Bǎnzǎlic

Bǎnzǎlic
dɔu̯dʒ
Created by	xxxxxxx
Native to	Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Native speakers	4 000 (2023 census)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic South Germanic languages Bǎnzǎlic
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic
Writing system	Coptic

Bǎnzǎlic is a South Germanic language spoken by several small communities within Maghreb. Approximately 4,000 people speak Bǎnzǎlic as their L1. It is of considerable interest to linguists and ethnographers, because of its complex history and unique place in the world.

Phonology

Bǎnzǎlic consonants primarily center around a voiced-unvoiced contrast. Several sounds do not occur in the lexical forms of words, but are nevertheless common as the result of consonant mutation.

Bǎnzǎlic consonants

	labial	dental	palatal	dorsal
stop	p/b	t/d	c/ɟ	k/g
nasal	p̃/m	t̃/n	c̃/ɲ	k̃/ŋ
mellow fricative	ɸ/β	θ/ð	ç	x/ɣ
mellow affricate	pɸ/bβ	tθ/dð	cç	kx/gɣ
lateral fricative		ɬ/ɮ		q/ɢ
strident fricative	f/v	s/z	ʃ/ʒ	χ/ʁ
strident affricate	pf/bv	ts/dz	tʃ/dʒ	qχ/ɢʁ
glides				ɰ/j/w/ɥ
lateral liquids		l
trill	ⱱ		r	ʀ

Bǎnzǎlic vowels are most easily characterized a eight-vowel system: the typical five, two central, and a rhotic vowel. They all occur in long and short. There are also many diphthongs.

Bǎnzǎlic vowels

	front-rounded	front-unrounded	center	back
high	i	y	ə	u
mid	e	ø	ɐ	o
low	a
rhotic	ɝ

Noun

Bǎnzǎlic has four primary cases, inherited from Proto-Germanic; nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative. In addition to these primary cases, Bǎnzǎlic has five cases formed by the addition of a suffix to accusative case.

declation of fʍart "horse"

	sg.	pl.
nom.	fʍart	fʍartoː
gen.	fʍartəɮ	fʍartøː
dat.	fʍarta	fʍartɝm
acc.	fʍart	fʍartans
Locative	fʍartəlo	fʍartansəlo
Allative	fʍartəgil	fʍartansəgil
Superessive	fʍartədo	fʍartansədo
Subessive	fʍartədon	fʍartansədon
Comitative	fʍartədal	fʍartansəde

Pronoun

Bǎnzǎlic Pronoun

sg.	1.sg.	2.sg.	3.sg.m.	3.sg.f.	3.sg.n.
nom	ɪk	duː	iːts	ziː	ɛs
gen	mainɐ	dainɐ	zi	idzʀi	rsi
det	mipɸ	dipɸ	insk	idzo	ie̯m
acc	mik	dik	iŋχa	zji	ɛs
pl.	1.pl.	2.pl.	3.pl.m.	3.pl.f.	3.pl.n.
nom	wei̯ⱱ	juⱱ	iːts	rio̯	rjɝ
gen	unza	oɮʊ	idzqɐ	idzqɐ	idzqɐ
det	uns	oɮʊ	imβ	imβ	imβ
acc	uns	oɮʊ	rθi	rio̯	rjɝ

Verb

Bǎnzǎlic has two tense; present and past.

conjugation of giːbən "to give"

	prs.	pst
1sg.	giːbe	giːbte
2sg.	giːbɮ	giːbteɮ
3sg.	giːbt	giːbta
1pl.	giːbam	giːbtma
2pl.	giːbt	giːbte
3pl.	giːban	giːbtna

Syntax

Bǎnzǎlic is SVO, AN. ɪk giːbte ɸiʃans mainɐ hundɝm. "I gave fish for my dogs"

Vocabulary

Bǎnzǎlic basic vocabulary

1	I (1sg)	ɪk
2	you (2sg)	duː
7	this	ɮɝː
11	who	waːpf
12	what	wa
22	one	aɛ̯ns
23	two	tswaɛ̯
45	fish	ɸiʃ
47	dog	hund
64	blood	bluo̯t
68	horn	hɔʁn
73	ear	ɔːp
74	eye	aɔ̯guː
77	tooth	tsɝːn
78	tongue (organ)	tsʊnə
83	hand	hand
103	to know	a̯enən
109	to die	ʃgaqbʊn
128	to give	giːbən
147	sun	zʊnᵐβ
148	moon	meːnk
150	water	wasoː
155	salt	zalts
156	stone	ʃtaɛ̯n
163	wind	wind
167	fire	ɸou̯b
179	year	jaːɐ
182	full	ɸol
183	new	nɔu̯
207	name	naːmə