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Nydoghin
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Shalaic
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Netagin (Nydoghin) is an Ashkenazi Hebrew- and Welsh-inspired Shalaic language. It is related to Shalaian but phonologically is less conservative.

About

External history

This is the fifth reincarnation of Netagin (my past Hebrew-inspired conlangs). I'm probably going to take a lot of aesthetic influence from Windermere and Skellan.

Internal history

Netagin is also inspired by Hebrew but Netagin is more Judeo-Gaelic and Galatian-inspired than its relative Shalaian.

Phonology

A "Polish Welsh"

Vowels:

  • full: i ə u e~ai o~au ɛ œ ɔ a eə oə i y u ae ao e ö o a ea oa

Consonants:

  • soft mutation:
    • p b t d h tʂ dʐ tɕ dʑ k g q (p b t d h cz j ć j́ c g q) -> b v d ð z dʐ ʐ dʑ ʑ g ɣ ɴ (b v d ð z j ż j́ ź g gh l)
  • ejectives and geminates (from creaky voice) become fricatives: p’ t’ tɬ’ tʃ’ k’ q’ h -> f θ ʃ ʃ x χ s (f þ sz sz ch ħ s)
  • fricatives: s ʂ ɕ h (s š ś h)
  • others: m n ɴ (historical L~historical ʕ) r w y ʔ

Stress is always penultimate.

Grammar

Nouns

Grammatical gender is animate vs inanimate, and is not marked unlike in Shalaian

plurals are bad

Pronouns

Independent pronouns

  • chweal = I
  • chweað = thou
  • chweaż = we
  • chweani = blotp

Possessive markers

  • 1s czolal 'my house'
  • 2s czolað 'your house'
  • 3s ynczolas 'his/her house'; czolas 'its house'
  • 1p czolaż 'our house'
  • 2p czolni 'y'all's house'
  • 3p ynczolad 'their (a) house'; czolad 'their (i) house'

Vocabulary

Shalaian as major loan source?