Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people

Ancient Adetsib/Lexicon

Ancient Adetsib/Swadesh list

Ancient Adetsib (ʔadəcib) is the ancient language of the Adetsib people in Etalocin; it is still used as a liturgical language among the Adetsib people. It is a Naquic language like Naquian. Ancient Adetsib has several modern descendants:

• Modern Adetsib

It's inspired by (English-accented) Lushootseed.

sʔabšid = say goodbye

šə = article

-əd = accusative

-əʔ = obviate

lə-, xʷə-, ʔə-, gʷə-, sə-, yə- = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl

dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water

łux̌ils = mother, təlx̌ils = father

łuʔəq, təlič = woman, man

Phonology

Consonants

Adetsib lost Proto-Naquic ejectives and denasalized Proto-Naquic nasals /m n/ into /b d/.

Hmøøh/Swuntsim people consonants

		Labial	Dental		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t			k k	kʷ (kw) kʷ	q q	qʷ (qw) qʷ	ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g	gʷ (gw) gʷ
Fricative			s s	ł (σ) ɬ	š ʃ		xʷ (xw) xʷ	x̌ (χ) χ	x̌ʷ (χw) χʷ	h h
Affricate	tenuis		c ts	ƛ (ξ) tɬ	č tʃ
	voiced		dᶻ (dz) dz		ǰ (j) dʒ
Approximant				l l	y j		w w	[ʟ]

• /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
• [ʟ] is an allophone of /l/ when not before a vowel.

Vowels

i u ə a /i ü ə a/

Notes

• /ü/ is fully back [u] before /l/.
• /ə/ is [ɔ] before /l/.

Stress

Always penultimate

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!