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'''gw, chw''' become '''g, ch''' before rounded vowels /y u o/; '''g''' is an allophone of '''gw''' before /y u o/.
'''gw, chw''' become '''g, ch''' before rounded vowels /y u o/; '''g''' is an allophone of '''gw''' before /y u o/.
'''r''' is used in loanwords.


Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant)
Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant)

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Swuntsim
Sfətsiv
Pronunciation[/sfətsiv/]
Created byIlL
SettingVerse:Tricin
Extinct500dd
Tsimulh-Naquic
  • Swuntsim
Language codes
ISO 639-3qnq
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Sfətsiv (pronunciation: /sfətsiv/) is an modern Tsimulh language. It is the vernacular language of the Adhəchwə people.

It's inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.

Todo

Diachronical sketch

  • i u ə a il ul əl al > at first i ü ə a ẽ ũ õ ã > then i ü ə a e(n) u(n) o(n) a(n) (kill nasalization before fricatives and word-finally)
  • q qʷ > ŋ ŋʷ > n m
  • > w when not word initial.
  • sb sd > zv zd
  • > f
  • ʔC > C: (geminate)
  • /ʔb ʔd/ > /b d/
  • Zəpətj ʔusansj ʔəsoməv tüdjonf = the living fish swims in water
  • σüches = mother; toches = father
  • tüdjo = water
  • dbic = house
  • σüʔən, tolitj = woman, man
  • Lə-toches bicf = My father is at home.
  • üvC > uuC

Phonology

Consonants

Swuntsim consonants
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Laryngeal Glottal
central lateral plain lab'zed
Nasal m m n n
Stop tenuis p p t t c k cw ʔ ʔ
voiced b b d d (g g) gw
Fricative voiceless f f s s σ ɬ sj ʃ ch χ chw χʷ h h
voiced v v dh ð
z z
Affricate tenuis ts ts ξ tj
voiced dj
Approximant (r r) y j w w l ɴ̆

gw, chw become g, ch before rounded vowels /y u o/; g is an allophone of gw before /y u o/.

r is used in loanwords.

Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant)

Vowels

i ü u e ə o å a /i y u e ə o ɔ a/ + long vowels. No diphthongs, tho.

Stress

???

Grammar

-sj: Definite suffix?

-s: genitive

-s: past tense

-s- is often inserted between nouns in compounds.