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''' | '''Swuntsim''' (''WHUT-sim''; natively ''təSfətsiv'' /təˈsfətsiv/) is a modern Tsimulh language, inspired by Lushootseed, Welsh, and Berber. It is the traditional vernacular language of the Swuntsim diaspora in Talma and Fyxoom, descending from [[Sacred Swuntsim]]. | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
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Prefix sandhi rules | Prefix sandhi rules | ||
== | ==Swuntsim gib== | ||
Tiʔə dhiʔə atsiσtovif o tiʔiσ tühacw zichvidh tjəσ. Go tüasσaσe o tüdhi sfavats. Dhiσəf tüʔüchw. Tüσaσe. Go tσüfiʔfiʔ. Go dhiσ tədhəfüchs ogwəʔ. Go tüσaσe ogwəʔ. | Tiʔə dhiʔə atsiσtovif o tiʔiσ tühacw zichvidh tjəσ. Go tüasσaσe o tüdhi sfavats. Dhiσəf tüʔüchw. Tüσaσe. Go tσüfiʔfiʔ. Go dhiσ tədhəfüchs ogwəʔ. Go tüσaσe ogwəʔ. | ||
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==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||
Talman | Talman Swuntsim has a set of base 10 numerals inherited from Sacred Swuntsim. Unlike in Sacred Swuntsim, however, base 12 is usually used. | ||
Numbers inflect for animacy, but only the first word in the whole numeral inflects: Number words beginning with ''sjü'' '1' inflect that word. Number words beginning with a number word other than 1 use ''ts-'' for animates. For example: | Numbers inflect for animacy, but only the first word in the whole numeral inflects: Number words beginning with ''sjü'' '1' inflect that word. Number words beginning with a number word other than 1 use ''ts-'' for animates. For example: | ||
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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Talman | Talman Swuntsim is usually written in the Windermere script. Words from Sacred Swuntsim are written in the original Swuntsim orthography. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Like many Tsimulh languages, | Like many Tsimulh languages, Swuntsim has no liquids in native words. However, liquids can occur in loaned vocabulary. | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Modern | Modern Swuntsim has lost the Proto-Tsimulh noun class system, which was still active in Sacred Swuntsim. Pronouns and verbs only agree in animacy and number. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
The genitive is marked with ''-s'', but ''-əs'' after coronal fricatives: ''stsaσ'' 'a forest or similar collection' > ''stsaσəs'' 'of a forest'. It's a clitic, not a suffix. | The genitive is marked with ''-s'', but ''-əs'' after coronal fricatives: ''stsaσ'' 'a forest or similar collection' > ''stsaσəs'' 'of a forest'. It's a clitic, not a suffix. | ||
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====Tense==== | ====Tense==== | ||
Swuntsim has four tenses: present, recent past, remote past, and future. The auxiliary ''-tje'' is used for the future. | |||
*''cwə-dhabo'' 'i meet' | *''cwə-dhabo'' 'i meet' | ||
*''σə-cwə-dhabo'' 'i do not meet' | *''σə-cwə-dhabo'' 'i do not meet' | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Modern | Modern Swuntsim is SVO and pro-drop. The copula is ''o''. Adpositions consist of approximately equal number of prepositions and postpositions. | ||
The constituent order is: | The constituent order is: | ||
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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
Much of the vocabulary is native and inherited from Sacred | Much of the vocabulary is native and inherited from Sacred Swuntsim - but there are a lot of reborrowings from Sacred Swuntsim. There are also loanwords from Anbirese, Windermere, and other Talman languages. | ||
[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | [[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | ||