Swuntsim/Naquian
- Not to be confused with Schnüher.
Todo
un- = ???
child = Keib
egg = Fissel
hand = Tieh
foot = Hamm
tooth = Nort
blood = Schwiefer
seed = Gahl
leaf = Schirr
tree = Froß
flower = Bratt
bird = Ager
dog = Ocher
snow = Trochs
ja = good (< ds2a-, ~ Clofab dasa-, Phorm thia-)
nein = bad
Metz, Fetz = mother, father
Ende Ästeln Praveen da. = My name is Praveen.
Ästel = name
hie X = this X
hieß, hier = this inanimate, animate
blau X = that X
blauß, blauer = that inanimate, animate
kließ, klier = what, who
klie X = what/which X
Raschen Möchtung da. = Water is life.
Introduction
Phonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Orthography
Consonants
Lifted from Standard German, with initial ß /s/ allowed.
Vowels
Lifted from Standard German.
Prosody
Lifted from Standard German.
Stress
Lifted from Standard German.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphophonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphology
Nouns
The topic marker is -en.
Predicate nouns are marked with the particle da after it.
- Enden Spahr da.
- end-en Spahr da
- 1SG-TOP horse PRED
- I am a horse.
- -s: plural
- -en: topic
- -0: nominative
- -el: accusative
- -e: genitive
Adjectives
Predicative adjectives have no ending and takes the predicative particle da: Hie Klochen ja da. 'This land is good.'
Attributive adjectives precede nouns and take an -e ending: jahe Kloch 'good land'.
Adverb formation? Degree?
Degree
- ge- = comparative
- be- = superlative
Sentence-final particles
- da = predicative
- soll = past
- hat = future
- viel = question
- wird = quotative
- vor, zu = realis, irrealis negative
- davor, dazu = is not, wouldn't be
Sentence-initial particles
Verbs
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1 | -en | -ig |
2 | -st | U-in |
3 | -∅ |
do = haben, hast, habe, habig, häbin, habe
Pronouns
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1 | end | achtend |
2 | senz | ihn |
3 | -∅ |
Derivational morphology
From... | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Noun | Verb | Adjective or Determiner |
Adverb | ||
To... | Noun | - | -ung | ||
Verb | - | ||||
Adjective or Determiner |
vor- ('non-') | ||||
Adverb | - |
Syntax
"Magnā cum laude" order
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Numerals
1...12 = es/er, schrieb, ßalz, loff, orf, wieb, zoll, deich, aft, kaber, berm, luss