Old Swuntsim

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Old Swuntsim (PTD) is the common ancestor to the Tie–Dye languages. The phonology is based on Australian/Tamil.

Phonology

Phonotactics

Every syllable must be CV except possibly the final syllable which cam be CVC. Non-initial and non-final consonants can be geminates.

Consonants

Old Swuntsim consonants
  Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ rn /ɳ/ ny /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ rt /ʈ/ tj /c/ k /k/ q /q/
prenasalized mp /ᵐp/ nt /ⁿt/ rnt /ᶯʈ/ ntj /ᶮc/ nk /ᵑk/ nq /ᶰq/
Trill rr /r/ ʀ /ʀ/
Approximant central r /ɹ~ɻ/ y /j/ w /w/
lateral l /l/ rl /ɭ/ ly /ʎ/ lg /ʟ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ii /iː/ u /u/ uu /uː/
Mid e /e/ ee /eː/ o /o/ oo /oː/
Open a /a/ aa /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/

Numbers

  • 1: tjane > WbCl ßahn
  • 2: ayirr > WbCl eir