Swuntsim

Modern Adetsib/Lexicon

Modern Adetsib/Swadesh list

Modern Adetsib is a particular lect of Adetsib; it is a Naquic language like Naquian. It is spoken by the modern Adetsib people while Ancient Adetsib is still used liturgically as a classical language.

Phonology

In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now.

Consonants

Swuntsim consonants

		Labial	Dental		Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
			central	lateral
Nasal		m m	n n			ng ŋ
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t			k k		ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g
Fricative		f f	s s	σ ɬ	š ʃ		x̌ (χ) χ	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

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

Vowels

Middle Adetsib:

i ü u e ə o a ā /i ü uː eː ə ɔː a aː/

Modern Adetsib:

i ü u e ö ə o ä a /i y u e ø ə o æ a/?

Stress

Always penultimate

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!