Tseer

Tseer

Created by	IlL
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Lakovic Ashanic Tseer
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Tergetian (dołød Tzhegid /dowøt tr̝egit/) is a Lakovic language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with a touch of Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish.

Todo

i ü u e o a ì ǜ ù è ò à → i ø u e o a ii øø uu ee oo aa
- /w l/ > /v w/ > Eevo v ł
- š > /x/ > Eevo ç
- s- > /t/ > Eevo t
- ś > /s/ > Eevo s
- ć > /c/ > Eevo tx
- t- > /T/ > Eevo tr?
- r > zh > Eevo r or rzj/zj

~~Disappearing preinitial vowels > tone?~~

Numbers: adoon, ozhad, txiv, khaag, omøøtx, dag, abood, xev, wooj, rab, tajaaw, tzhøg

tawsuug = example

Phonology

Consonants

m n ng /ŋ/

t r /ʈ/ c k ' /ʔ/

b d g

f x /s/ s /ʃ/ kh /x/ h

tx ts

v -dh -gh

w /w/ zh /r̝~ɹ~ʒ/ j /j/

Vowels

a e i o u ø /a e i o u ɵ/

aa ee ii oo uu øø /ã ẽ ĩ õ ũ ɵ̃/

/ɵ/ will be transcribed as /ø/ for convenience.

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns have two genders, as in Proto-Lakovic. Feminine is marked with -s.

Plurals are formed by reduplication.

'araaj 'lion' > 'aar'araaj 'lions'
moog 'feather' > mamoog 'feathers'