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Swadesh list for Tseer
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- This article is about modern Tseer. For Classical Tseer, see Tseer/Classical.
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| døludx Tseer | |
| Pronunciation | [/dəwüts tʃẽʃ/] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Lakovic
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Tseer (chair; natively døludx Tseer Classical: /døludz tʃẽr̝/ Modern: /dəwüts tʃẽʃ/ (the -x is a feminine marker); Skellan: brits Txeñz) is a major Lakovic language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with touches of Burmese (especially for Modern Tseer), Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish.
Tseer was a prominent classical language of Talma, second to Windermere; it left a significant influence on Windermere and Skellan.
Unlike Windermere, Tsrovesh, or Häskä, Tseer epenthesized initial clusters or vocalized the laryngeal *H in clusters.
Phonology
- th~ts merger like Hanoi Vietnamese
- Different pronunciations of Classical r:
- Cr clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
- Syllable-final r = [ʃ]
- Otherwise r = [r]
- ð is pronounced [ɣ] in conservative accents. Usually it disappears and causes compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
- Unstressed nasal vowels > syllabic nasals: oozhad > nzhad
Nasal/nonnasal vowel split
a e i o u ø /ɑ e i o ü ə/ + að eð ið oð uð øð (long versions)
aa ee oo øø = /ã ẽj~ẽ õw~õ ɚ/ + aað eeð iið ooð uuð øøð long versions [These also occur for V + nasal consonant]
e /e/ is [ɛ] before zh.
o /o/ is [u] after /w/.
Morphology
Phonology
| I | thou (m.) | thou (f.) | he | she | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they (an.) | |
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| Subject cliti | -ar | -ekh | -ex | -in | -eex | -raa | -ba | -nin | -neex |
| Full pronouns | aar | khen | kheex | in | eex | aarar | baa | inin | ineex |
Nouns
Verbs
Modern Tseer retains most of the Classical verb morphology but changed some of the meanings.
Verb template
Same as in Classical Tseer: feminine-TAM-pluractionality-voice-ROOT
Agreement
Feminine subject: va-
Voice
Passive: haa- (~ Windermere ha-)
Verbal number
Pluractionality: akh-
TAM
Aspects/Tenses (needs some fusion):
- 0- = atelic past
- tho- = telic past
- we- = atelic nonpast
- hef- = telic nonpast (often future)
Imperative?
Derivational morphology
Syntax
VSOX, VSXO with pronominal objects
Sample texts
UDHR, Article 1
Eehayxeew vikhon zhakhod mog xiwakoo de thøzh me nfidhx de xanøkhx.
PLACT-PASS-give_birth all human to free and equal in dignity and rights.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.