Swuntsim

Modern Adetsib/Lexicon

Modern Adetsib/Swadesh list

Modern Adetsib (Adhətsiv, pronunciation: /aðətsiv/) is a particular vernacular lect of Adetsib. It is a spoken language of the modern Adetsib people while Ancient Adetsib is still used liturgically.

Ideas

Have lots of allophony rules like Korean?

Diachronical sketch

• i u ə a il ul əl al > at first i ü ə a ẽ ũ õ ã > then i ü ə a e(n) u(n) o(n) a(n) (kill nasalization before fricatives and word-finally)
• sb sd > zv zd
• sxʷ > sf
• How do I get /m n/?
  • /ʔb ʔd/ > /m n/

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

Swuntsim 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	z z
Affricate	tenuis		ts ts	ξ tɬ	tj tʂ
	voiced				dj dʐ
Approximant			dh ð			y j		w w	l ɴ̆

g is an allophone of gw before rounded vowels /y o/

Vowels

i ü u e ə o a /i y u e ə o a/

Stress

???