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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the most spoken modern Zoomic language, and became a lingua franca of Western Etalocin in the modern era before [[Clofabosin]] became more prominent in the information age.
{{Infobox language
 
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|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]], [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]]
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|name = ǃZoom
 
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I. Write a short piece stating your intents and purposes when creating the language (Design goal, inspiration, ideas, and so on).
|pronunciation= 
II. Write a short introduction to your language. (Who speaks it? When was it created? By whom? or what? are some example questions that can be answered here)
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
III. Once done, try making sure everything is properly spelt so as to avoid unnecessary reader fatigue.
|region = Zoom Islands
 
|speakers= 6 million
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|date=13b0dd
|familycolor=Isolate
|fam1=Isolate
|script=ǃZoom script
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a language isolate spoken by the !Zoom people. It's inspired by beatboxing, Vietnamese and Southern American English.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==


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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Orthography===
===Orthography===
Largely phonetic; use ligatures for clicks
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
A lot of clicks - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however.
A lot of clicks and ejectives - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however.
 
Implosives: ɓ ɗ ᶑ ʄ


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
/a i u a: i: u: ai au ə/ '''a i u â î û ai au e'''
Triphthongs: æjə ejə ɪjə ɛjɔ
 
/ə/ is a common outcome of vowel reduction and can only occur in unstressed syllables.


===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
====Intonation====
====Intonation====
{{PAGENAME}} has a distinctive intonation paradigm, similar to Irish English or Valspeak.
*In declarative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word (if there is no focused constituent, the last word) has a lower pitch than the immediately preceding syllable. ("...mid ꜜ LOW mid...") This originates from discursive uptalk in older forms of {{PAGENAME}}, which has since generalized to all declarative sentences. A few relatively isolated accents do not use this pattern.
*In interrogative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word has a higher pitch than the syllable immediately before. ("... mid ꜛ HIGH mid ... ?")
*In exclamations, the pattern is "... mid ꜜ LOW-HIGH mid ... !", possibly with a gradual drop to low pitch in the end. Angry or indignant questions also use an exclamatory intonation.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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No mutations (it's not a Talmic language)
 
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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==Example texts==
==Example texts==
==Poetry==
zoom should have Welsh style cynghanedd
where there are rules on which syllables have clicks in a poem
==Other resources==
==Other resources==
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Revision as of 19:57, 27 May 2020

ǃZoom
Created byIlL, Praimhín
SettingVerse:Tricin
Native speakers6 million (13b0dd)
Isolate
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Tłkaw is a language isolate spoken by the !Zoom people. It's inspired by beatboxing, Vietnamese and Southern American English.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Largely phonetic; use ligatures for clicks

Consonants

A lot of clicks and ejectives - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however.

Implosives: ɓ ɗ ᶑ ʄ

Vowels

Triphthongs: æjə ejə ɪjə ɛjɔ

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

No mutations (it's not a Talmic language)

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Poetry

zoom should have Welsh style cynghanedd

where there are rules on which syllables have clicks in a poem

Other resources