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hamśouffý džė-Šel
Pronunciation	[/ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/]
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Dodellic IlL/Spare pages 1/80

Shalian (hamśouffý džė-Šel /ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/) is a Dodellic language spoken in Cualuav. It is the sole descendant of Old Shalian. Its aesthetics is inspired by Lithuanian, Estuary English, and the Semitic conlang Alashian.

Čostifo, tawaj dārū abrəwīn adžās hatėriw kabixorī jaseilaf wa'orī fāřamās. Feiš losbarə jifās!

• carəd = moon, month
• corəd = your armor
• morə = new
• čawí'na /tʂəˈwɪʔnə/ = hero

Diachronics

• R-intrusion is retained within words but disappears across word boundaries.
• tʲ dʲ sʲ nʲ lʲ > ts z s ɲ l
• l > l/w
• w > v unless geminated
• ā > oː > uː ⟨o⟩
• NURSE vowel > ⟨ā⟩
• ħ > ʀ
• ʕ > h
• ʔ is retained within words but disappears initially.
• nC > CC (> Cʰ)
• plosives spirantize before a consonant

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/		n /n/			[ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless		c /t̪s/	t /t/	č /tʂ/		k /k/		' /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/		d /d/	dž /dʐ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/		š /ʂ/	ś /ɕ/	ch /x/		h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/					ř /ʀ~ʁ/
Approximant		w /w/		l /l/; r /ɹ~ʋ/		j /j/

All consonants can occur geminated except /m n ʔ h ʀ/.

Vowels

Shalian has many vowels.

a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou aw ew iw ouw uw a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ ɑʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ

Stress

Shalian has lexical stress.

Grammar

Possessive suffixes: hamśouffuw, hamśoufft, hamśouffý, hamśouffē, hamśouffřo, hamśouffáha

džė- = ezâfe

-ouff = abstract noun