Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages

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Vertlandic (hə taŋʷas vərɬanak lit. the Brightlandic language) is a conservative Celtic language spoken in Iberia and North Africa. It was an important vehicle for

xʷilid = cat (from Latin)

vārəy ðax = good morning

tl > ɬ (kenetlom → čənəɬ 'generation')

əyn, ðəw, trī, kʷətur, kʷiʔč, wəks, šəxt, uxt, daw, ðəč

hə (from *sindos) is hən before vowels; causes nasal mutation of v > b > m and ð > d > n

Inspiration: Lushootseed, Welsh

bakʷ = son; hə makʷ = the son

bərk = daughter; hə mərk (no mut) = the daughter

Sdābt hə həysk viw id uðənč = The living fish swims in water

gemination → preglottalization

Chain shifts:

mm, mb > m > b > v

nn, nd > n > d > ð

ng > ŋ, g > x, gʷ > xʷ, w- > gʷ-, y- > dz-

e o > ə, ke ge → tʃə dʒə

vowels: i u ə a iː uː aː aj aw əj əw

Morphology

no gender

hə (invariable) mutates?