Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people

Adetsib is an Etalocian language; it is a Naquic language like Naquian. It's inspired by (English-accented) Lushootseed.

'abšid = goodbye!

s'abšid = say goodbye

šə = article

-əd = accusative

-ə' = obviate

lə-, xwə-, 'ə-, gwə-, sə-, yə- = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg

dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water

łuxvils = mother, təlxvils = father

łu'əq, təlič = woman, man

Phonology

Consonants

Adetsib lost Proto-Naquic ejectives.

Hmøøh/Swuntsim people consonants

		Labial	Dental		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t			k k	kʷ kʷ	q q	qʷ qʷ	ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g	gʷ gʷ
Fricative			s s	ł ɬ	š ʃ		xʷ xʷ	x̌ (xv) χ	x̌ʷ χʷ	h h
Affricate	tenuis		c ts	ƛ (ξ) tɬ	č tʃ
	voiced		dᶻ (dz) dz		ǰ (j) dʒ
Approximant				l l	y j		w w	[L]

• [L] is an allophone of /l/

Vowels

i u ə a /i ü ə a/

Stress

Always penultimate