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'''Qazhrian''' (/kɑːʒriən/ ''KAHZH-ree-uhn''; natively: ''Qazhrem'' /ˈqaʒrem/ or  ''hë Lazhrem'' /hə ˈʟaʒrem/) is a [[Talmic]] language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian ''Ȝactrasē''), a [[Verse:Tricin/Etalocin|Talman]] country. It is descended from [[Thensarian]].
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==External history==
Talman Lakovic or isolate with mutations, inspired loosely by Welsh
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==
q > l soft mutation
*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.
*''nō'' = I
*''wōr'' = you (sg)
*''tëzh'' = child
*''rront'' = man
*''yënal'' = water
*''wëkj'' = name
*''që'' = in front of
*''basht'' = head
 
==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===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |
!  |Labial
!  |Alveolar
!  |Palatal
!  |Velar
!  |Uvular
!  |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''nj''' /ɲ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/, '''c''' /ts/
| '''kj''' /c/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''q''' /q/
|
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/, '''x''' /dz/
| '''gj''' /ɟ/
| '''g''' /g/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''sh''' /ʃ/
| '''c'h''' /x/
| '''ħ''' /χ/
|rowspan="2" | '''h''' /h/
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' /v/
| '''z''' /z/
| '''zh''' /ʒ/
| '''gh''' /ɣ/
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Liquid
|
| '''r''' /ɾ/, '''rr''' /r/
|
|
| '''l''' /ɴ̆~ʟ/
|
|-
! colspan="2" |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===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
|+ '''Vowels'''
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/
| '''u''' /y/
| '''ou''' /u/
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
| '''e''' /e/
| '''ë''' /ə/
| '''o''' /o/
|-
! style="" |Open-mid
| '''ē''' /ɛ/
|
| '''ō''' /ɔ/
|-
! style="" |Open
|
| '''a''' /a/
|
|}
 
Diphthongs: '''ai au''' /əi əu/; '''ië uë ouë''' /iə yə uə/ from loans
 
==Morphology==
===Mutations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''Radical''' || p || t || ts || s || tq || q || tj || sj || c || b || d || dz || z || dx || x || dj || zj || g
|-
| '''Soft''' || f || th || s || h || q || h || sj || h || ch || v || dh || z || 0 || x || 0 || zj || 0 || gh
|-
| '''Nasal''' || f || th || s || h || q || h || sj || h || ch || v || dh || z || 0 || x || 0 || zj || 0 || gh
|-
| '''Hard''' || f || th || s || h || q || h || sj || h || ch || v || dh || z || 0 || x || 0 || zj || 0 || gh
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| '''Radical''' || m || n || ng || w || l || r || y
|-
| '''Soft''' || w || n || w || w || w || r || y
|-
| '''Nasal''' || w || n || w || w || w || r || y
|-
| '''Hard''' || w || n || w || w || w || r || y
|}
 
===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'
 
Construct state is usually formed with ''-ët'' or ''-t'':
*''tëzhët hë ront'' 'the man's child'
 
===Verbs===
There are finite verbs, but auxiliaries are also important
 
==Syntax==

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Talman Lakovic or isolate with mutations, inspired loosely by Welsh

q > l soft mutation

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