Suwáá/Wordlist

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The Azzanic languages are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiobian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiobian Sea, including Netagin and Rozzigno. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the Talsmic languages.

Phylogeny

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants
Labial Denti-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral
Nasal *m *n
Plosive plain *p *t *ṭ *k *q
voiced *b *d *ḍ *g
Fricative voiceless *þ *s *h
voiced *ð *z
Affricate plain *c
voiced *ʒ́
Approximant *w *y
Liquid *r *l

Consonant correspondences

PAzz *p *b *t *d *s *z *c *ʒ́ *ṭ *ḍ *k *g *q *m *n *l *r *y *w *h
Netagin
Rozzigno

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close *i *ī *u *ū
Mid *e *ē *o *ō
Open *a *ā

Suprasegmentals

Stress fell on the first heavy syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); if there was no long syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.

Phonotactics

Grammar

Nouns

Verbs

There was an emphatic clitic =is added to verbs.

Syntax