Thezhmic

Thezhmic (/ˈθɛʒmɪk/, Native: Ŧəźmikós /θəʒmiˈkos/, Liźḗnom /liˈʒeːnom/) is an Indo-European language.

Thezhmic
Ŧəźmikós
Pronunciation	[θəʒmiˈkós]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Thezhmic
Early form	Proto-Thezhmic

Phonology

Orthography

Thezhmic is written with the Thezhmic alphabet.

In this article, the following romanization is used:

Thezhmic romanization

Letter	IPA	Remarks
A a	a
Ā ā	aː
B b	b
C c	tʃ
D d	d
Đ đ	ð
E e	e
Ē ē	eː
Ə ə	ə
Ə̃ ə̃	ə̃
F f	f
G g	ɡ
Ġ ġ	ʁ
H h	h
Ħ ħ	ħ
I i	i
Ī ī	iː
J j	dʒ
K k	k
L l	l
M m	m
N n	n
O o	o
Ō ō	oː
P p	p
Q q	q
R r	r
S s	s
Ś ś	ʃ
T t	t
Ŧ ŧ	θ
U u	u
Ū ū	uː
Ũ ũ	ũ
V v	v
W w	w
X x	χ
Y y	j
Z z	z
Ź ź	ʒ
Ɂ ɂ (ʔ)	ʔ	Not written word-initially.
Ҁ ҁ (ʕ)	ʕ

Consonants

Thezhmic consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m	n			(ɲ)	(ŋ)	(ɴ)
Stop	voiceless	p	t				k	q		ʔ
	voiced	b	d				ɡ
Affricate	voiceless				tʃ
	voiced				dʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	θ	s	ʃ			χ	ħ	h
	voiced	v	ð	z	ʒ			ʁ	ʕ
Approximant						j	w
Lateral			l			(ʎ)
Trill			r

Vowels

Thezhmic monopthong vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, iː		u, uː, ũ
Mid	e, eː	ə, ə̃	o, oː
Open		a, aː

Any non-nasal vowel can form a falling dipthong with -i and -u (unless it results in a sequence of two identical vowels).

Morphophonology

Syllabicization

Liquids (r, l), nasals (n, m), and glides (y, w) have syllabic counterparts that replace them when required by phonotactics.

Syllabic counterparts

Consonant	Syllabic counterpart
r	ər
l	əl
n	ə̃
m	ũ
y	i
w	u

If none of these consonants are present, a schwa (-ə-) is inserted.

Alternatively, the offending consonant cluster may be simplified through phonetic changes, but this is non-productive and has been reversed in most cases.

Hiatus resolution

When hiatus would occur, it is resolved by inserting an epenthetic consonant. This consonant depends on the vowels.

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns may have two stems, and these stems may or may not differ in accent. For these nouns, the primary stem is used in the nominative, vocative, and accusative while the secondary stem is used in the remaining cases. Depending on the noun, the nominative singular (and, for neuter nouns, the vocative and accusative singular) may also be irregular. Additionally, some neuter nouns have an irregular nominative/vocative/accusative plural.

O-stems and ā-stems almost always have a single stem, while other noun classes are more likely to have multiple stems.

The stems are given in the citation form: nominative singular, (nominative plural), genitive singular

• The nominative plural is used in the citation form when the nominative singular and/or nominative plural is irregular.

O-stems

O-stem declension

Case	Singular		Dual	Plural
	m.	n.	m./n.	m.	n.
Nominative	-os	-om	-ō	-ōs	-ā
Vocative	-e
Accusative	-om			-ons
Instrumental	-ō		-ovom	-ōis
Dative	-ōi			-ovos
Ablative	-ōd
Genitive	-ośśo		-ous	-ōm
Locative	-ei			-oizu

Examples:

• wə́lqos, -oššo (m.): wolf
• nizdós, -óššo (m.): nest
• wérjom, -oššo (n.): work

Ā-stems

Ā-stem declension

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
	f.	f.	f.
Nominative	-ā; -ī¹	-āi; -ī¹	-ās; -īs¹
Vocative	-a; -i¹
Accusative	-ām; -īm¹		-āns; -īns¹
Instrumental	-ā	-āvom	-āvis
Dative	-āi		-āvos
Ablative	-ās
Genitive		-āus	-āʕōm
Locative	-āi		-āzu

Notes:

¹ Some ā-stem nouns have a primary stem ending in -ī instead of -ā. Such nouns' secondary stems end in -y- (which precedes the ā-stem endings). Such nouns may be referred to as "ī/yā-stem nouns".

Examples:

• écwā, -ās (f.): mare
• þōnā́, -ā́s (f.): grain
• ġnā́, -ā́s (f.): woman
• də̃źwā́, -ā́s (f.): tongue
• wəlqī́, wəlqyā́s (f.): she-wolf

I-stems

I-stem declension

Case	Singular		Dual	Plural
	m./f.	n.	m./f./n.	m./f.	n.
Nominative	-is	-i	-ī	-ēis	-ī
Vocative	-i
Accusative	-im			-ins
Instrumental	-ī		-ivom	-ivis
Dative	-ēi			-ivos
Ablative	-eis
Genitive			-eyous	-eyōm
Locative	-ēi			-izu

Examples:

• méntis, mə̃téis (f.): mind, intellect
• móri, ũréis (n.): sea
• hóstis, hostéis (m.): foreigner
• ʕówis, ʕówis (f.): sheep

U-stems

U-stem declension

Case	Singular		Dual	Plural
	m./f.	n.	m./f./n.	m./f.	n.
Nominative	-us	-u	-ū	-ewes	-ū
Vocative	-u
Accusative	-um¹			-uns
Instrumental	-ū		-uvom	-uvis
Dative	-ewei			-uvos
Ablative	-eus
Genitive			-ewous	-ewōm
Locative	-ēu			-uzu

Notes:

¹ When the accusative would have ended in -Vum (where V represents a vowel), the -u- instead dropped causing the preceding vowel to be lengthened.

Examples:

• jéustus, justéus (m.): taste
• fāźús, fāźéus (m.): arm
• pérkus, pərkéus (m.): oak
• jónu, jnéus (n.): knee

Liquid/nasal-stems

These nouns have stems ending in a liquid (r or l) or a nasal (n or m).

In some cases, the stem-final consonant may vary betwen primary and secondary stems - the most common example is an alternation between r and n in neuter nouns.

The following shorthand symbols are used:

• C: represents the stem-final consonant (may be r, l, n, or m).
• S: represents the above consonant's "syllabic" counterpart.
• V: represents the vowel preceding the stem-final consonant (may be e or o).
• L: represents the above vowel's lengthened counterpart (i.e. ē or ō).

Liquid/nasal-stem declension

Case	Singular		Dual	Plural
	m./f.	n.	m./f./n.	m./f.	n.
Nominative	-LC; -ō¹	-S; -VC³	-VCe	-VCes	-LC; -ō¹
Vocative	-VC
Accusative	-VCũ; -Lm²			-VCə̃s
Instrumental	-Cē⁴		-Svom; -Cvom⁵	-Svis; -Cvis⁵
Dative	-Cei⁴			-Svos; -Cvos⁵
Ablative	-Ces⁴
Genitive			-Cous⁴	-Cōm⁴
Locative	-Ci⁴			-Szu; -Czu⁵

Notes:

¹ When V = o and C = n (i.e. expected -ōn becomes -ō).

² When C = m (i.e. expected -Vmũ becomes -Lm).

³ Depending on the noun, the neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular may end in -S or -VC.

⁵ When a forbidden consonant would result, -ə- is inserted.

⁵ -S- becomes -C- after a vowel.

'Examples::

• patḗr, patrés (m.): father
• ŧéźōm, ŧəźmés (f.): homeland
• ənómə̃, ənémnes (n.): name
• ścũmō, śćũnés (m.): man
• wódər, wédōr, udnés (n.): water
• sṓwəl, saunés (n.): sun

Consonant-stems

Consonant-stem declension

Case	Singular		Dual	Plural
	m./f.	n.	m./f./n.	m./f.	n.
Nominative	-s; (irregular)¹	-	-e	-es	-a; (irregular)¹
Vocative	-
Accusative	-ũ			-ə̃s
Instrumental	-ē		-fom²	-fis²
Dative	-ei			-fos²
Ablative	-es
Genitive			-ous	-ōm
Locative	-i			-su²

Notes:

¹ Often irregular.

² Causes a preceding voiced fricative to devoice.

Examples:

• pōs, pódes, pedés (m.): foot
• noqs, nóqtes, néqtes (f.): night
• névos, névōs, névezes (n.): cloud

Secondary stem patterns

Nouns with secondary stems that differ from their primary stems tend to follow certain trends. Common ways to derive the secondary stem from the primary stem include (note that multiple ways may co-occur):

• Shift of accent from the root to the ending.
• Shortening a long vowel.
• Change of -o- to -e-.
• Dropping the nucleus vowel (usually -o- or -e-).
  • If this results in a forbidden consonant cluster:
    • If one of the consonants in that cluster is a liquid (r, l), a nasal (n, m), or a glide (y, w), it is converted to its syllabic counterpart.
    • Otherwise, the cluster is broken with -ə-.

Note that even if one or more of the above changes are possible, they may not occur in a given noun. Unpredictable changes can also occur.

Adjectives

Adjectives are declined as the noun classes; however, in constrast to the masculine and neuter, the feminine almost always falls under the ā-stem class.

The formation of the feminine generally depends on the masculine and neuter class as per the table below:

Name of adjective class	Masculine and neuter class	Formation of feminine
o/ā-stem	o-stem	masc./neut. secondary stem + -ā, -ās
u-stem	u-stem	masc./neut. secondary stem + -ewī, -uyās
i-stem	i-stem	masc./neut. secondary stem + -ī, -iyās
liquid/nasal-stem	liquid/nasal-stem	masc./neut. secondary stem + -Cī, -Cyās¹
consonant-stem	consonant-stem	masc./neut. secondary stem + -ī, -(y)ās¹

Notes:

¹ The feminine secondary stem may end in a palatalized consonant instead of -y-.

The citation form of adjectives is: masculine singular nominative, neuter singular nominative, (masculine/neuter singular genitive), (feminine singular nominative), (feminine singular genitive).

• The genitive(s) can be dropped when the adjective is declined regularly. This most often happens with ō/ā-stem adjectives.
• The feminine singular nominative is dropped when feminine forms are identical to the masculine. This occurs in a few adjectives (never o/ā-class), the most notable of which are the cardinal numbers 3 and 4.

Like nouns, adjectives often have secondary stems. These are formed similarly as those of nouns.

Numerals

Number	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	sḗm, sém, smés, smī́, smyā́s	parwós, -óm, -ā́
2	dwṓ, dwṓ, dwā́i	ħánteros, -om, -ā
3	trḗis, trī́, treyṓm	tritós, -óm, -ā́
4	qetwóres, qetwṓr, qeturṓm	qeturtós, -óm, -ā́
5	pénqe, pénqōm, pénqevis	penqtós, -óm, -ā́
6	swéśś, -ōm, -fis	sweśśtós, -óm, -ā́
7	septṹ, -mōm, -vis	septũmós, -óm, -ā́
8	ʕośtṓu, ośtṓwōm, ośtṓuvis	ʕośtowós, -óm, -ā́
9	ənéwə̃, -nōm, -vis	ənewə̃nós, -óm, -ā́
10	décũt, -ōm, -fis	decũtós, -óm, -ā́
20	dwī́conte, -ous, -fom	dwīcũtós, -óm, -ā́
30	trī́cont, -ōm, -fis	trīcũtós, -óm, -ā́
40	qétwarcont, -ōm, -fis	qetwarcontós, -óm, -ā́
50	pénqēcont, -ōm, -fis	penqēcontós, -óm, -ā́
60	swéśścont, -ōm, -fis	sweśścontós, -óm, -ā́
70	septúncont, -ōm, -fis	septuncontós, -óm, -ā́
80	ʕośtṓcont, -ōm, -fis	ʕośtōcontós, -óm, -ā́
90	ənéwancont, -ōm, -fis	ənewancontós, -óm, -ā́
100	cũtóm, -óśśo	cũtomós, -óm, -ā́
200	(dwṓ) cũtṓ, (dwóus) cũtóus; dwōcũtṓ, -óus	dwōcũtomós, -óm, -ā́
300	trī́ cũtā́, treyṓm cũtṓm; trīcũtā́, -ṓm	trīcũtomós, -óm, -ā́
1000	śézlom, śézlośśo	śezlomós, -óm, -ā́
2000	(dwṓ) śézlō, (dwóus) śézlous; dwōśézlō, -ous	dwōśezlomós, -óm, -ā́
3000	trī́ śézlā, treyṓm śézlōm; trīśézlā, -ōm	trīśezlomós, -óm, -ā́

Note that numbers above 4 do not vary by gender.

Numbers between 5-10 and decades besides 20 take plural inflection. 20 takes dual inflection. Note that the accusative of these numbers is identical to the nominative, and the genitive stem may be slightly different than the remaining cases. This is shown in the table by listing both the genitive and instrumental forms. Also note that when the dative, ablative, and locative plural endings take the same voicing as that given for the instrumental ending.

100 and 1000 take singular inflection (with dual/plural used for multiple hundreds/thousands).

Syntax