Verse:Hmøøh/Some Æ-Xenic thing
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| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Tsimulh
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Idosian (tiyIzotsam) is a Tsimulh language spoken in Txapoalli. It is one of the more innovative Tsimulh languages.
Todo
- intervocalic ʔ, h after a, e, o, i, u > ɹ
- intervocalic ʔ, h after î > y, after û > w
- high/fricated î, û > i u
- First get some hiatusing vowels
- im, in in closed syllables > am, an
- p-less: p becomes glottal stop?
Consonants
Idosian is unusual among Tsimulh languages in that it natively has a liquid consonant /ɹ/, whereas Proto-Tsimulh and most other Tsimulh languages do not natively have liquids. Idosian gained /ɹ/ via R-intrusion, from Old Shalian substrate influence; /ɹ/ may even occur word-initially (coming from words with null initial).
Modern Idosian has 26 consonants:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | |||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||||||
| Stop | plain | t /t/ | k /k/ | kw /kʷ/ | ||||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | gw /gʷ/ | ||||||
| Affricate | c /ts/ | č /tʃ/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s /s/ | σ /ɬ/ | š /ʃ/ | x /x/ | xw /xʷ/ | ħ /χ/ | ħw /χʷ/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | z /z/ | ž /ʒ/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | r /ɹ~ʋ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | ə /ɨ~ɘ/ | u /u/ |
| Mid | e /e/ | o /o/ | |
| Open | a /a/ |
/ə(ɹ) a(ɹ) e(ɹ) i(ɹ) i(j) o(ɹ) u(ɹ) u(w)/ < Pre-Idosian ə a e i î o u û /ə a e ɪ i̝ o ʊ u̝/ < Proto-Tsimulh /a ą e į i ę ų u/