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''' | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''omokwoȝ Iłtséenofin'') is a language isolate spoken in the Iseenof province in Skella. It is inspired by Arapaho and [[Wiobian]]. | ||
==Sample== | |||
Ebéeȝ ceron ełeptséewon d-oseejeł tóos ocin kwi. = Once there was a childless king who wanted a son. | |||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
p b f t d ȝ c j y k g h kw gw w = /pʰ p f tʰ t θ tʃʰ~cʰ tʃ~c ʃ~ç kʰ k h kʷʰ kʷ ʍ/ | |||
s ts l ł tł r /s ts ʟ χ tχ r/ | |||
m n /m n/ | |||
The modern pronunciation of ''l ł tł'' is due to Eevo influence. | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
Arapaho vowels but with a quality distinction instead of tone | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns come in two genders: masculine and feminine. Inanimate objects can be used in both genders interchangeably. (The feminine derives from an older honorific form, as in [[Proto-Talmic]].) | |||
Nouns and adjectives are technically the same part of speech and TAM affixes on a noun must also appear on adjectives that modify it. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||