ch | v | dh | z | 0 | x | 0 | zj | 0 | gh |
| Normal | m | n | ng | w | l | r | y |
| Lenited | w | n | ng | w | w | r | y |
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans, stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Case
Xaetjeon nouns have only two cases, nominative and vocative. The vocative is formed by leniting the noun.
Number
Plural nouns are marked with a prefix dxa-L.
Definiteness
Definite nouns are marked with a suffix -nae.
Adjectives
Adjectives following feminine nouns lenite.
Verbs
Copula
| Present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1.ex | lon | lowae |
| 1.in | - | lod |
| 2 | lo | lob |
| 3 | loz | lox |