Tsimulh languages

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Tsimulh languages/Lexicon

The Tsimulh-Naquic languages are a Trician language family mainly spoken in Txapoalli and Etalocin. The proto-language is Proto-Tsimulh-Naquic.

Todo

  • -s
  • -txʷ
  • -cin
  • Reduplication
  • relativizer/relative forms for verbs

Phylogeny

Proto-Tsimulh-Naquic
Naquian

Middle Naquian

Tizian




Ejective-y language




Adutsib



Hetomic




Urheimat

Somewhere in Txapoalli

Phonology

Salish gib

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral plain labialized plain labialized
Nasal plain m n
glottalized
Stop plain p t k q ʔ
ejective kʷʼ qʷʼ
Affricate plain c ƛ č?
ejective ƛʼ čʼ?
Fricative s ł š? x x̌ʷ h
Approximant plain l y w
glottalized

Vowels

i u ə a /i u ə a/

Stress

Penultimate.

Morphology

Nouns

Noun classes

PTsN had 13 noun classes:

  1. ʔu- = animates
  2. ʔəł-
  3. s-
  4. x̌-
  5. iʔ-
  6. wi-
  7. tx-
  8. an-
  9. kʷ-
  10. n-
  11. k-
  12. nxʷ-
  13. c-

Cases

  • Nominative: -0
  • Genitive: -s

Verbs

Noun class prefixes

  • I = lə-
  • you (sg) = xʷə-
  • he = ʔə-
  • we = wə-
  • you (pl) = sə-
  • Noun class prefixes:
    1. sg. ʔu-; pl. mə-
    2. ʔəł-
    3. s-
    4. x̌-
    5. iʔ-
    6. wi-
    7. tx-
    8. an-
    9. kʷ-
    10. n-
    11. k-
    12. nxʷ-
    13. c-