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|nativename = døluder Tseer
|nativename = dølud Tseer
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|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
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'''Tseer''' is a classical language of Talma, second to [[Windermere]]; it left a significant influence on [[Windermere]] and [[Scellan]]. It is the language of parts of the Fornloíd and other philosophical, historical and literary texts from Ancient Tseer civilization. It is inspired by Somali, Hmong and Vietnamese.
'''Tseer''' (natively ''dølud Tseer'' [d̪ɵˈluð t͡sɛ̃r̝]) is a classical language of Talma, second to [[Naeng]]; it left a significant influence on [[Scellan]] and [[Naeng]]. It is aesthetically inspired by Somali, Polish, Hmong and Vietnamese and grammatically inspired by Jewish Babylonian Aramaic and Irish.


The predominant vernacular of the Fnüeng dynasty was no longer Classical Windermere, but a form of Tseer. When the Windermere Empire fell in 1004 fT in the aftermath of the Jeodganite-Ngedhraist Revolt, many Tseeric- and Talmic-speaking peoples newly settled in the land. These Tseeric vernaculars represented variation that already existed in the originally Tseer-speaking area. These Tseeric vernaculars were already separate languages by then, and they came to be associated with different nation-states in Talma.
Tseer is the language of parts of the Fornloíd and other philosophical, historical and literary texts from Ancient Tseer civilization, and it is also the language of some Pidaic texts. Today Classical Tseer survives in liturgical use in Mărotłism.  


Today Classical Tseer survives in liturgical use in Mărotłism; it is the language of some Pidaic texts.
The predominant vernacular of the Fnüeng dynasty was no longer Classical Naeng, but a form of Tseer. When the Naeng Empire fell in 1004 fT in the aftermath of the Jeodganite-Ngedhraist Revolt, many Tseeric- and Talmic-speaking peoples newly settled in the land. These Tseeric vernaculars represented variation that already existed in the originally Tseer-speaking area. These Tseeric vernaculars were already separate languages by then. Neo-Tseer languages and [[Vornian]] are the only modern Talman languages with phonemic retroflex stops.


==Todo==
==Todo==
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Nasal vowel dissimilation rule for prefixes (no nasal before nasal)
Nasal vowel dissimilation rule for prefixes (no nasal before nasal)
Grammatical schwebeablaut (CVCC and CCVC root alternations) in verbs


==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
Compared to Classical Windermere, Classical Tseer has more conservative vowels but less conservative consonants.
Compared to Classical Naeng, Classical Tseer has more conservative vowels but less conservative consonants.


Like Windermere, Tseer merged *H and *F (into **φ), believed by some to be a shared innovation characterizing "Talmo-Lakovic" (Naengic and Tseer). But unlike Windermere it vocalized some laryngeals in clusters, namely *Q, *H, *F but not *X. It also merged PLak *a and *ā into /a/.
Unlike Naeng, Tseer merged *H and *F (into **φ) and vocalized some laryngeals in clusters, namely *Q, *H, *F but not *X. It also merged PLak *a and *ā into /a/.


Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/  and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer.
Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/  and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer.


The laryngeals *X and *F~*H produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels.
The laryngeals *X produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels.


*Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l
*Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l
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*ś, g > kh /x/
*ś, g > kh /x/
*s- > *θ > t /t/
*s- > *θ > t /t/
*š-, y- > x-
*š-, y- before short a > x-
*y- elsewhere > d-
*t- > dh /D/
*t- > dh /D/
*-s > -x, *s backs to s following ruki; feminine -s becomes -kh or -r
*-s > -x, *s backs to s following ruki; feminine -s becomes -kh or -r
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Classical Tseer has 21 phonemic consonants: Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/. The only weird feature by Talman standards are the retroflex consonants.
Classical Tseer has 22 phonemic consonants. Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/.
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width:700px;text-align:center;"
m n ng /ŋ/
! colspan="2" |
 
!  |Labial
t th /ʈ/ k ' /ʔ/
!  |Dental/Alv.
 
