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'''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''Swəntsiv'' /ˈswəntsiv/, originally an exonym) is a language inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.


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*It is pro-drop.
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'''Talman Sfətsiv''' (natively ''təSfətsiv'' /təˈsfətsiv/) is a modern Tsimulh language. It is the main vernacular language of the Swutsim diaspora in Talma and Fyxám.
"Simplified/partly creolized non-Standard Average Talman grammar"
 
SVO and RelN/AdjN~NAdj/GenN~NGen, kinda like Chinese


It's inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.
==Todo==
==Todo==
pluralization - mess it up
*''-cütsi'' (8, various; pl) = 'hard, firm'
 
**''Scütsi'' (4, collectives and augmentatives) = personal name, meaning 'patient, enduring'
*''utcütsi'' (5, solid, compact things) or ''cütsi'' (8, various; pl) = 'shell'
**''Scütsi'' (4, collectives and augmentatives), of [[Verse:Tricin/Rochth Scutzis|Scutzis]] fame = personal name, meaning 'patient, enduring'
*''tjway'' (7, places, slots, assignments) = 'name' (a name is an assignment)
*''tjway'' (7, places, slots, assignments) = 'name' (a name is an assignment)
*''Yəy, yo fətjway?'' = Hello, what's your name?
*''Yəy, yo fətjway?'' = Hello, what's your name?
*''Cətjway...'' = My name is...
*''Cətjway...'' = My name is...
*''Tidhamo!'' = See you!
*''Tidhavo!'' = See you!
*''ξəp'' (7) = world
*''ti-vayəξoe-σ'' = progressive
*Initial ʔ conflated with null initial (because Talman langs don't make the distinction)
*assimilation of cw, gw to c, g in syllables before c, g e.g. Ücwəgüsvaσ > Ücəgüsvaσ
*''i'ist'' = a name?
 
Some clusters such as t+s are broken up to təs.
 
Prefix sandhi rules
 
ladhfadh tidha'üs dhacwitj atsavochwe abchidf
 
==Swuntsim gib==
Ti'ə dhi'ə atsiσtovif o ti'iσ tühacw zichvidh tjəσ. Go tüasσaσe o tüdhi sfavats. Dhiσəf tü'üchw. Tüσaσe. Go tσüfi'fi'. Go dhiσ tədhəfüchs ogwə'. Go tüσaσe ogwə'.
 
Go avsvədhvədha' ogwə'. Avsvədhvədha' ogwə'. Go ti'e iσütσ vədha's ogwə' go əscupcup. Əscupcup. Fi gwədjəsədhəs gwədhəfü'ibəsjəs. Go dhay ti'ə tjotjosəs.
 
Tüasσaσe ti'ə yoyoavs 'o tüdhi' cif sfavats o ti'ə pədhhədhəv. Go ətəse. Go oe ti'iσ tσüsce ə ti'ə dhi'ə suaf, ti'ə di'ə tσfay'. tu'a go əsjavoicw ogwə' ə ti'iσ voəsuadhf i tə viatsəs süfifis ogwə'.
 
Go oeəf ti sətjites fə'o cwi sətəses. Go σü'ətσaf ogwə'. Σüvəvocwaf ogwə' fə'o ti'ə dhi'ə tjit σcütsidh ə ti'ə dhi'ə sə'eütsidh ə Fcov. A cwədhi' təsəsσaσes əgwə. Tu'a go, go ətσtfaf ogwə' ti'ə stavs ogwə' o ti'ə dhadhatü.
 
Tu'a go tsüttəvəf 'ə təsi'ə' dhi'ə sσadhəy ti'ə vədha'əs əscupcup. Ütsüütsəf. "Dhəfuüs sif ti'ə dhvədha'. Go chu tsədhiσ cwi səschwacw. Go fi' gwəsəshayfs gwəchəσəσəs chətj ti'ə vədha's. Chuəf ogwə' ü'ətσ. Ucwitsf ogwə' tə stavs ogwə' savgwasəs ogwə'.
 
