Qazhrian

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Qazhrian (/kɑːʒriən/ KAHZH-ree-uhn; natively: brits Qazhrem /brits ˈqaʒrɘm/) 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 Breton.

Ideas

  • Breton-ish but no grammatical mutations. If stuck between Welshy and Breton-ish err towards Breton-ish.
  • /ts, dz/ from Thensarian /θ ð/
    • d and dz both lenite to z
  • /q/ lenites intervocallically to /ʟ/
  • /m/ does NOT lenite.
  • i ī u ū e ē o ó a ā ae ao ei eo iu oe ui
  • yenal = water

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nh /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/, ts /ts/ ch k /k/ kw /kʷ/ q /q/
voiced b /b/ d /d/, dz /dz/ lh /ɟ/ g /g/ gw /gʷ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ c'h /x/ ħ /χ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ zh /ʒ/ gh /g'h/
Liquid r /r/ l /ʟ/
Approximant y /j/ w /w/

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

Auslautverhärtung operates for plosives and is reflected in the orthography.

Vowels

Vietnamese/Ivris Modernis vowels?

i, u, ou, e, ô, o, ê, â, a /i ï u e ə o ɛ a ɔ/ əe əo

Morphology

Nouns

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

Verbs

There are finite verbs, but auxiliaries are also important

Syntax