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in whǽnar whetmer
Pronunciation[/in wainəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/]
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SettingVerse:Tricin
Quihum
  • Naquic
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Whetmer (English: /ˈʍɛtmər/ WHET-mer; natively: in whǽnar whetmer /in wainəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/, from Naquian in huēyacaz huehmiz) is the most divergent present day Naquic language spoken in the country of Verse:Tricin/Whetli. It's somewhat Faroese- and Tamil-inspired.

Grand Master Plan

  • hu- > w-, u- > wh-
  • Vz > Vr
  • ī > i; i > e before r; i otherwise
  • Get retroflexes from geminates (thus no initial retros)
  • Tzrhowéx /tʂʼowiəɕ/ (foreign word)

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral central lateral plain labialized
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nr /ɳ/ [ŋ]
Plosive tenuis p /p/ t /t/ tr /ʈ/ c /k/ qu /kʷ/ h /ʔ/
ejective ph /pʼ/ th /tʼ/ trh /ʈʼ/ ch /kʼ/
Fricative z /s/ ł /ɬ/ zr /ʂ/ łr /ɬʵ/ x /ɕ/
Affricate tenuis tz /ts/ tł /tɬ/ tzr /ʈʂ/ tłr /ʈɬʵ/ tx /tɕ/
ejective tzh /tsʼ/ tłh /tɬʼ/ tzrh /ʈʂʼ/ tłrh /ʈɬʵʼ/ txh /tɕʼ/
Approximant voiceless wh /ʍ/
voiced l, ll /l/ r /ɻ~ɭ/ y /j/ w /w/

Vowels

i í u ú e é o ó æ ǽ a á /i ui u iu e iə ə o uə æ ai ə ɑ/

Grammar

Nouns and adjectives

Unlike other Naquic languages, Whetmer preserves much of Naquic declension.

  • -i, -ia nouns: calli /kali/ 'song (nom sg)'; cælla /kæla/ 'song (gen sg)'; caller /kalɛɭ/ 'song (nom pl)'; callen /kalɛn/ 'song (gen pl)'

Verbs

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