Tu'a go hüyütsütəf ti'ə dhi'ə tsədhiσ vədha's ogwə' əscupcup. Cwədhadhəf ti'ə dhətjü' sitsəvs i ti'ə sca'sjədhs. Tu'a go tüzace. Dhiσ dhay sühüs ti süzaces. Go zəceəf fə'o ti'ə tactavats, ti stactavats stütoəf. Go titjiv ftactütsidh. Titjivəf. Go əschətσədh ti'ə sitsəvs. Go σoe ftactütsidh go zace ftact. Zəce ftact go σtje fə'o ti'ə 'əsgwigwoc. Go tichidh ti'ə sitsəvs üσəcw. Go atsəts o ti'iσ. Go σache. Go cov.
 
ceəf ti'ə yoyoavs. Tüsas'avgwas. Go fi'oüsvitəvəf go gwətjtəvaf. Cwədhtəvaf ftjadh cwi süchwəs, ftjadh cwi süchwəs. Ücwətəvaf gücwitəs. Go gwətəva'. Go gwəpəcw o ti stuəf. Tu'a go atsəts. Fi'əf gwəso'uüs ogwə'. Chuəf ogwə' ügwətjəv. Go chwi gwədhəchcwəfs ogwə' o ti'iσ dhəfüfs.
 
==Numbers==
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:
*''tsfisj'' 'two people'
*''a vo sdüch əσü'' '13 women' (Note singular form ''əσü'' is used for 'woman', not the plural ''tsəσü''.)
*''fisj vo fisdüch əvay'' '26 names'
 
The numbers:
0 ξoi
1 a (an.), sjü (inan; default)
2 fisj
3 iyəv
4 uzoc
5 tu
6 tjayəzj
7 vutjo
8 gwivə
9 aay
10 cwidh
11 sjüv əσ cwidh
12 fisj əσ cwidh
20 fiscwidh
30 iyəvcwidh
100. pridh


==Diachronical sketch==
==Diachronical sketch==
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*g > gh > compensatory lengthening
*g > gh > compensatory lengthening
===Getting the aesthetic===
===Getting the aesthetic===
*''q qʷ'' > ŋ ŋʷ > n m
*''gʷ'' > ''w'' when not word initial.  
*''gʷ'' > ''w'' when not word initial.  
*''sb sd'' > ''zv zd''
*''sb sd'' > ''zv zd''
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*''ʔC'' > ''C:'' (geminate)
*''ʔC'' > ''C:'' (geminate)
*/ʔb ʔd/ > /b d/
*/ʔb ʔd/ > /b d/
*Zəpətj ʔusansj ʔəsoməv tüdjonf = the living fish swims in water
*Usacsj əsocwəv əzəpətj ef tüdjo = the living fish swims in water
*''ʔəmam'' = mother; ''ʔəpap'' = father
*''əmam'' = mother; ''əpap'' = father
*''tüdjo'' = water
*''tüdjo'' = water
*''tjvic'' = house
*''tjvic'' = house
*''üvC'' > ''uuC''
*''üvC'' > ''uuC''
*''yʔ, wʔ'' > ''y, w''


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
Sfətsiv is usually written in the Sfətsiv alphabet. It's occasionally transcribed into Windermere, Talmic or Clofabic scripts.
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, Sfətsiv has no liquids in native words. However, liquids occur in loaned vocabulary.
Like many Tsimulh languages, Swuntsim has no liquids in most native words. However, liquids can occur in loaned vocabulary.
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| '''m''' m  
| '''m''' m  
| '''n''' n ||  
| ('''n''' n) ||  
|  
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| ('''ŋ''' ŋ)
| ('''ŋ''' ŋ)
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| '''cw''' kʷ
| '''cw''' kʷ
|  
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| '''ʔ''' ʔ
| ''' ' ''' ʔ
|-
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!<small>voiced</small>
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!<small>voiced</small>
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' v
| '''v''' v
| '''dh''' ð<br/> '''z''' z ||  
| '''dh''' ð <br/> '''z''' z ||  
| '''zj''' ʒ
| '''zj''' ʒ
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'''gw, chw''' become '''g, ch''' before rounded vowels /y u o/.
'''gw, chw''' become '''g, ch''' before rounded vowels /y u o/.


'''r, l, ŋ''' are used in loanwords.
'''r, l, m, n, ŋ''' are mainly used in loanwords. '''m''' is found in a limited number of native words.


Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant)
Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant).


