Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
Adetsib is an Etalocian language; it is a Naquic language like Naquian. It's inspired by (English-accented) Lushootseed.
'abšid = goodbye
s'abšid = say goodbye
šə = article
-əd = accusative
-ə' = obviate
lə-, xwə-, 'ə-, gwə-, sə-, yə- = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg
dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water
łuxvils = mother, təlxvils = father
łu'əq, təlič = woman, man
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | k k | kʷ kʷ | q q | qʷ qʷ | ʔ ʔ | ||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | gʷ gʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | s s | ł ɬ | š ʃ | xʷ xʷ | x̌ (xv) χ | x̌ʷ χʷ | h h | |||
| Affricate | tenuis | c ts | ƛ (ξ) tɬ | č tʃ | ||||||
| voiced | dᶻ (dz) dz | ǰ (j) dʒ | ||||||||
| Approximant | l l | y j | w w | [L] | ||||||
- [L] is an allophone of /l/
Vowels
i u ə a /i ü ə a/
Stress
Always penultimate