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Ancient Tzaloxian (Fiüssu Iaini natively; huēziz tzaloxiniz in Naquian) is one of the two main languages of the Naquian civilization in Tricin.

Classification

Tzaloxian is the proto-language of the Tzaloxic language family. Most Trician scholars believe it's a language isolate, though there are pseudolinguistic theories connecting it to languages of Bjeheond.

Modern Tzaloxic varieties are still spoken in southern Txapoalli though by very few people.

The ancient language is very popular among college students and professors in Nøøvr, many of whom pronounce it with a thick Eevo or Bhadhagha accent.

Phonology

Consonants

Tzaloxian has a simple consonant inventory with only 12 consonants:

• the stops p t z c h, pronounced /p t ts k ʔ/
• the nasals m n ŋ, pronounced as in IPA
• the fricatives f s ħ, pronounced /f s x~ħ~h/
• the liquid l, which is /ɾ/ when single and /l:/ when geminated

F, s and z before i are commonly pronounced /ç/, /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ respectively.

Vowels

Tzaloxian has 45 different vowels, perhaps the most of any major Trician language. There are:

• the simple vowels a i u /ɐ ɪ ʊ/
• the double vowels and diphthongs: aa ai au ia ii iu ua ui uu /a:~ɑ: ɛi ɔu ɪɛ i: ɪʊ ʊɔ ʏɪ u:~y:/
• the triple vowels aä iï uü äa ïi üu /ɐɑ: ɨi: ɨu: ɒ:ə i:e u:o/
• the overlong diphthongs äi aï äu aü ïa iä ïu iü üa uä üi uï /ɑ:ɪ əi: ɑ:ʊ əu: ijə~iʝ:ə jɑ: ijo~iʝ:o ju: uwə~uɣʷ:ə wɑ: uwe~uɣʷ:e wi:/
• the tripthongs aia aiu aua aui iai iau iua iui uai uia uau uiu /ɛjə~ɛʝ:ə ɛjʏ~ɛʝ:ʏ ɔwə~ɔɣʷ:ə ɔwɪ~ɔɣʷ:ɪ jɛɪ jɔʊ~jœʏ jʊə~ʏ:ə jʏi~jʏ:~ʏ: wɛɪ wɪə wɔʊ wɪw~wɯ:~ʷɯ:/

Phonotactics

A typical Tzaloxian root looks like CV(C(:)S), where C is a consonant; V is one of the 45 vowels; and S is a simple vowel (a, i or u).

The glottal stop can't be geminated.

There is vowel harmony in Tzaloxian; if V ends in i or ï, S can't be u, and vice versa (S can't be i if V ends in u or ü). So for example:

• fiüssu and fiüssa are valid words, but *fiüssi isn't;

• ciuana, ciuani and ciuanu are all valid words.

Syntax

Tzaloxian is VSO, head-initial and analytic, like Eevo or Hawaiian.

Prepositions

• nah = of, from