Verse:Hmøøh/Txapoalli

Txapoalli (English: chah-poh-AH-lee or chap-oh-AL-ee, Naquian: Txapoalli /tʃapoˈalːi/; Eevo: Nyçís via Windermere Năchis) is the largest continent in Tricin by land area, followed by Cualuav. It contains three main cultural regions, which are quite different:

Regions

• Naquiz: Northwest Txapoalli (closer to Talma)
• Hetm: Central Txapoalli
• Sowaázh daSóol: Off West Txapoalli
• herIdosm: East Txapoalli
• the Rencad (PTs *čɢenkad)
• Kammalia?

History

Ancient

Proto-Sowaazhic speakers settled Sowaázh.

The Naquian Empire was initially typically polytheistic, like other ancient Quihum religions.

The Hetomic Empire was also founded.

Medieval

Near the end of Naquian Empire era there emerged a tradition of theater dealing with themes that were the province of religion. This caused something of a conflict in society; the old religious authorities, who brooked no [trivialization] of the traditional religion, took measures against the "theaterists". [However it failed.]

Modern

Silphium Wars?

Names

The Eevo name Nycís probably derives from a form of Naquiz, borrowed through Windermere.

Geography

• Arpala Mountains

Languages

TODO: more languages.

Language families:

• Lakovic languages
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  • Qlenziêr
• Tsimulh languages
  • Hetomic
  • Pelhyys
  • Idosian
  • Rencadian
  • Sacred Swuntsim
    • Swuntsim
• Quame languages
  • Naquian
    • Tizian
    • a pseudo-Georgian/Nuxálk
    • Whehmer
    • Other Naquic languages
• Sowaazhic
  • Sowaázh
  • Minor Sowaazhic languages
• Witcanese
• Arpalan
  • Varquun

Common features:

• Larger than average consonant inventories, often with ejectives, affricates, and lateral obstruents (Tsimulh, most of Naquic, and Sowaazhic)
• One area with aeiou, one area with tendency toward small vowel inventories
• Pitch accent or tone (Lakovic, Sowaazhic)
• Rich politeness/honorific system (especially Quihum)
• Bantu-style noun classes (especially Tsimulh)
• Active-stative-ish tendencies
• Relational nouns
• Head-marking tendency (Hetomic)

Historical figures

• Quēhtłoyoz - Naquian grammarian
• Huichaltzah - Naquian explorer, conlanger and playwright
• Mauaz nah Païxa - Tzaloxian explorer

Places

• Tui-Faäni/Uānithazza - ancient capital of Naquian Empire
• Shjhédaad = capital of Sowaázh