Bgapian
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Introduction
Modern Netagin (nthogin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Modern Netagin lost gemination.
m n ŋ tʰ t kʰ k ʔ b d g f s ts ɬ tɬ ħ h z ʁ w ɾ j
⟨m n ŋ þ t x k ʔ b d g f s c ś ć ħ h z ȝ w r y⟩
Begadkefat: /t k b d g/ > /θ x v ð ɣ/ after a V; transliterated th kh bh dh gh (optional across word boundaries)
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | u /u/ |
Mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
Open | a /a/ |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Adjectives
Adjectives in -in decline as follows:
Singulative | Collective | Plurative | |
---|---|---|---|
Masculine | nthogin | nthoginu | nthogino |
Feminine | nthogiye | nthoginu | nthogibh |
Verbs
Derivational morphology
Syntax
Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.