Bgapian
Introduction
Modern Netagin (nhþohgin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
ħaŋic böhd hez tüŋ mikoś fazzim ʔaŋbon kacăhd xuʕos rifüy þahbiŋ śhdüʕ zârüγ
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Modern Netagin lost Classical Netagin gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result.
| Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||||
| Plosive | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | g /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | ḇ /b/ | ḏ /d/ | ḡ /g/ | ||||||
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | ||||||
| Affricate | c /ts/ | ć /tɬ/ | |||||||
| Spirant | voiceless | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | x /x/ | |||||
| voiced | v /v/ | ð /ð/ | γ /ɣ/ | ||||||
| Nonspirant | voiceless | s /s/ | ś /ɬ/ | ħ /ħ/ | h /h/ | ||||
| voiced | z /z/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | r /ɾ/ | y /j/ | ȝ /ʁ~ʕ/ | ||||||
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.