Ksieħ

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Ksieħ (sa loxxed Ksieħ) is a Lakovic language, spoken in Clofabolocin.

Inspiration: Latin, Khasi, Khmer and Maltese


Todo

Initial td- for the name Tdap

ħ = /h/, h = /ʔ/

Vowels: <a e i o u y w à è ì ò ù ỳ ẁ ie ḁ> /a ɛ i o u ɨ ə æo ɛɨ io ɔɨ y əe aə e ɔ/

Consonants: <p t k b d g m n ŋ f s ṡ x v z ż h ħ l r> /p t k b d g m n ŋ f s θ x v z ð ʔ h l r/

Latin-like sound changes (Proto-Tergetic *p b φ -> b f p), and umlaut

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

There are four genders in Ksieħ: animate masculine, animate feminine, inanimate, and honorific (which can be used for both animate and inanimate nouns).

Nouns

The definite article is as follows:

  • masculine: yn
  • feminine:
  • inanimate: sa
  • honorific: se

Adjectives have two forms, a default and an honorific.

Verbs

Tense is generally unmarked in Ksieħ, though the past tense marker de may be inserted at the beginning of a sentence to disambiguate.

Numerals

1: ḁn
2: ras
3: stẁ
4: psàħ
5: mẁħ
6: daħ
7: ksàs
8: lkyr
9: tastẁ
10: tapsàħ
11: tammẁħ
12: srwħ

Morphosyntax

Ksieħ is analytic and consistently head-initial, like Vietnamese.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources