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The hypothetical ''qC~lC'' gradation has merged into ''llC~lC'' gradation.
The hypothetical ''qC~lC'' gradation has merged into ''llC~lC'' gradation.


====Sibilant-obstruent clusters====
====Sibilant-stop clusters====
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!style="width: 100px;"|Weak (I)  
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|| ''sp, st, etc.'' /sp, st, .../ || ''șp, șt, etc.'' /ʃp, ʃt, .../ || ''łp, łt, etc.'' /ɬp, ɬt, .../
|| ''sp, st, sț, sξ, sc, sq'' /sp, st, sts, stʃ, stɬ, sk, sq/ || ''șp, șt, șc̦, șξ, șc, șq'' /ʃp, ʃt, ʃtʃ, ʃtɬ, ʃk, ʃq/ || ''łp, łt, łc, łq'' /ɬp, ɬt, ɬk, ɬq/
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!style="width: 100px;"|Strong (II) = Overlong (III)
!style="width: 100px;"|Strong (II) = Overlong (III)
|| ''spp, stt, etc.'' /sːp, sːt, .../ || ''șpp, ștt, etc.'' /ʃːp, ʃːt, .../ || ''łpp, łtt, etc.'' /ɬːp, ɬːt, .../
|| ''spp, stt, sțț, sξξ, scc, sqq'' /sːp, sːt, sːts, sːtɬ, sːk, sːq/ || ''șpp, ștt, etc.'' /ʃːp, ʃːt, ʃːtʃ, ʃːtɬ, ʃːk, ʃːq/ || ''łpp, łtt, łcc, łqq'' /ɬːp, ɬːt, ɬːk, ɬːq/
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Revision as of 20:14, 27 April 2020

Older draft
Năhtuıyin
Created byUser:IlL
SettingVerse:AETHER
Shalaic
  • Older draft

Netagin (Năhtuıyin /ˈnəʔtʰʉjin/) is a Sami, Hebrew 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 but in a much more limited fashion (Only word-final /r/ is lost).

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 (mainly Northern and Skolt) Sami aesthetic and make the Hebrew influence much more subtle (at least phonologically).

Internal history

Netagin is a conlang created by Edna Ashe. Like its relative Shalaian, it is loosely inspired by Hebrew and (in-universe) Philadelphia English, and Celtic languages.

Both Netagin and Shalaian are used as liturgical languages in Ashe's personal system of spirituality.

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
  • Large vowel system
  • 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

"Northern + Skolt Sami but more Windermere and Tíogall"

Vowels

/ɪ u ɛ ɔ ə ɨ a iə uə eə oə ɨə/ i u e o ă ĭ a ia ua ea oa ĭa

Umlauted counterparts of the above are marked with ı:

/i ʉ e ɵ ɨ æ ie ue ie oe ɨɪ/ iı uı eı ăı aı ieı ueı eaı oeı ĭeı

Proto-Netagin a ā i ī u ū ə + modal/stød -> a o/oa e/ea i/ie u/ua ă ĭ/ĭa

Consonants

  • Nasals: m bm bmm hm hmm n dn dnn hn hnn /m pm p:m m̥ː m̥:: n tn t:n n̥ː n̥ː:/
  • Stops:
    • p hp hpp b hb hbb f /pʰ ʔpʰ ʔ:pʰ p~b hp h:p v/
    • t ht htt d hd hdd th /tʰ ʔtʰ t~d ht ð/
    • ț hț hțț ḑ hḑ hḑḑ z /tsʰ ʔtsʰ ts~dz hts z/
    • c̦ hc̦ hc̦c̦ ģ hģ hģģ j /tʃʰ ʔtʃʰ tʃ~dʒ htʃ ʒ/
    • ξ hξ hξξ λ hλ hλλ ƛ /tɬʰ ʔtɬʰ tɬ~dɮ htɬ l/
    • c hc hcc g hg hgg /kʰ ʔkʰ k~g hk/
    • q hq hqq /qʰ ʔqʰ/
  • Fricatives: s ss s's ș șș ș'ș σ σσ σ'σ h hh h'h /s sː ʃ ʃː ɬ ɬː h xː/
  • Other resonants:
    • l ll gll hl hll /ʟ qː χː/
    • r rr drr hr hrr /r tr r̥ː/
    • y yy gyy hy hyy /j cː çː/
    • w ww gww hw hww /w kʷː xʷː/

/ʟ/ is really a pharyngealized nasalized approximant [ʁ̃ˁ].

Stress

Stress is always final.

Gradation

There are 3 gradation grades in Netagin morphology, termed weak, strong, overlong or I, II, III. These are purely morphological: different forms a word may require different grades, and a form may be marked through gradation alone.

Simple consonants

Weak (I) f b th d z ḑ y ģ ƛ λ j g q /q⁼/ s ș σ h m n l r y w
Strong (II) hb hp hd ht hḑ hț hģ hc̦ hλ hξ hg hc hq ss șș σσ hh bm dn ll rr yy ww
Overlong (III) hbb hpp hdd htt hḑḑ hțț hģģ hc̦c̦ hλλ hξξ hgg hcc hqq ss șș σσ hh hm hn gll drr gyy gww

Geminates

Geminates in Netagin largely arise from historical nC, /ʔ h/ + C, C + /ʔ h/ → C: sound changes.

