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'''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''təSfətsiv'' /təˈsfətsiv/) is a modern Tsimulh language. It is the traditional vernacular language of the Swuntsim diaspora in [[Verse:Tricin/Talma|Talma]] and [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxoom|Fyxoom]]. It is unrelated to the Talmic and Lakovic languages that are spoken in Talma. | '''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''təSfətsiv'' /təˈsfətsiv/) is a modern Tsimulh language. It is the traditional vernacular language of the Swuntsim diaspora in [[Verse:Tricin/Talma|Talma]] and [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxoom|Fyxoom]]. It is unrelated to the Talmic and Lakovic languages that are spoken in Talma. | ||
It is inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh. | |||
Some typological characteristics: | Some typological characteristics: | ||
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*It is pro-drop. | *It is pro-drop. | ||
*Head-directionality is mixed. | *Head-directionality is mixed. | ||
*It has a simple grammatical gender system of animate-inanimate, but the much more complex Proto-Tsimulh noun class system has vestiges in noun pluralization | *It has a simple grammatical gender system of animate-inanimate, but the much more complex Proto-Tsimulh noun class system has vestiges in noun pluralization. | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
*'' | *''o'' = I | ||
*''fo'' = you (sg) | *''fo'' = you (sg) | ||
*''ot'' = we | *''ot'' = we | ||
*''tsü'' = you (pl) | *''tsü'' = you (pl) | ||
====Possessive pronouns==== | ====Possessive pronouns==== | ||
* | *1sg o- | ||
*2sg fo- | *2sg fo- | ||
*1pl gwə- | *1pl gwə- | ||
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:''He does not speak Swuntsim.'' | :''He does not speak Swuntsim.'' | ||
*The copula is '' | *The copula is ''go'' (inflected for tense). | ||
*The relativizer is ''i'' (from an interrogative ''*yi'') | *The relativizer is ''i'' (from an interrogative ''*yi'') | ||
*The complementizer is ''ti''. | *The complementizer is ''ti''. | ||
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NGen: | NGen: | ||
:''tjway əd cwə'əmams'' | :''tjway əd cwə'əmams'' | ||
:tj-way əd cwə-ʔəmam-s | :tj-way əd cwə-ʔəmam-s | ||
:SG-name SG-of 1SG-mother-GEN | :SG-name SG-of 1SG-mother-GEN | ||
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NRel: | NRel: | ||
:''ətotj i agwiσcwəv'oəch tocadh'' | :'''''ətotj i agwiσcwəv'oəch tocadh va tfiwi'odh fi zdowe.''''' | ||
:ə-totj i a-gwiσ-cwə-v-ʔoəch tocadh | :ə-totj i a-gwiσ-cwə-v-ʔoəch tocadh | ||
:SG-man REL 3SG.CL1-APPL-1SG-PAST-appoint yesterday | :SG-man REL 3SG.CL1-APPL-1SG-PAST-appoint yesterday COP.PST beautiful and kind | ||
:' | :''The man I went out with yesterday was handsome and nice.'' | ||
VComp: | VComp: | ||
:''Cwəchsla' ti fəv'oəch s'a'adh ətotj tocadh'' | :'''''Cwəchsla' tə ti fəv'oəch s'a'adh ətotj tocadh.''''' | ||
:cwə-ch-sla' ti fə-v-'oəch s'a'adh ətotj tocadh | :cwə-ch-sla' tə ti fə-v-'oəch s'a'adh ətotj tocadh | ||
:1SG-PRES-know COMP 2SG-PAST-appoint SG-man yesterday | :1SG-PRES-know ACC COMP 2SG-PAST-appoint SG-man yesterday | ||
:'I know that you went out with the man yesterday' | :''I know that you went out with the man yesterday.'' | ||
Some adpositions must be used with thw genitive case. | |||
*''ef'' = in | *''ef'' (+ gen.) = in | ||
*''tə'' = accusative | *''tə'' (+ nom.) = accusative | ||
==="Have" construction=== | ==="Have" construction=== | ||
Swuntsim has no verb for "have"; instead the word ''djec'' 'with' is used. | Swuntsim has no verb for "have"; instead the word ''djec'' 'with' is used. | ||