Swyr
Humpback Whelsh is a Naquic language spoken in Talma. It is distantly related to modern Adutsib languages such as Sfətsiv.
It's inspired by Welsh.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||||
| Stop | unaspirated | pp /p(ʼ)/ | tt /t(ʼ)/ | tts /ts(ʼ)/ | ttσ /tɬ(ʼ)/ | ttj /tʃ(ʼ)/ | cc /k(ʼ)/ | |
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | tσ /tɬʰ/ | tj /tʃʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dz /dz/ | dλ /dɮ/ | dj /dʒ/ | g /g/ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | σ /ɬ/ | sj /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ |
| voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/ | z /z/ | λ /ɮ/ | gh /ɣ/ | |||
| Approximant | r /r/ | l /l/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | ||||
Vowels
in stressed syllables:
a ā e ē i ī o ó > æ a ə e ı i o u = ä a ə e ı i o u
Morphology
Nouns
The definite article is y before consonants and yn before vowels.
Possessive pronouns: ry vib, w vib, a vib, gy vib, zy vib, a mib = my house, your house, ...