Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people

Ancient Adutsib/Lexicon

Ancient Adutsib/Swadesh list

Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
ʔadəcib
Created by	IlL
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Extinct	500dd
Language family	Naquic Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
Language codes
ISO 639-3	qnq

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

• Sfətsiv

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

sʔabšid = say goodbye

šə = article

-əd = accusative (patientive)

-əʔ = accusative (non-patientive)

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

bikʷ 'house' ~ Naq. miqui

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	q q	qʷ qʷ	ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g	gʷ gʷ
Fricative			s s	ł ɬ	š ʃ		xʷ xʷ	x̌ χ	x̌ʷ χʷ	h h
Affricate	tenuis		c ts	ƛ tɬ	č tʃ
	voiced		dᶻ dz		ǰ dʒ
Approximant				l l	y j		w w	[ʟ]

• /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
• [ʟ] (vocalized l) 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

Nouns

Cases

• -(ə)d: accusative (patient)
• -(ə)ʔ: accusative (non-patient)
• -s: genitive

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!