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| name = Etzeá
| name = Etzeá
| nativename = etzeá
| nativename = etzeá
| pronunciation =eˈd͡zea̯
| pronunciation =edd͡zea
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| created = 2023
| created = 2023
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| mapcaption = Etzeán Island. Most Etzeá speakers live on the western side of the island, past the Tûzogyâud Range.
| mapcaption = Etzeán Island. Most Etzeá speakers live on the western side of the island, past the Tûzogyâud Range.
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'''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[eˈd͡zea̯]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire.
'''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[edd͡zea]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire.


It is linguistically interesting because, philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the Yeldhic language family.
It is linguistically interesting because, philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the Yeldhic language family.
==History==
==History==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
The name ''etzeá'''s etymology is heavily debated, though one theory is that it developed agglutinatively by the combination of one word and a case marker: Proto-Yeldhic ''*etsu'', "land" and ablative case marker ''*-ē'', or in other words, ''*etsʷē'', "away from the mainland".
The name ''etzeá'''s etymology is heavily debated, though one theory is that it developed agglutinatively by the combination of one word and a case marker: Proto-Yeldhic ''*eðu'', "land" and ablative case marker ''*-ē'', or in other words, ''*eðʷē'', "away from the mainland".
===Formation===
===Formation===
The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi was settled later, around 1600 UH.
The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi was settled later, around 1600 UH.
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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! !! Labial !!  
!colspan=2 |  !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Post-alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar
|-
! colspan=2 | Plosive
| p b || t d || || c ⟨ty⟩ ɟ ⟨dy⟩ || k g
|-
! colspan=2 | Nasal
| m || n || || ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ || ŋ ⟨ng⟩
|-
!colspan=2 | Tap/trill
| || ɾ ⟨r⟩ · r || || ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Fricatives
! pulmonic
| || s z || ʃ ⟨c⟩ ʒ ⟨j⟩ || rowspan=2 | ç ⟨ch⟩ || x ⟨h⟩
|-
! palatalised
| || sʲ ⟨ss⟩ zʲ ⟨zz⟩
|-
! colspan=2 | Affricates
| pfʷ ⟨ŵ⟩ || t͡s ⟨ts⟩ d͡z ⟨tz⟩ || || (t͡ɕ) (d͡ʑ)
|}
|}
⟨th⟩ is a digraph that was once used to represent [[Moshurian]] /ð/. Modern speakers pronounce ⟨th⟩ as /s/.
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

Revision as of 23:43, 5 October 2024

Etzeá
etzeá
Pronunciation[edd͡zea]
Created byJukethatbox
Date2023
Native toEtzeán Island
Yeldhic
  • Etzeic(?)
    • Etzeá
Standard form
Etzeá Standard
Dialects
  • Duzuyel-Nyimörs dialects
  • Southern Sunyr dialects
    • Tisli dialect
    • Ntifi dialect
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Moshurian Empire
Etzean.jpeg
Etzeán Island. Most Etzeá speakers live on the western side of the island, past the Tûzogyâud Range.

Etzeá(etzeá; [edd͡zea]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire.

It is linguistically interesting because, philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to Proto-Yeldhic in the Yeldhic language family.

History

Etymology

The name etzeá's etymology is heavily debated, though one theory is that it developed agglutinatively by the combination of one word and a case marker: Proto-Yeldhic *eðu, "land" and ablative case marker *-ē, or in other words, *eðʷē, "away from the mainland".

Formation

The first Etzeic peoples were a Proto-Yeldhic people who probably inhabited Kokiso Point, the closest coastal landmark on Talkoch to Etzeán Island. They probably arrived on Etzeán Island around 2400 UH, just in time before the development of the Paleoyeldhic languages on the mainland in 2370 UH. On Etzeán Island, the Etzeic peoples spread all the way to the Tûzogyâud Range by 1750 UH. The areas around Mount Ogoñi was settled later, around 1600 UH.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive p b t d c ⟨ty⟩ ɟ ⟨dy⟩ k g
Nasal m n ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Tap/trill ɾ ⟨r⟩ · r
Fricatives pulmonic s z ʃ ⟨c⟩ ʒ ⟨j⟩ ç ⟨ch⟩ x ⟨h⟩
palatalised sʲ ⟨ss⟩ zʲ ⟨zz⟩
Affricates pfʷ ⟨ŵ⟩ t͡s ⟨ts⟩ d͡z ⟨tz⟩ (t͡ɕ) (d͡ʑ)

⟨th⟩ is a digraph that was once used to represent Moshurian /ð/. Modern speakers pronounce ⟨th⟩ as /s/.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a

All Proto-Yeldhic vowels are preserved in Etzeá, except which merged with /e/.

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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