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
'''i ü u e ə o a''' /i ü u e ə o a/ + long vowels
'''i ü u e ə o a''' /i ü u e ə o a/


===Stress===
===Stress===
Stress is always penultimate.
Stress is not fixed, but will always fall on one of the two last syllables.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Modern Sfətsiv has lost the Proto-Tsimulh noun class system, which was still active in Sacred Sfətsiv. Pronouns and verbs only agree in animacy and number.
===Nouns===
The genitive is marked with ''-s'' or ''-əs'': ''stsaσ'' 'a forest or similar collection' > ''stsaσəs'' 'of a forest'
''-s-'' is often inserted between nouns in compounds.
Nouns with unmarked plurals and marked singulars are common. The singulative is marked with ''gü-'' in this case.
Expected noun class reflexes:
#ʔə-, pl. tsə- = humans, spirits
#bü-, pl. də- = animals and other things that move on their own
#p-, pl. əpi- = plants and mushrooms; things that grow
#s-, pl. düs-/dü- or dus-/du- = collections or large things
#üt-, pl. pσə- = roughly round, compact objects
#va-, pl. wə- = long objects; tools, instruments, devices
#tj-, pl. abi- = places, locations, slots
#gü-, pl. 0- or dh- = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...)
#σi-, pl. wi- = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice)
#t-, ti- = abstractions, manner, way, infinitives, verbal nouns (Class 10+11)
#bda- = -ness, -hood (Class 12)
===Pronouns===
====Possessive pronouns====
===Determiners===
TODO: Separate forms for mass nouns
*every, all: ''tsəcwadh'' 'everyone, every (for animates)'; ''wəcwadh'' 'all things (for inanimates)'; ''cwadh'' 'everything; all (mass nouns)'
*many: ''tsəzab'' 'many people'; ''wəzab'' 'many things'; ''zab'' 'much (mass nouns)'
*few: ''tsənuu'' 'few people'; ''wənuu'' 'few things'; ''nuu'' 'few (mass nouns)'
*other: ''ʔəchasj'' 'another person'; ''tsəchasj'' 'other people'; ''chasj'' 'other things'
===Verbs===
The infinitive affix is ''t-'' for verb stems beginning with a vowel and ''ti-'' for verb stems beginning with a consonant.
====Concord====
The animate subject affix is ''ʔə-'' in the singular and ''tsə-'' in the plural. Verbs with inanimate subjects do not have any subject affix.
Personal affixes:
*1sg ''cə-''
*2sg ''fə-''
*1pl ''gwə-''
*2pl ''tsü-''
====Tense====
====Mood====
====Voice====
==Syntax==
Modern Sfətsiv is SVO and pro-drop.
Genitives precede nouns: ''cəʔəmams tjway'' 'my mother's name'


[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]]
==Constructions==

Latest revision as of 17:46, 3 May 2023

Swuntsim/Lexicon

Swuntsim (SWUN-tsim; natively Swəntsiv /ˈswəntsiv/, originally an exonym) is a language inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.

Some typological characteristics:

  • It is an agglutinative SVO language with a moderately complex verb system.
  • It is pro-drop.
  • Head-directionality is mixed, but unusual in that it is SVO and RelN.
  • 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.

"Simplified/partly creolized non-Standard Average Talman grammar"

SVO and RelN/AdjN~NAdj/GenN~NGen, kinda like Chinese

Todo

  • -cütsi (8, various; pl) = 'hard, firm'
    • Scütsi (4, collectives and augmentatives) = personal name, meaning 'patient, enduring'
  • tjway (7, places, slots, assignments) = 'name' (a name is an assignment)
  • Yəy, yo fətjway? = Hello, what's your name?
  • Cətjway... = My name is...
  • Tidhavo! = See you!
  • ξəp (7) = world
  • ti-vayəξoe-σ = progressive
  • Initial ʔ conflated with null initial (because Talman langs don't make the distinction)
  • assimilation of cw, gw to c, g in syllables before c, g e.g. Ücwəgüsvaσ > Ücəgüsvaσ
  • i'ist = a name?

Some clusters such as t+s are broken up to təs.

Prefix sandhi rules

ladhfadh tidha'üs dhacwitj atsavochwe abchidf

Swuntsim gib

Ti'ə dhi'ə atsiσtovif o ti'iσ tühacw zichvidh tjəσ. Go tüasσaσe o tüdhi sfavats. Dhiσəf tü'üchw. Tüσaσe. Go tσüfi'fi'. Go dhiσ tədhəfüchs ogwə'. Go tüσaσe ogwə'.

Go avsvədhvədha' ogwə'. Avsvədhvədha' ogwə'. Go ti'e iσütσ vədha's ogwə' go əscupcup. Əscupcup. Fi gwədjəsədhəs gwədhəfü'ibəsjəs. Go dhay ti'ə tjotjosəs.

Tüasσaσe ti'ə yoyoavs 'o tüdhi' cif sfavats o ti'ə pədhhədhəv. Go ətəse. Go oe ti'iσ tσüsce ə ti'ə dhi'ə suaf, ti'ə di'ə tσfay'. tu'a go əsjavoicw ogwə' ə ti'iσ voəsuadhf i tə viatsəs süfifis ogwə'.

