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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Like many Tsimulh languages, | Like many Tsimulh languages, Swutsim has no liquids in native words. However, liquids can occur in loaned vocabulary. | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Modern | Modern Swutsim has lost the Proto-Tsimulh noun class system, which was still active in Sacred Swutsim. Pronouns and verbs only agree in animacy and number. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===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. | 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. | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Modern | Modern Swutsim is SVO and pro-drop. The copula is ''o''. Adpositions consist of approximately equal number of prepositions and postpositions. | ||
The constituent order is: | The constituent order is: | ||
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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
Much of the vocabulary is native and inherited from Sacred Swutsim - but there are a lot of reborrowings from Sacred Swutsim. There are also loanwords from | Much of the vocabulary is native and inherited from Sacred Swutsim - but there are a lot of reborrowings from Sacred Swutsim. There are also loanwords from Anbirese, Windermere, and other Talman languages. | ||
[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | [[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | ||