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Netagin, like its relative [[Shalaian]], is also inspired by Hebrew and Philadelphia English but | Netagin, like its relative [[Shalaian]], is also inspired by Hebrew and Philadelphia English but is more [[Judeo-Gaelic]] and A-Arabic-inspired than [[Shalaian]]. | ||
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| Setting | Verse:AETHER |
Shalaic
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Netagin (Năhtuovin) is a Sami, Romanian and Windermere-inspired Shalaic language. It is related to Shalaian but phonologically is less conservative.
Netagin has notably developed Uralic-style consonant gradation. It also has non-rhoticity as a historical sound change, a sprachbund feature it shares with Shalaian.
About
External history
This is the sixth reincarnation of Netagin (my past Hebrew-inspired conlangs).
I was getting bored of standard-fare Semitic and Celtic aesthetics, so I decided to try out a much more (Northern and Skolt) Sami aesthetic this time and see what sticks. I'm probably still going to take some aesthetic influence from Windermere and Skellan.
Internal history
Netagin, like its relative Shalaian, is also inspired by Hebrew and Philadelphia English but is more Judeo-Gaelic and A-Arabic-inspired than Shalaian.
Internal² history
Shalaian and Netagin belong to a common sprachbund. They are two different branches of the Shalaic family that convergently evolved to share the following features:
- Preglottalization
- A large vowel system but no front rounded vowels
- Historical non-rhoticity
- Verb-initial syntax
- Split-ergativity
Unlike Shalaian, Netagin is a "satem" language, i.e. labiovelars become plain velars and plain velars become palatalized.
Phonology
"Sami but more Judeo-Gaelic and Windermere"
Vowels
/i ɨ u ɛ ɔ ə a iə uə eə oə ai əi əu/ i ĭ u e o ă a ie uo ea oa ai ăi ău
Proto-Netagin a ā i ī u ū ə + modal/stød -> a uo e/ea i/ie o/oa u/uo ĭ/ă
Consonants
- Nasals: m bm hm n dn hn /m pm m̥ː n tn n̥ː/
- Stops:
- p hp b hb ƀ /pʰ ʔpʰ p~b hp v/
- t ht d hd đ /tʰ ʔtʰ t~d ht ð/
- c hc z hz ƶ /tsʰ ʔtsʰ ts~dz hts z/
- č hč j hj ɉ /tʃʰ ʔtʃʰ tʃ~dʒ htʃ ʒ/
- ξ hξ λ hλ ƛ /tɬʰ ʔtɬʰ tɬ~dɮ htɬ l/
- k hk g hg /kʰ ʔkʰ k~g hk/
- q hq /qʰ ʔqʰ/
- Fricatives: s ss š šš σ σσ h hh /s sː ʃ ʃː ɬ ɬː h xː/
- Other resonants:
- l ll hl /ʟ qː χː/
- r rr hr /r tr r̥ː/
- y yy hy /j cː çː/
- w ww hw /w kʷː xʷː/
Stress
Stress is always initial, except some derivational prefixes.
Gradation
Clusters are similar to Shalaian clusters, but some assimilate into geminates
Morphology
Nouns
Netagin has singular, dual, and plural numbers. Grammatical gender is animate vs inanimate.
Todo: Even and odd nouns
Possessive markers
Possessive markers have different forms depending on number and case.
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Adjectives
animate:
- nominative: qoahđbi /qʰoəθːpi/, qoađbidd /qʰoəðbidːt/, qoađbun /qʰoəðbun/ <- PShal *qũdba, *qũdband, *qũdbaan
- genitive: qoađbăt /qʰoəðbət/, qoahđbinid /qʰoəθ:pinid/, qoahđbă /qʰoəθ:pə/ <- *qũdbat, *qũdband=igid, *qũdbii
inanimate
- nominative: qoahđb, qoađbădd, qoahđbu <- *qũdbu, *qũdbund, *qũdbaa
- genitive: qoađb, qoahđbinid, qoađbuk <- *qũdbuk, *qũdbund=igid, *qũdbaak
Pronouns
Independent pronouns
- 1s hweal
- 2s hwead
- 1d hweażab
- 2d hweanib
- 1p hweaż
- 2p hweani
Syntax
Lushootseed (predicate first)?
Myl las oszað, byddzal = Give me your hand, my love
Vocabulary
Shalaian as major loan source?