Weak (I) hb hp hd ht hḑ hț hģ hc̦ hλ hξ hg hc hq ss șș σσ hh bm dn ll rr yy ww hl hr hy hw
Strong (II) = Overlong (III) hbb hpp hdd htt hḑḑ hțț hģģ hc̦c̦ hλλ hξξ hgg hcc hqq s's ș'ș σ'σ h'h bmm /p:m/ dnn /t:n/ gll /q:ʟ/ drr /t:ɾ/ gyy /ɟː/ gww /gːʷ/ hll hrr hyy hww

Clusters with resonants

Cluster type PR RR FR RX, R ≠ l lX (l = /ʟ/)
Weak (I) PIR RRII FIR RXI lXI
Strong (II) PIIR RRII FItR RXII qXI
Overlong (III) PIIIR RRIII FIIR RXIII llXI
  • R = resonant /m n ʟ r j w/
  • X = obstruent
  • P = stop
  • F = fricative /s ʃ ɬ/
  • CI, CII, CIII = simple consonant in the corresponding gradation grade

Stop-obstruent clusters

Weak (I) f + single unasp. stop f + single asp. stop th + single unasp. stop th + single asp. stop w + single unasp. stop w + single asp. stop
Strong (II) = Overlong (III) b + single unasp. stop p + single asp. stop d + single unasp. stop t + single asp. stop g + single unasp. stop k + single asp. stop

The hypothetical qC~lC gradation has merged into llC~lC gradation.

Sibilant-stop clusters

Weak (I) sp, st, sț, sξ, sc, sq /sp, st, sts, stʃ, stɬ, sk, sq/ șp, șt, șc̦, șξ, șc, șq /ʃp, ʃt, ʃtʃ, ʃtɬ, ʃk, ʃq/ łp, łt, łc, łq /ɬp, ɬt, ɬk, ɬq/
Strong (II) = Overlong (III) spp, stt, sțț, sξξ, scc, sqq /sːp, sːt, sːts, sːtɬ, sːk, sːq/ șpp, ștt, etc. /ʃːp, ʃːt, ʃːtʃ, ʃːtɬ, ʃːk, ʃːq/ łpp, łtt, łcc, łqq /ɬːp, ɬːt, ɬːk, ɬːq/

Morphology

Nouns

Netagin has singular, dual, and plural numbers, and animate and inanimate genders. Some inanimates end in -ă, which is cognate to the Shalaian honorific suffix -er.

Netagin nouns take the definite article pă and the specific article nă.

Todo: Even and odd nouns

Possessive markers

Possessive markers haƀe different forms depending on number and case.

  • c̦uoll = a house (nominative singular)
  • 1s c̦uolăl
  • 2s c̦uolăth
  • 3s c̦uolla (a); c̦uolli (i)
  • 1d c̦uolăjăf
  • 2d c̦uolnif
  • 3d c̦uolăf
  • 1p c̦uolăģ
  • 2p c̦uolni
  • 3p c̦uolăs
  • c̦uol = a house (genitive singular)
  • 1s c̦uolăggăl
  • 2s c̦uolăggăth
  • 3s c̦uolăgg (a); c̦uoluy (i)
  • 1d c̦uolăggăjăf
  • 2d c̦uolăggănif
  • 3d c̦uolăggăf
  • 1p c̦uolăggăģ
  • 2p c̦uolăggni
  • 3p c̦uolăggăs
  • c̦uolădd = two houses (nominative dual) [dual possessed forms don't depend on case]
  • 1s c̦uolăddăl
  • 2s c̦uolăddăth
  • 3s c̦uolăddud (a); c̦uolădduģ (i)
  • 1d c̦uolăddăjăf
  • 2d c̦uolăddănif
  • 3d c̦uolăddăf
  • 1p c̦uolăddăģ
  • 2p c̦uolăddni
  • 3p c̦uolăddăs
  • c̦uollu = houses (nom pl)
  • 1s c̦uolul
  • 2s c̦uoluth
  • 3s c̦uollud (a); c̦uolluģ (i)
  • 1d c̦uolujăf
  • 2d c̦uolunif
  • 3d c̦uoluf
  • 1p c̦uoluģ
  • 2p c̦uoluni
  • 3p c̦uolus
  • c̦uoluk = houses (gen pl)
  • 1s c̦uolugăl
  • 2s c̦uolugăth
  • 3s c̦uolugg (a); c̦uolluy (i)
  • 1d c̦uolugăjăf
  • 2d c̦uolugănif
  • 3d c̦uolugăf
  • 1p c̦uolugăģ
  • 2p c̦uolugni
  • 3p c̦uolugăs


Adjectives

animate:

  • nominative: qoahđbi /qʰoəθːpi/, qoađbidd /qʰoəðbidːt/, qoađbun /qʰoəðbun/ <- PShal *qũdba, *qũdband, *qũdbaan
  • genitive: qoađbă /qʰoəðbə/, qoahđbin /qʰoəθ:pin/, qoahđbă /qʰoəθ:pə/ <- *qũdbat, *qũdband=igid, *qũdbii

inanimate

  • nominative: qoahđb, qoađbădd, qoahđbu <- *qũdbu, *qũdbund, *qũdbaa
  • genitive: qoađb, qoahđbin, 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?

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