Æ/Old
| Æ/Old | |
|---|---|
| jahn Schong | |
| Pronunciation | [/jan41 sʰɔŋ55/] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Lakovic
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Schong (shong, natively jahn Schong /jan41 sʰɔŋ55/; Hlou: Ntzog Xöb) is an analytic tonal Lakovic language (related to Windermere), spoken in Tumhan. It's inspired by Dutch, Czech, Cantonese, Thai and Burmese.
The name Schong is thought to be an exonym from a Hlou-Shum language, ultimately from "Ashan" (a name for a Lakovic speaking people or a Talman region?); however, Schong is in the Tumhanic branch, not Ashanic. Its closest relative is Æ.
Unlike Æ, Schong:
- preserves final consonants.
- keeps Proto-Tumhanic initial *ʂ distinct (as rz /ř/) instead of merging it with *j.
Todo
jahn 'language' ~ Old Wdm. șahn 'word'
khowh 'person'
ś initial > rz- (e.g. rzep '8' ~ Wdm łep)
External history
Schong is, in many ways, the second incarnation of my old Neck Thai, which was a Thai giblang spelled like Dutch.
Phonology
Monophthongs: a e i o u m ng r l /a e i o ü m ŋ r l/
- a e i o u n ng l ai au ei ou ui iu an en in on un ang eng ing ong ung al el il ol ul ak ek ik ok uk /aʔ eʔ iʔ oʔ üʔ/
m n ng = /m n ŋ/
p t tz tr k ' = /p t ts ʈ k ʔ/
ph th tz trh kh = aspirated
v z sch s g h = /f s sʰ ʂ x h/
w r rz l j = /w r (Czech ř) l j/
Initial clusters: vl vr vrz gl gr grz tw zw kw
tones:
Tone 1 (high level): a e i o u m ng r l
Tone 2 (rising): aa ee ii oo uu mm nng rr ll
Tone 3 (falling): ah eh ih oh uh uh mh ngh rh lh
Grammar
Telicity
Atelic: schak; Telic: lack of schak, from schak 'part'
Example:
- Rih sin vloon. /rî ʂín vlǒn/ = "I ate the fruit (all of it)."
- Rih sin schak vloon. /rî ʂín sʰák vlǒn/ = "I ate some of the fruit."