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*''basht'' = head (bastom)
*''basht'' = head (bastom)
*''xer'' = bird (δoirom)
*''xer'' = bird (δoirom)
*''ōrzh'' = big
*''ōrr'' = big
*''gaus'' = long
*''gaus'' = long
*''lau'' = peace
*''lau'' = peace

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Qazhrian/Lexicon

Qazhrian (/kɑːʒriən/ KAHZH-ree-uhn; natively: Qazhrem /ˈqaʒrem/ or hë Lazhrem /hə ˈʟaʒrem/) is a Talmic language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian Ȝactrasē), a Talman country. It is descended from Thensarian.

External history

This language was originally called Benocian and was Romance- and Ashkenazi Hebrew-inspired, and it had a strong Portuguese flavor. Recently I decided to rework it, basing the aesthetic more on Albanian and Breton.

Ideas

  • Breton-ish but not too gibby. Get more palatal consonants.
  • /ts, dz/ from Thensarian /θ ð/
    • or > /š ž/?
    • d and dz both lenite to z
  • /q/ lenites intervocallically to /ʟ/
  • /m/ does NOT lenite.
  • = I (nā)
  • wōr = you (sg) (vēr)
  • tëzh = child (tectas)
  • kavër = woman (cabnants)
  • rronn = man (rondom)
  • yënal = water (jenā, jena3-)
  • wëkj = name (velis)
  • = in front of
  • basht = head (bastom)
  • xer = bird (δoirom)
  • ōrr = big
  • gaus = long
  • lau = peace

Diachronics

  • i ī u ū e o ē ō a ā e ae ao ei eo iu oe ui > i e ou u ë o ō ē a ō ai au e ou u e

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/, c /ts/ kj /c/ k /k/ q /q/
voiced b /b/ d /d/, x /dz/ gj /ɟ/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ c'h /x/ ħ /χ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ zh /ʒ/ gh /ɣ/
Liquid r /ɾ/, rr /r/ l /ɴ̆~ʟ/
Approximant w /w/ y /j/

p, f are found in loanwords (e.g. from Clofabic and Windermere).

Auslautverhärtung operates for plosives and is reflected in the orthography.

Vowels

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i /i/ u /y/ ou /u/
Close-mid e /e/ ë /ə/ o /o/
Open-mid ē /ɛ/ ō /ɔ/
Open a /a/

Diphthongs: ai au /əi əu/; ië uë ouë /iə yə uə/ from loans

Morphology

Mutations

Qazhrian has three types of mutations: soft, nasal, and hard.

Radical p f t c s sj kj k q ħ b d x z gj g
Soft b f d x s sj gj g l ħ v zj z z y gh
Nasal p f t c s sj kj k l ħ m n x z nj ng
Hard p f sj s c kj kj c'h ħ ħ p t c s kj k
Radical m n nj w l rr y
Soft v n nj w l r y
Nasal m n nj w l rr y
Hard m n nj gw gl gr gj

Nouns

Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state.

Article mutation example:

  • tëzh 'a child'; hë dëzh 'the child'
  • rront 'a man'; hë ront 'the man'
  • kavër 'a woman'; hë gavër 'the woman'

Construct state is usually formed with :

  • tëzhë hë ront 'the man's child'

Verbs

There are finite verbs, but auxiliaries are also important

Syntax