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'''Modern Netagin''' ('' | '''Modern Netagin''' (''nhþohgin'') is the modern descendant of [[Classical Netagin]]. It is a prestige language in Talma. | ||
ħaŋic böhd hez tuŋ mikâś fazzim ʔaŋbân kacăhd xoʕâs rifuy þahbiŋ śǎhduʕ zâruhx | |||
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Revision as of 11:50, 3 September 2017
Introduction
Modern Netagin (nhþohgin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
ħaŋic böhd hez tuŋ mikâś fazzim ʔaŋbân kacăhd xoʕâs rifuy þahbiŋ śǎhduʕ zâruhx
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Modern Netagin lost Classical Netagin gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result. Modern Netagin thus has 23 root letters, but 28 consonants:
Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||||
Plosive | tenuis | b /p/ | ḏ /t/ | ḡ /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | ||||
voiced | ḇ /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ||||||
aspirated | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | |||||||
Affricate | c /ts/ | ć /tɬ/ | |||||||
Spirant | voiceless | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | x /x/ | |||||
voiced | v /v/ | ð /ð/ | γ /ɣ/ | ||||||
Nonspirant | voiceless | s /s/ | ś /ɬ/ | ħ /ħ/ | h /h/ | ||||
voiced | z /z/ | ||||||||
Approximant | r /ɾ/ | y /j/ | ȝ /ʁ~ʕ/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | u /u/ |
Mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
Open | a /a/ |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Adjectives
Adjectives in -in decline as follows:
Singulative | Collective | Plurative | |
---|---|---|---|
Masculine | nthogin | nthoginu | nthogino |
Feminine | nthogiye | nthoginu | nthogibh |
Verbs
Derivational morphology
Syntax
Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.