Swuntsim

Sfətsiv/Lexicon

Sfətsiv/Swadesh list

Sfətsiv (pronunciation: /sfətsiv/) is a particular vernacular lect of Adutsib. It is a spoken language of the modern Adutsib people while Ancient Adutsib is still used liturgically.

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)
• q qʷ > ŋ ŋʷ > n m
• gʷ > w when not word initial.
• sb sd > zv zd
• sxʷ > sf
• How do I get /m n/?
  • /ʔb ʔd/ > /m n/
• dzəpəč šə ʔusaqʷ ʔəsəqʷəb tuǰəltxʷ = the living fish swims in water
  • Zəpətj sjə ʔusam ʔəsoməv tüdjonf
• σüches = mother; toches = father
• tüdjo = water
• mic = house
• Lə-toches micf = My father is at home.
• Some clusters are broken up to impose sonority hierarchy

Test on Lushootseed words

• sduhubš > zduhufsj > zduhuusj
• dxʷləbi > dəfləvi > dəfləvi
• skʷ'uy > scüy > scüü?
• dxʷləšucid > dəfləsjutsidh > dəfləsjutsii?
• ʔal ti sləx̌il > ʔå ti sləche
• qʷuʔ ti dəxʷəshəli 'Water is life' > muu ti dəfəsoli

Phonology

Consonants

Swuntsim consonants

		Labial	Dental		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar		Laryngeal	Glottal
			central	lateral			plain	lab'zed
Nasal		m m	n n
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 å a /i y u e ə o ɔ a/ + possibly long vowels. No diphthongs, tho.

Stress

???

Grammar

-sj: Definite suffix?