Swuntsim

Modern Adetsib/Lexicon

Modern Adetsib/Swadesh list

Modern Adetsib is a particular lect of Adetsib; it is a Naquic language like Naquian. It is spoken by the modern Adetsib people while Ancient Adetsib is still used liturgically as a classical language.

Phonology

In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now.

Consonants

Swuntsim consonants

		Labial	Dental		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t			k k	kʷ (kw) kʷ	q q	qʷ (qw) qʷ	ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g	gʷ (gw) gʷ
Fricative			s s	ł (σ) ɬ	š ʃ		xʷ (xw) xʷ	x̌ (χ) χ	x̌ʷ (χw) χʷ	h h
Affricate	tenuis		c ts	ƛ (ξ) tɬ	č tʃ
	voiced		dᶻ (dz) dz		ǰ (j) dʒ
Approximant				l l	y j		w w	[ʟ]

• /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
• [ʟ] is an allophone of /l/ when not before a vowel.

Vowels

i u ə a /i ü ə a/

Notes

• /ü/ is fully back before /l/.
• /ə/ is [ɔ] before /l/.

Stress

Always penultimate

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!