Old Salhas

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Salivian
ܣܵܠܟ݂ܵܣ (Salhas)
Pronunciation[säl.läs]
Created bywfosøra, MrEvil
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  • Salhasian
    • Salivian
Early forms
Proto-(Placeholder)
  • Proto-Salhas (Sparsely attested in the Aramaic script)
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Phonology

Orthography

IPA b ʈ ʈʰ ɖ ɖʰ k s ʂ ʐ ç x l ɬ j ʍ w ɾ
Script ܦ ܦ݂ ܛ ܛ݂ ܜ ܜ݂ ܟ ܣ ܓ ܔ ܥ ܚ ܠ ܫ ܝ ܒ݀ ܒ ܜ݀
Off. roman. b t d k s š z, ž c x l ł j w r
Roman. p b 1 7 t d k s 5 z c x l 9 j v w r
IPA y ɨ u ɛ ɜ o ä
Script ܢ݆ ܢ݅ ܢܼ ܢܹ ܢܲ ܢܿ ܢܵ
Off. roman. y i u e ɜ o a
Roman. y i u e 3 o a

There are two romanizations, "off. Roman." is the Official romanization, the second romanization is the one most often used as it's ASCII compliant, the ASCII compliant one will be used here.

The letter "ܚ݀" is soundless, it only appears at an initial position to hold vowels, for example "ܛܵܠܵܫ" (alaš; not an actual word as of now)

The letters "ܥ݂" and "ܢ" are used to mark length, the former for consonants, the latter for vowels

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Labio-
Velar
Velar
Stop p, pʰ b, bʰ ʈ, ʈʰ ɖ, ɖʰ k
Fricative s, ɬ ʂ ʐ ç x
Approximant l j ʍ w
Flap ɾ

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close y ɨ u
Mid ɛ ɜ
Open ä

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

CVC max

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

An /ɜ/ may be inserted between /ɬ/ and /ʐ/ when the two consonants occur next to each other.

The verbal affix order is voice-participle-pronoun--negative-perfect-tense-mood

To form the participle, take the first person singular form and add the participle affix in the appopriate location

Adjectives and Determiners

Adverbs

Numbers

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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