Swuntsim/Naquian
< Swuntsim
- Not to be confused with Schnüher.
Introduction
Inspired by German and Turkish.
Phonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Orthography
Consonants
Lifted from Standard German.
Vowels
Lifted from Standard German.
Prosody
Lifted from Standard German.
Stress
Lifted from Standard German.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphophonology
Lifted from Standard German.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns have the following cases:
| Spahr 'horse' | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Spahr | Spahrlich |
| Topic | Spahren | Spahrlichen |
| Accusative | Spahre | Spahrliche |
| Genitive | Spahrel | Spahrlichel |
| Locative | Spahrs | Spahrliches |
| Ablative | Spahrung | Spahrlichung |
| Comitative | Spahrst | Spahrlichst |
The locative ending -s becomes -es after sibilants. The same case endings can be add to nouns ending in -e in the nominative, except that -ee- and -eu- changes to -e- and -u- respectively, and the syllable before the -e umlauts.
Pronouns
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | brund | bründin |
| 2 | zied | ziedin |
| 3 (proximate) | teck | tecklich |
| 3 (obviative) | zick | zicklich |
Pronouns inflect just like nouns, and there are no irregular forms.
Accusative clitics
There are clitic prefixes for these pronouns in the accusative:
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | be- | ben- |
| 2 | zu- | zer- |
| 3 (obviative) | ge- | ger- |
Possessive affixes
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -au | -abe |
| 2 | -em | -ebe |
| 3 (obviative) | -el | -etz |
Only -el triggers umlaut of the preceding syllable.
Predicative affixes
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -oll | -eule |
| 2 | -eid | -eibe |
| 3 (obviative) | -end, -Ø | -endlich, -lich |
Syntax
Schwünter is completely head-final.