Swuntsim/Naquian

Not to be confused with Schnüher.

Todo

un- = ???

child = Keib

egg = Fissel

hand = Tieh

foot = Hamm

tooth = Nort

blood = Schwiefer

seed = Gahl

leaf = Schirr

tree = Froß

flower = Bratt

bird = Ager

dog = Ocher

snow = Trochs

ja = good (< ds2a-, ~ Clofab dasa-, Phorm thia-)

nein = bad

Metz, Fetz = mother, father

Ende Ästeln Praveen da. = My name is Praveen.

Ästel = name

hie X = this X

hieß, hier = this inanimate, animate

blau X = that X

blauß, blauer = that inanimate, animate

kließ, klier = what, who

klie X = what/which X

Raschen Möchtung da. = Water is life.

Phonology

Lifted from Standard German.

Consonants

Lifted from Standard German, with initial ß /s/ allowed.

Vowels

Lifted from Standard German.

Prosody

Lifted from Standard German.

Stress

Lifted from Standard German.

Phonotactics

Lifted from Standard German.

Morphophonology

Lifted from Standard German.

Morphology

Nouns

The topic marker is -en.

Predicate nouns are marked with the particle da after it.

Enden Spahr da.

end-en Spahr da

1SG-TOP horse PRED

I am a horse.

• -s: plural
• -en: topic
• -0: nominative
• -el: accusative
• -e: genitive

Adjectives

Predicative adjectives have no ending and takes the predicative particle da: Hie Klochen ja da. 'This land is good.'

Attributive adjectives precede nouns and take an -e ending: jahe Kloch 'good land'.

Adverb formation? Degree?

Degree

• ge- = comparative
• be- = superlative

Sentence-final particles

• da = predicative
• soll = past
• hat = future
• viel = question
• wird = quotative
• vor, zu = realis, irrealis negative
• davor, dazu = is not, wouldn't be

Sentence-initial particles

• schlaub = question (commonly used instead of viel)

Verbs

Subject affixes

	Singular	Plural
1	-en	-ig
2	-st	U-in
3	-∅

do = haben, hast, habe, habig, häbin, habe

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1	end	achtend
2	senz	ihn
3	-∅

Derivational morphology

		From...
		Noun	Verb	Adjective or Determiner	Adverb
To...	Noun	-	-ung
	Verb		-
	Adjective or Determiner			vor- ('non-')
	Adverb				-

Syntax

"Magnā cum laude" order

Numerals

1...12 = es/er, schrieb, ßalz, loff, orf, wieb, zoll, deich, aft, kaber, berm, luss