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'''b d''' are allophones of '''v dh''' | |||
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Revision as of 06:19, 23 December 2017
Modern Adetsib is a particular vernacular lect of Adetsib. It is a spoken language of the modern Adetsib people while Ancient Adetsib is still used liturgically as a classical language.
Phonology
In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now. "Unusual" features include lateral obstruents, labialized velars, and the fact that it has only one 'liquid' - /ɴ̆/.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | lab'zed | |||||||
| Nasal | m m | n n | ng ŋ | ngw ŋʷ | ||||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | c k | ʔ ʔ | |||||
| voiced | (b b) | (d d) | (g g) | gw gʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f f | s s | σ ɬ | sj ʂ | ch x | chw xʷ | h h | ||
| voiced | v v | dh ð z z |
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| Affricate | tenuis | ts ts | ξ tɬ | tj tʂ | ||||||
| voiced | dj dʐ | |||||||||
| Approximant | y j | w w | l ɴ̆ | |||||||
b d are allophones of v dh
g is an allophone of gw before rounded vowels /y o/
Vowels
Has to have /y/ (e.g. Sguðitn < Scüdhiξ)
Middle Adetsib:
i ü u e ə o a ā /i ü uː eː ə ɔː a aː/
Modern Adetsib:
i ü u e ə o ä a /i y u e ə o æ a/?
Stress
???
Phrasebook
- yəyʔ = hello
- ʔabšid! = goodbye!