Thezhmic

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Thezhmic (/ˈθɛʒmɪk/, Native: Ŧəźmikós /θəʒmiˈkos/, Liźḗnom /liˈʒeːnom/) is an Indo-European language.

Thezhmic
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Indo-European
  • Thezhmic
Early form
Proto-Thezhmic

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Thezhmic is written with the Thezhmic alphabet.

In this article, the following romanization is used:

Thezhmic romanization
Letter IPA Remarks
A a a
Ā ā
B b b
C c
D d d
Đ đ ð
E e e
Ē ē
Ə ə ə
Ə̃ ə̃ ə̃
F f f
G g ɡ
Ġ ġ ʁ
H h h
Ħ ħ ħ
I i i
Ī ī
J j
K k k
L l l
M m m
N n n
O o o
Ō ō
P p p
Q q q
R r r
S s s
Ś ś ʃ
T t t
Ŧ ŧ θ
U u u
Ū ū
Ũ ũ ũ
V v v
W w w
X x χ
Y y j
Z z z
Ź ź ʒ
Ɂ ɂ (ʔ) ʔ Not written word-initially.
Ҁ ҁ (ʕ) ʕ

Consonants

Thezhmic consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Nasal m n (ɲ) (ŋ) (ɴ)
Stop voiceless p t k q ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless
voiced
Fricative voiceless f θ s ʃ χ ħ h
voiced v ð z ʒ ʁ ʕ
Approximant j w
Lateral l (ʎ)
Trill r

Vowels

Thezhmic monopthong vowels
Front Central Back
Close i, iː u, uː, ũ
Mid e, eː ə, ə̃ o, oː
Open a, aː

Any non-nasal vowel can form a falling dipthong with -i and -u (unless it results in a sequence of two identical vowels).

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns may have two stems, and these stems may or may not differ in accent. For these nouns, the primary stem is used in the nominative, vocative, and accusative while the secondary stem is used in the remaining cases. Depending on the noun, the nominative singular (and, for neuter nouns, the vocative and accusative singular) may also be irregular. Additionally, some neuter nouns have an irregular nominative/vocative/accusative plural.

O-stems and ā-stems almost always have a single stem, while other noun classes are more likely to have multiple stems.

The stems are given in the citation form: nominative singular, (nominative plural), genitive singular

  • The nominative plural is used in the citation form when the nominative singular and/or nominative plural is irregular.

O-stems

O-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
m. n. m./n. m. n.
Nominative -os -om -ōs
Vocative -e
Accusative -om -ons
Instrumental -ovom -ōis
Dative -ōi -ovos
Ablative -ōd
Genitive -ośśo -ous -ōm
Locative -ei -oizu

Examples:

  • wə́lqos, -oššo (m.): wolf
  • nizdós, -óššo (m.): nest
  • wérjom, -oššo (n.): work

Ā-stems

Ā-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
f. f. f.
Nominative -ā; -ī¹ -āi; -ī¹ -ās; -īs¹
Vocative -a; -i¹
Accusative -ām; -īm¹ -āns; -īns¹
Instrumental -āvom -āvis
Dative -āi -āvos
Ablative -ās
Genitive -āus -āʕōm
Locative -āi -āzu

Notes:

¹ Some ā-stem nouns have a primary stem ending in instead of . Such nouns' secondary stems end in -y- (which precedes the ā-stem endings). Such nouns may be referred to as "ī/yā-stem nouns".

