Verse:Hmøøh/Swuntsim people

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Ancient Adutsib/Lexicon
Ancient Adutsib/Swadesh list
Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
ʔadəcib
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SettingVerse:Tricin
Extinct500dd
Tsimulh-Naquic
  • Hmøøh/Swuntsim people
Language codes
ISO 639-3qnq
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Ancient Adutsib (ʔadəcib /ʔaˈdətsib/) is the ancient language of the Adutsib people; it is still used as a liturgical language among the Adutsib people. It is a Naquic language like Naquian. Ancient Adutsib has several modern descendants:

It's inspired by (English-accented) Lushootseed.

sʔabšid = say goodbye

šə = article

-əd = accusative (patientive)

-əʔ = accusative (non-patientive)

lə-, xʷə-, ʔə-, gʷə-, sə-, yə- = 1sg, 2sg, 3sg, 1pl, 2pl, 3pl

dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water

łux̌ils = mother, təlx̌ils = father

łuʔəq, təlič = woman, man

bikʷ 'house' ~ Naq. miqui

Phonology

Consonants

Adutsib lost Proto-Naquic ejectives and denasalized Proto-Naquic nasals /m n/ into /b d/.

Hmøøh/Swuntsim people consonants
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral plain lab. plain lab.
Stop tenuis p p t t k k q q ʔ ʔ
voiced b b d d g g
Fricative s s ł ɬ š ʃ χ x̌ʷ χʷ h h
Affricate tenuis c ts ƛ č
voiced dᶻ dz ǰ
Approximant l l y j w w [ʟ]
  • /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
  • [ʟ] (vocalized l) is an allophone of /l/ when not before a vowel.

Vowels

i u ə a /i ü ə a/

Notes
  • /ü/ is fully back [u] before /l/.
  • /ə/ is [ɔ] before /l/.

Stress

Always penultimate

Morphology

Todo: dxw, -cid (-cid ~ Naq. -tzin)

Nouns

  • -s: genitive (inalienable)

Verbs

  • ablaut
  • s- = verbalizer

Phrasebook

  • yəyʔ = hello
  • ʔabšid! = goodbye!