Bgapian

Introduction

Modern Netagin (nthogin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.

Phonology

Consonants

Modern Netagin lost gemination and gained new consonant contrasts as a result.

		Labial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/			ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	unaspirated	b /p~b/	d /t~d/			g /k~g/			ʔ /ʔ/
	aspirated		t /tʰ~dʰ/			k /kʰ~gʰ/
Affricate			c /ts~dz/	ć /tɬ~dɮ/
Spirant	voiceless	f /f~v/	þ /θ~ð/				x /x~ɣ/
	voiced	v /v/	ð /ð/				γ /x~ɣ/
Nonspirant	voiceless		s /s/ z /z/	ś /ɬ/				ħ /ħ/	h /h/
	voiced		z /z/
Approximant		w /w/	r /ɾ/		y /j/		ȝ /ʁ~ʕ/

m n ŋ tʰ t kʰ k ʔ b d g f s ts ɬ tɬ ħ h z ʁ w ɾ j

⟨m n ŋ þ t x k ʔ b d g f s c ś ć ħ h z ȝ w r y⟩

Begadkefat: /t k b d g/ > /θ x v ð ɣ/ after a V; transliterated th kh bh dh gh (optional across word boundaries)

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/	ü /y/	u /u/
Mid	e /e/	ö /ø/	o /o/
Open		a /a/

Morphology

Adjectives

Adjectives in -in decline as follows:

nthogin 'Netagin'

	Singulative	Collective	Plurative
Masculine	nthogin	nthoginu	nthogino
Feminine	nthogiye	nthoginu	nthogibh

Syntax

Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.