Examples:

  • écwā, -ās (f.): mare
  • þōnā́, -ā́s (f.): grain
  • ġnā́, -ā́s (f.): woman
  • də̃źwā́, -ā́s (f.): tongue
  • wəlqī́, wəlqyā́s (f.): she-wolf

I-stems

I-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
m./f. n. m./f./n. m./f. n.
Nominative -is -i -ēis
Vocative -i
Accusative -im -ins
Instrumental -ivom -ivis
Dative -ēi -ivos
Ablative -eis
Genitive -eyous -eyōm
Locative -ēi -izu

Examples:

  • méntis, mə̃téis (f.): mind, intellect
  • móri, ũréis (n.): sea
  • hóstis, hostéis (m.): foreigner
  • ʕówis, ʕówis (f.): sheep

U-stems

U-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
m./f. n. m./f./n. m./f. n.
Nominative -us -u -ewes
Vocative -u
Accusative -um¹ -uns
Instrumental -uvom -uvis
Dative -ewei -uvos
Ablative -eus
Genitive -ewous -ewōm
Locative -ēu -uzu

Notes:

¹ When the accusative would have ended in -Vum (where V represents a vowel), the -u- instead dropped causing the preceding vowel to be lengthened.

Examples:

  • jéustus, justéus (m.): taste
  • fāźús, fāźéus (m.): arm
  • pérkus, pərkéus (m.): oak
  • jónu, jnéus (n.): knee

Liquid/nasal-stems

These nouns have stems ending in a liquid (r or l) or a nasal (n or m).

In some cases, the stem-final consonant may vary betwen primary and secondary stems - the most common example is an alternation between r and n in neuter nouns.

The following shorthand symbols are used:

  • C: represents the stem-final consonant (may be r, l, n, or m).
  • S: represents the above consonant's "syllabic" counterpart. These are as follows:
Consonant Syllabic counterpart
r ər
l əl
n ə̃
m ũ
  • V: represents the vowel preceding the stem-final consonant (may be e or o).
  • L: represents the above vowel's lengthened counterpart (i.e. ē or ō).
Liquid/nasal-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
m./f. n. m./f./n. m./f. n.
Nominative -LC; -ō¹ -S; -VC³ -VCe -eCes -LC; -ō¹
Vocative -VC
Accusative -VCũ; -Lm² -VCə̃s
Instrumental -Cē -Svom -Svis
Dative -Cei -Svos
Ablative -Ces
Genitive -Cous -Cōm
Locative -Ci -Szu

Notes:

¹ When V = o and C = n (i.e. expected -ōn becomes ).

² When C = m (i.e. expected -Vmũ becomes -Lm).

³ Depending on the noun, the neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular may end in -S or -VC.

'Examples::

  • patḗr, patrés (m.): father
  • ŧéźōm, ŧəźmés (f.): homeland
  • ənómə̃, ənémnes (n.): name
  • ścũmō, śćũnés (m.): man
  • wódər, wédōr, udnés (n.): water
  • sṓwəl, saunés (n.): sun

Consonant-stems

Consonant-stem declension
Case Singular Dual Plural
m./f. n. m./f./n. m./f. n.
Nominative -s; (irregular - -e -es -a; (irregular
Vocative -
Accusative -ə̃s
Instrumental -fom -fis
Dative -ei -fos
Ablative -es
Genitive -ous -ōm
Locative -i -su

Notes:

¹ Often irregular.

Adjectives

Adjectives are declined as the noun classes; however, in constrast to the masculine and neuter, the feminine always falls under the ā-stem class.

The formation of the feminine depends on the masculine and neuter class as per the table below.

Name of adjective class Masculine and neuter class Formation of feminine
o/ā-stem o-stem masc./neut. secondar stem + -ā, -ās
u-stem u-stem masc./neut. secondary stem + -ewī, -uyās
i-stem i-stem masc./neut. secondary stem + -ī, -iyās
liquid/nasal-stem liquid/nasal-stem masc./neut. secondary stem + -Cī, -Cyās¹
consonant-stem consonant-stem masc./neut. secondary stem + -ī, -(y)ās¹

Notes:

¹ The feminine secondary stem may end in a palatalized consonant instead of -y-.

The citation form of adjectives is: masculine singular nominative, neuter singular nominative, (masculine/neuter singular genitive), feminine singular nominative, (feminine singular genitive).

  • The genitive(s) can be dropped when the adjective is declined regularly. This most often happens with ō/ā-stem adjectives.

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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