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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ({{PAGENAME}}: ''socovíc'' /ˈsotsoviːts/ or ''socovija lesán'' /ˈsotsovija ˈlesaːn/), sometimes called '''Sotsovian''' in English, is a Semitic language in the [[w:Balkan sprachbund|Balkan Sprachbund]], spoken in the nation of Mostsev (''Moscév''). It's actually alternate Slovenia, or a thin piece of land running straight down the west coast of Balkan Peninsula or something. A North Semitic language, it diverges in many ways from Central Semitic tongues such as Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew - it preserves archaic features that have not survived in Central Semitic languages, as well as some innovations in its grammar. North Semitic is thought to have been quasi-Central Semitic dialect that separated very early from the rest of Central Semitic. The name of the language, ''socovíc'', is the feminine singular definite form of the adjective ''socoví'' - which seems to have stemmed from {{recon|√s-t-w}}, a root meaning 'north' in {{PAGENAME}} (cf. Hebrew {{heb|סְתָו}} ''săṯâw'' 'winter'). Like its Semitic and Afro-Asiatic relatives, {{PAGENAME}} is a fusional, templatic language with an accusative alignment. Over its history the language has absorbed influences from Slavic, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, more recently French, Italian, German and English. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ({{PAGENAME}}: ''socovíc'' /ˈsotsoviːts/ or ''socovija lesán'' /ˈsotsovija ˈlesaːn/), sometimes called '''Sotsovian''' in English, is a Semitic language in the [[w:Balkan sprachbund|Balkan Sprachbund]], spoken in the nation of Mostsev (''Moscév''). It's actually alternate Slovenia, or a thin piece of land running straight down the west coast of Balkan Peninsula or something. A North Semitic language, it diverges in many ways from Central Semitic tongues such as Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew - it preserves archaic features that have not survived in Central Semitic languages, as well as some innovations in its grammar. North Semitic is thought to have been quasi-Central Semitic dialect that separated very early from the rest of Central Semitic. The name of the language, ''socovíc'', is the feminine singular definite form of the adjective ''socoví'' - which seems to have stemmed from {{recon|√s-t-w}}, a root meaning 'north' in {{PAGENAME}} (cf. Hebrew {{heb|סְתָו}} ''săṯâw'' 'winter'). Like its Semitic and Afro-Asiatic relatives, {{PAGENAME}} is a fusional, templatic language with an accusative alignment. Over its history the language has absorbed influences from Slavic, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, more recently French, Italian, German and English. | ||
Because of its obvious connection with the "sacred tongue" Hebrew, {{PAGENAME}} had caught some attention in historical | Because of its obvious connection with the "sacred tongue" Hebrew, {{PAGENAME}} had caught some attention in historical Western scholarship before the era of modern linguistics. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||