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The Azzanic languages (Tergetian: sa-brìs Azzàinìne) are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including Tergetian and Rozzino. They are descended from Proto-Azzanic (PAzz).

Origin

The name of the family bears the name of the legendary hero Azzàn, reconstructed as *ʔAzząnų, to whom Tergetians and Rozzinians trace their descent.

Phylogeny

• Western Azzanic
  • Old Tergetian
    • Modern Tergetian
    • hyper-Terg?
• Eastern Azzanic
  • Rozzino

Phonology

Proto-Azzanic is reconstructed with almost the same phonology as Primitive Tergetian.

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants

		Labial		Linguolabial	Dental	Alveolar		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
		plain	coarticulated			plain	coarticulated
Nasal		*m			*n
Plosive	plain	*p	*ᵽ	*ṕ	*t	*c	*ŧ	*ʈ		*k	*q	*ʔ
	voiced	*b	*ƀ	*b́	*d	*ʒ	*đ	*ɖ		*g	*ɢ
Fricative	voiceless					*s	*ś
	voiced					*z	*ź
Approximant		*w			*l	*ɹ			*y
Trill		*ʙ			*r

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	*i *į	*u *ų
Open	*e *ę	*a *ą
Diphthongs	*iə	*uə

Suprasegmentals

Stress fell on the first heavy (CVː or CVC) syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); in the absence of a heavy syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.

Morphology

Proto-Azzanic had Philippine alignment as does Rozzino. Verb-initial clauses were the norm as in Semitic and Austronesian languages.

Nouns

Nouns and adjectives declined for three cases: direct, indirect and genitive.

First declension: *kullų 'bird'
Case	Singular	Plural
Direct	*kullų	*kullek
Indirect	*kullāk	*kullę
Genitive	*kullī	*kullą

Second declension: *ripṭuk 'throat'
Case	Singular	Plural
Direct	*ripṭuk	*ripṭāk
Indirect	*ripṭaɹ	*ripṭų
Genitive	*ripṭūk	*ripṭa

Third declension: *ġattik 'horn'
Case	Singular	Plural
Direct	*ġattik	*ġattēk
Indirect	*ġatteɹ	*ġattį
Genitive	*ġattīk	*ġatte

Verbs

Verbs had an extensive trigger system marked by various binyanim. Verbs also inflected for the tense and subject (the argument in the direct case).