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hamśouffý džė-Šel
Pronunciation	[/ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/]
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Dodellic IlL/Spare pages 1/80

Shalian (hamśouffý džė-Šel /ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/) is a Dodellic language spoken in Cualuav. It is the sole descendant of Old Shalian. Its aesthetics is inspired by Lithuanian, Estuary English, and the Semitic conlang Alashian.

• card /tsaʋəd/ = moon, month
• cod /tsuːd/ = your armor
• mo /muː/ = new
• čawí'na /tʂəˈwɪʔnə/ = hero

Diachronics

• R-intrusion is retained within words but disappears across word boundaries.
• tʲ dʲ sʲ nʲ lʲ > ts z s ɲ l
• l > l/w
• w > v unless geminated
• ā > oː > uː ⟨o⟩
• NURSE vowel > ⟨ā⟩
• ħ > ʀ
• ʕ > h
• ʔ is retained within words but disappears initially.
• nC > CC (> Cʰ)
• plosives spirantize before a consonant

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/		n /n/			[ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless		c /t̪s/	t /t/	č /tʂ/		k /k/		' /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/		d /d/	dž /dʐ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/		š /ʂ/	ś /ɕ/	ch /x/		h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/					ř /ʀ~ʁ/
Approximant		w /w/		l /l/; r /ɹ~ʋ/		j /j/

All consonants can occur geminated except /m n ʔ h ʀ/.

Vowels

Shalian has many vowels.

a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou aw ew iw ouw uw a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ ɑʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ

Stress

Shalian has lexical stress.

Grammar

Possessive suffixes: hamśouffuw, hamśoufft, hamśouffý, hamśouffē, hamśouffřo, hamśouffáha

džė- = ezâfe

-ouff = abstract noun