Bgapian
Introduction
Modern Netagin (nðoḡin /n(ə)ˈðoɣin/) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
Numbers
1-12: ħaŋic böḏ hez tüŋ mikoś fazim ʔaŋbon kacăḏ xuȝos rifüy þaḇiŋ śḏüȝ zorüγ
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 | ||
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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/ |
/pʰ/ is found in loans and words derived from loans.
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
Modern Netagin morphology is simpler than Classical Netagin.
Nouns
Nouns have three principal parts: absolute singular, absolute plural and construct singular.
Adjectives
Adjectives in -in decline as follows:
Singulative | Plurative | |
---|---|---|
Masculine | nðoḡin | nðoḡino |
Feminine | nðoḡiye | nðoḡiḇ |
Verbs
Derivational morphology
Syntax
Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.