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 :[[Swuntsim/Lexicon]]
-:[[Sacred Swuntsim/Swadesh list|Swuntsim Swadesh list]]
+'''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''Swəntsiv'' /ˈswəntsiv/, originally an exonym) is a language inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.
-{{Infobox language
-|image =
-|imagesize =
-|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]]
-|name = {{PAGENAME}}
-|nativename = təSfətsiv
-|pronunciation=  /təˈsfətsiv/
-|setting=[[Verse:Tricin]]
-|region =
-|fam1=[[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh]]
-|familycolor=tsn
-|script=Windermere script
-|notice=IPA
-}}
-'''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:
 *It is an agglutinative SVO language with a moderately complex verb system.
 *It is pro-drop.
-*Head-directionality is mixed.
+*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==
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 Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant).
-Some speakers in Skella may use intrusive L [ɴ̆~ʁ] as in [[Skellan/Accents|non-nasal Skellan accents]] to prevent hiatuses.
 ===Vowels===
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 ==Morphology==
-Modern Swuntsim has lost the Proto-Tsimulh noun class system. Pronouns and verbs only agree in animacy and number.
-===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.
-''-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.
-Original noun class prefixes:
-#'ə-, pl. cə-/c-
-#u-, pl. də-/d-
-#p-, pl. əpi-/əp-
-#s-, pl. dus-
-#s-, pl. pσə-/pσ-
-#va-/və-, pl. əwə-/u-
-#c-/tj-, pl. abi-/əb-
-#sju-, pl. N-
-#σi-/σ-, pl. wi-
-#ti-/t-, no plural
-#ti-, no plural
-#pda-/pdə- (common for abstract nouns), no plural
-Expected noun class affixes:
-#'ə-/0-, pl. tsə- = humans, spirits
-#ü-, pl. də-/0- = animals and other things that move on their own
-#p-, pl. əpi-/əp- = plants and mushrooms; things that grow
-#s-, pl. düs- = collections or large things
-#*0-, pl. dü-
-#s-, pl. pσə-/pσ- = roughly round, compact objects
-#va-/v-/0-, pl. ü- = long objects; tools, instruments, devices
-#tj-/k-, pl. vi-/əp- = places, locations, slots
-#sj(ü)-, pl. 0- or dh- = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...)
-#σi-, pl. gwi- = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice)
-#t-, ti- = abstractions, manner, way, infinitives, verbal nouns (Class 10+11)
-#pda- = -ness, -hood (Class 12)
-===Pronouns===
-*''o'' = I
-*''fo'' = you (sg)
-*''ot'' = we
-*''tsü'' = you (pl)
-====Possessive pronouns====
-*1sg o-
-*2sg fo-
-*1pl gwə-
-*2pl tsü-
-===Determiners===
-TODO: Separate forms for mass nouns
-*every, all: ''tsəcwach'' 'everyone, every (for animates)'; ''wəcwach'' 'all things (for inanimates)'; ''cwach'' 'everything; all (mass nouns)'
-*many: ''tsəzap'' 'many people'; ''wəzap'' 'many things'; ''zap'' 'much (mass nouns)'
-*few: ''tsədhuu'' 'few people'; ''wədhuu'' 'few things'; ''dhuu'' 'few (mass nouns)'
-*other: ''əchasj'' 'another person'; ''tsəchasj'' 'other people'; ''chasj'' 'other things'
-===Adjectives===
-Like in English, there is a class of adjectives, which denote relatively permanent states. Adjectives agree with the noun in animacy and number, and come after the noun.
-*Predicative: ''pəwayts go cütsi'' 'the tree is firm'
-*Attributive:
-**''tjvits sj-cütsi'' 'firm house'
-**''əsəye ə-cütsi'' 'firm spirit'
-===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 ''ə-'' in the singular and ''tsə-'' in the plural. Verbs with inanimate subjects do not have any subject affix.
-Personal affixes:
-*1sg ''cwə-''
-*2sg ''fo-''
-*1pl ''gwə-''
-*2pl ''tsü-''
-====Tense====
-Swuntsim has four tenses: present, past, perfect, and future. The auxiliary ''-tje'' is used for the future.
-*''cwə-ts-dha'o'' 'I meet'
-*''chə-cwə-dha'o'' 'I do not meet'
-*''cwə-v-dha'o'' 'I met'
-*''cwə-ya-dha'o'' 'I did not meet'
-*''cwə-da-dha'o'' 'I have met'
-*''cwə-day-dha'o'' 'I have not met'
-*''hodha'o'' 'you (sg) meet'
-etc.
-*''cwətje tidha'o'' = I will meet
-====Mood====
-The imperative mood is formed as follows:
-*''dha'o!'' = meet! (sg)
-*'''''tsf'''dha'o!'' = meet! (pl)
-====Voice====
-Voices:
-*active: 0-
-*mediopassive: ''tσə-''
-*applicative: ''gwiσ-''
-*causative: ''u-''
-Some verbs are deponent (mediopassive for no reason)
-====Emphatic====
-One way to emphasize a verb is to place the emphatic clitic ''=tf'' after it.
-===Derivational morphology===
-*''-əσ'' = adverbializer
-*reduplication = verbalizer
-*''sj-'' = transitivizer for verbs
 ==Constructions==
-Modern Swuntsim is SVO and pro-drop:
-:'''''Chə'əcwev təSfətsivəσ.'''''
-:/χəˈʔəkʷev təsfəˈtsivəɬ/
-:chə-ʔə-cwev təSfətsiv-əσ
-:NEG.PRES-3SG.AN-say Swuntsim-ADV
-:''He does not speak Swuntsim.''
-*The copula is ''go'' (inflected for tense).
-*The relativizer is ''i'' (from an interrogative ''*yi'')
-*The complementizer is ''ti'' (acc. tə + yi)
-Adpositions consist of approximately equal number of prepositions and postpositions.
-The constituent order is genitive-noun, noun-adjective, and noun-relative clause.
-AdjN:
-:''sjgwətjes zde''
-:sj-gwətje-s s-de
-:SG.INAN-red-ATTR SG-flower
-: 'red flower'
-NGen:
-:''tjway əd cwə'əmams''
-:tj-way əd cwə-ʔəmam-s
-:SG-name SG-of 1SG-mother-GEN
-:'my mother's name'
-NRel:
-:'''''ətotj i agwiσcwəv'oəch tocadh va tfii'odh fi zdowe.'''''
-:ə-totj i a-gwiσ-cwə-v-ʔoəch tocadh
-: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:
-:'''''Cwəchsla' ti fəv'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh.'''''
-:cwə-ch-sla' ti fə-v-'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh
-:1SG-PRES-know COMP 2SG-PAST-appoint with SG-man yesterday
-:''I know that you went out with the man yesterday.''
-Some adpositions must be used with thw genitive case.
-*''ef'' (+ gen.) = in
-*''tə'' (+ nom.) = accusative
-==="Have" construction===
-Swuntsim has no verb for "have"; instead the word ''djec'' 'with' is used.
-:''o djec go tjvits'' (pronounced "o djeco tjvits")
-:1SG with COP SG-house
-:"I have a house"
-==Vocabulary==
-Swuntsim has many loanwords from Anbirese, Windermere, Eevo and other Talman languages.
-[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]]
-[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Agglutinative languages]]

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