Swuntsim/Naquian
- Not to be confused with Schnüher.
Introduction
Inspired by German and Turkish.
Phonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Orthography
Consonants
Lifted from Standard German.
Vowels
Lifted from Standard German.
Prosody
Lifted from Standard German.
Stress
Lifted from Standard German.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphophonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns have the following cases:
Spahr 'horse' | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Spahr | Spahrlich |
Topic | Spahren | Spahrlichen |
Accusative | Spahre | Spahrliche |
Genitive | Spahrel | Spahrlichel |
Locative | Spahrs | Spahrliches |
Ablative | Spahrung | Spahrlichung |
Comitative | Spahrst | Spahrlichst |
The locative ending -s becomes -es after sibilants. The same case endings can be add to nouns ending in -e in the nominative, except that -ee- and -eu- changes to -e- and -u- respectively, and the syllable before the -e umlauts.
Pronouns
Person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | brund | bründin |
2 | zied | ziedin |
3 (proximate) | teck | tecklich |
3 (obviative) | zick | zicklich |
Pronouns inflect just like nouns, and there are no irregular forms.
Accusative clitics
There are clitic prefixes for these pronouns in the accusative:
Person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | be- | ben- |
2 | zu- | zer- |
3 (obviative) | ge- | ger- |
Possessive affixes
Person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | -au | -abe |
2 | -em | -ebe |
3 (obviative) | -el | -etz |
Only -el triggers umlaut of the preceding syllable.
Predicative affixes
Person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
1 | -oll | -eule |
2 | -eid | -eibe |
3 (obviative) | -end, -Ø | -endlich, -lich |
Syntax
Schwünter is completely head-final.
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Numerals
1: Ahr 2: Trumm 3: Kenz 4: Wiefel 5: Zieb 6: Frausch 7: Runget 8: Meid 9: Dechtel 10: Sirg 11: Knahn 12: Wed 24: Freinad 36: Himmer 48: Schlaten 60: Ziebehr 72: Frauschehr 84: Rungehr 96: Meidehr 108: Dechtehr 120: Sirgehr 132: Knahnehr 144: Schiene