Hoзenese (native name hoзenóón céén) is spoken in Verse:Tumhan's Iceland.
Introduction
Hoзenese is phonologically the least conservative Finnic language on Tumhan. It's also the most lexically pure since it evolved in almost complete isolation.
The sound changes from Proto-Finnic to Hoзenese are based on those from Proto-Algonquian to Arapaho.
Phonology
Hoзenese has 12 consonants:
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | n /n/ | |||||
| Stop | b /b/ | t /t/ | c /tʃ/ | k /k/ | ’ /ʔ/ | |
| Fricative | з /θ/ | s /s/ | x /x/ | h /h/ | ||
| Approximant | y /j/ | w /w/ |
There are 4 short vowels:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i /ɪ/ | u /ʊ/ |
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | o /ɔ ~ ɒ/ |
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Hoзenese is highly agglutinating.