Go oeəf ti sətjites fə'o cwi sətəses. Go σü'ətσaf ogwə'. Σüvəvocwaf ogwə' fə'o ti'ə dhi'ə tjit σcütsidh ə ti'ə dhi'ə sə'eütsidh ə Fcov. A cwədhi' təsəsσaσes əgwə. Tu'a go, go ətσtfaf ogwə' ti'ə stavs ogwə' o ti'ə dhadhatü.

Tu'a go tsüttəvəf 'ə təsi'ə' dhi'ə sσadhəy ti'ə vədha'əs əscupcup. Ütsüütsəf. "Dhəfuüs sif ti'ə dhvədha'. Go chu tsədhiσ cwi səschwacw. Go fi' gwəsəshayfs gwəchəσəσəs chətj ti'ə vədha's. Chuəf ogwə' ü'ətσ. Ucwitsf ogwə' tə stavs ogwə' savgwasəs ogwə'.

Tu'a go hüyütsütəf ti'ə dhi'ə tsədhiσ vədha's ogwə' əscupcup. Cwədhadhəf ti'ə dhətjü' sitsəvs i ti'ə sca'sjədhs. Tu'a go tüzace. Dhiσ dhay sühüs ti süzaces. Go zəceəf fə'o ti'ə tactavats, ti stactavats stütoəf. Go titjiv ftactütsidh. Titjivəf. Go əschətσədh ti'ə sitsəvs. Go σoe ftactütsidh go zace ftact. Zəce ftact go σtje fə'o ti'ə 'əsgwigwoc. Go tichidh ti'ə sitsəvs üσəcw. Go atsəts o ti'iσ. Go σache. Go cov.

ceəf ti'ə yoyoavs. Tüsas'avgwas. Go fi'oüsvitəvəf go gwətjtəvaf. Cwədhtəvaf ftjadh cwi süchwəs, ftjadh cwi süchwəs. Ücwətəvaf gücwitəs. Go gwətəva'. Go gwəpəcw o ti stuəf. Tu'a go atsəts. Fi'əf gwəso'uüs ogwə'. Chuəf ogwə' ügwətjəv. Go chwi gwədhəchcwəfs ogwə' o ti'iσ dhəfüfs.

Numbers

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:

  • tsfisj 'two people'
  • a vo sdüch əσü '13 women' (Note singular form əσü is used for 'woman', not the plural tsəσü.)
  • fisj vo fisdüch əvay '26 names'

The numbers: 0 ξoi 1 a (an.), sjü (inan; default) 2 fisj 3 iyəv 4 uzoc 5 tu 6 tjayəzj 7 vutjo 8 gwivə 9 aay 10 cwidh 11 sjüv əσ cwidh 12 fisj əσ cwidh 20 fiscwidh 30 iyəvcwidh 100. pridh

Diachronical sketch

  • m n > v dh
  • sm sn > zv zd
  • b d > b d
  • g > gh > compensatory lengthening

Getting the aesthetic

  • gʷ > w when not word initial.
  • sb sd > zv zd
  • xʷ > f
  • ʔC > C: (geminate)
  • /ʔb ʔd/ > /b d/
  • Usacsj əsocwəv əzəpətj ef tüdjo = the living fish swims in water
  • əmam = mother; əpap = father
  • tüdjo = water
  • tjvic = house
  • üvC > uuC
  • yʔ, wʔ > y, w

Orthography

Talman Swuntsim is usually written in the Windermere script. Words from Sacred Swuntsim are written in the original Swuntsim orthography.

Phonology

Consonants

Like many Tsimulh languages, Swuntsim has no liquids in most native words. However, liquids can occur in loaned vocabulary.

Swuntsim consonants
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Laryngeal Glottal
central lateral plain lab'zed
Nasal m m (n n) (ŋ ŋ)
Stop tenuis p p t t c k cw kʷ ' ʔ
voiced b b d d g g gw gʷ
Fricative voiceless f f s s σ ɬ sj ʃ ch χ chw χʷ h h
voiced v v dh ð
z z		 zj ʒ
Affricate tenuis ts ts ξ tɬ tj tʃ
voiced dj dʒ
Approximant (r r) y j w w (l ɴ̆)

gw, chw become g, ch before rounded vowels /y u o/.

r, l, m, n, ŋ are mainly used in loanwords. m is found in a limited number of native words.

Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant).

Vowels

i ü u e ə o a /i ü u e ə o a/

Stress

Stress is not fixed, but will always fall on one of the two last syllables.

Morphology

Constructions

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