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'''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. | '''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== | ==Phonology== | ||
In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now. | In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now. Still weird, in that it has no liquids. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Always penultimate | Always penultimate | ||
==Phrasebook== | ==Phrasebook== | ||
*''yəyʔ'' = hello | *''yəyʔ'' = hello | ||
Revision as of 05:57, 23 December 2017
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. Still weird, in that it has no liquids.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | lab'zed | |||||
| Nasal | m m | n n | ng ŋ | ngw ŋʷ | ||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | c k | cw kʷ | ʔ ʔ | ||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | gw gʷ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f f | s s | σ ɬ | sj ʃ | ch χ | chw χʷ | h h |
| voiced | v v | dh ð z z |
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| Affricate | tenuis | ts ts | ξ tɬ | tj tʃ | ||||
| voiced | dj dʒ | |||||||
| Approximant | y j | w w | ||||||
- /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
- [ʟ] is an allophone of /l/ when not before a vowel.
Vowels
Has to have /y/ (e.g. Sguðitn)
Middle Adetsib:
i ü u e ə o a ā /i ü uː eː ə ɔː a aː/
Modern Adetsib:
i ü u e ə o ä a /i y u e ø ə o æ a/?
Stress
Always penultimate
Phrasebook
- yəyʔ = hello
- ʔabšid! = goodbye!