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Modern Netagin morphology is simpler than Classical Netagin.
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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''nthogin'' 'Netagin'
|+ ''nðoḡin'' 'Netagin'
|-
|-
! !! Singulative !! Collective !! Plurative
! !! Singulative !! Plurative
|-
|-
!Masculine
!Masculine
|| ''nthogin'' || ''nthoginu'' || ''nthogino''  
|| ''nðoḡin'' || ''nðoḡino''  
|-
|-
!Feminine
!Feminine
|| ''nthogiye'' || ''nthoginu'' || ''nthogibh''  
|| ''nðoḡiye'' || ''nðoḡiḇ''  
|}
|}



Revision as of 20:28, 3 September 2017

Introduction

Modern Netagin (nðoḡin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.

Numbers

1-12: ħaŋic böḏ hez tüŋ mikoś fazim ʔaŋbon kacăḏ xuȝos rifüy þaḇiŋ śḏüȝ zârüγ

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Modern Netagin lost Classical Netagin gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result.

Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive tenuis b /p/ d /t/ g /k/ ʔ /ʔ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /g/
aspirated p /pʰ/ 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

Modern Netagin morphology is simpler than Classical Netagin.

Nouns

Adjectives

Adjectives in -in decline as follows:

nðoḡin 'Netagin'
Singulative Plurative
Masculine nðoḡin nðoḡino
Feminine nðoḡiye nðoḡiḇ

Verbs

Derivational morphology

Syntax

Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources