Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
Adetsib (ʔadəcib) is an Etalocian language; it is a Naquic language like Naquian. It's inspired by (English-accented) Lushootseed.
ʔabšid = goodbye!
sʔabšid = say goodbye
šə = article
-əd = accusative
-əʔ = obviate
lə-, xʷə-, ʔə-, gʷə-, sə-, yə- = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl
dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water
łux̌ils = mother, təlx̌ils = father
łuʔəq, təlič = woman, man
Phonology
Consonants
Adetsib lost Proto-Naquic ejectives.
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | k k | kʷ (kw) kʷ | q q | qʷ (qw) qʷ | ʔ ʔ | ||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | gʷ (gw) gʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | s s | ł (σ) ɬ | š ʃ | xʷ (xw) xʷ | x̌ (χ) χ | x̌ʷ (χw) 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