Suwáá/Wordlist

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The Azzanic languages are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including Tergetian, Aškāsīnių (čegānų Aškāsīnių) and Rozzino. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the Talsmic languages.

Origin

Phylogeny

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants
Labial Denti-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral
Nasal *m *n
Plosive plain *p *t *ṭ *k *q
voiced *b *d *ḍ *g
Fricative voiceless *þ *s *h
voiced *ð *z
Affricate plain *c
voiced *ʒ́
Approximant *w *y
Liquid *r *l

Consonant correspondences

PAzz *p *b *t *d *s *z *c *ʒ́ *ṭ *ḍ *k *g *q *m *n *l *r *y *w *h
Tergetian p b t d t d s z s z ś ź ŧ đ c g q ġ m n l r ˀ, coloring f, coloring ˀ ˀ
Rozzino p b t d f v s ż z ż sci sgi ci gi ci gi c(h) g(h) qu gu m n l r gi, coloring v, coloring [ʔ] h [ʔ]
Aškās f b t d þ ð s z c dz š ž č k g q ʕ m n l r j v ʔ h

Vowels

Similar to Baltic:

Front Back
Close *i *ī *u *ū
Mid
Open *e *ē *a *ā
Diphthongs *ey *ew *ay *aw

Suprasegmentals

Stress fell on the first heavy syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); if there was no long syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.

Phonotactics

Grammar

Nouns

Verbs

There was an emphatic clitic =is added to verbs.

Syntax