!  |Retroflex
b d dh /ɖ~L/ g
!  |Palatal
 
!  |Velar
f s /s~z/ kh /x/ h
!  |Glottal
 
|-
ts /ts/ tx /tʃ/
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
 
| '''m''' /m/
v đ /ð/ (only syllable finally)
| '''n''' /n{{den}}/
 
|
w r /r̝~ʒ/ l y /j/
|
 
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
;Notes
|
*/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects
|-
*b d g = [p t k] word-finally.
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d{{den}}/
| '''dh''' /ɖ/
|
| '''g''' [g]
|
|-
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| ('''p''' /p/)
| '''t''' /t{{den}}/
| '''th''' /ʈ/
|
| '''c''' /k/
| <b>'</b> /ʔ/
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate
|
| '''tx''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}/
| '''ts''' /tʂ/
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''x''' /s{{den}}/
| '''s''' /ʂ/
|
| '''kh''' /x/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' [v]
| '''ð''' [ð]
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Resonant
| '''w''' /w/
| '''r''' /r{{raised}}/, '''l''' /l{{den}}/
| '''dh''' [ɭ]
| '''y''' /j/
|
|
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
No initial clusters are allowed; also, final -p -t -th -k are forbidden.
Initial clusters are somewhat less common than in Naeng; also, final -p -t -th -k are forbidden. However, final clusters are allowed unlike in Naeng.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]]: nouns have masculine and feminine gender, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and gender agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication. Like Windermere, Tseer has lost Proto-Lakovic triggers.
Classical Tseer morphology is much like [[Naeng/Classical|Classical Naeng]]: nouns pluralize by reduplication, and verbs inflect for aspect, tense, voice, and person agreement using prefixes, infixes and reduplication.  
===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable " style=" text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!|
!|
!I (m.)!!I (f.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
!I (m.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
|-
|-
!|Full pronouns
!|Full pronouns
|colspan=2|''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
||''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
|-
|-
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
|colspan=2|''-re'', ''-ire''||''-b'', ''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ari''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
||''-ri'', ''-iri''||''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ar''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
|-
|-
!|Predicative Suffixes
!|Predicative Suffixes
|''-nire''
|''-re''
|''-sire''
|''-b''
|''-b'', ''-am''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
||''-nekh''||''-sekh''
||''-in''||''-ir''
||''-nin''||''-sir''
|rowspan=2|''-mari''
|rowspan=2|''-mari''
|rowspan=2|''-maba''
|rowspan=2|''-maba''
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!|
!|
!I (m.)!!I (f.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
!I (m.)!!I (f.)!!we (inc. du.)!!thou (m.)!!thou (f.)!!he!!she!!we (exc.)!!we (inc. pl.)!!you (pl.)!!they
|-
!|Full pronouns
|colspan=2|''ree''||''baa''||''khen''||''kheer''||''in''||''eer''||''aari''||''baaba''||''kheekhe''||''inin''
|-
|-
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
!|Possessive/Object Suffixes
|colspan=2|''-re'', ''-ire''||''-b'', ''-am''||''-kh, -ekh''||''-kher''||''-in''||''-er''||''-ari''||''-aba''||''-akhe''||''-anin''
|colspan=2|''aafuri'' 'my child' ||''aafuam''||''aafukh''||''aafukher''||''aafuin''||''aafuer''||''aafuri''||''aafuaba''||''aafuakhe''||''aafuanin''
|-
|-
!|Predicative Suffixes
!|Predicative Suffixes
|''aafunire'' 'I am a child'
|''aafunire'' 'I am a child'
|''aafusire''
|''aafusire''
|''aafub'' 'we are children'
|''aafuba'' 'we are children'
||''aafunekh''||''aafusekh''
||''aafunekh''||''aafusekh''
||''aafu'in''||''aafu'ir''
||''aafunin''||''aafusir''
|rowspan=2|''aafumari''
|rowspan=2|''aafumari''
|rowspan=2|''aafumaba''
|rowspan=2|''aafumaba''
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|rowspan=2|''aafumanin''
|rowspan=2|''aafumanin''
|}
|}
Note: is-the uses the zero copula "FOCUS TOPIC" construction: '*I* am the child' is ''Ree aafu''.


===Correlatives===
===Correlatives===
Todo: correlatives table
Todo: correlatives table


this, that = ''ti, fi''
* this.M, that.M = ''ten, fen''
 
* this.F, that.F = ''teer, feer''
this/that man = ''ten, fen''; this/that woman = ''teer, feer''
* these, those = ''sti, sfi''


here, there = ''mid, mif''
here, there = ''mid, mif''


===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Like [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]], each noun has an intrinsic gender, either masculine or feminine. For most feminine nouns, the feminine is marked with ''-kh'' or ''-er'' (from PLak *-s).
*''atev'' = son-in-law; ''atever'' = daughter-in-law
*''bakhoo'' = uncle; ''bakhookh'' = aunt
*''athaay'' = lion; ''athaayer'' = lioness
Plurals are formed by reduplication with the reduplicant modified for phonotactic or euphonic reasons.
Plurals are formed by reduplication with the reduplicant modified for phonotactic or euphonic reasons.


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TODO: plural reduplication rules
TODO: plural reduplication rules
Tseer has a suffixed definite article ''-wi''. The indefinite is unmarked.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
====Verb template====
====Verb template====
feminine-TAM-pluractionality-voice-ROOT-TAM
feminine-TAM-pluractionality-voice-ROOT-TAM
====Agreement====
Feminine subject: ''wa-''
:''Danutx ree u ownakh'' = I loved the girl (male speaker)
:''Wadanutx ree u ownakh'' = I loved the girl (female speaker)


====Voice====
====Voice====
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Pluractionality is used when a verb is done multiple times or done to multiple objects.
Pluractionality is used when a verb is done multiple times or done to multiple objects.


Pluractionality: ''e(e)Fe-'' or ''e(e)FeL-'' (cf. Windermere frequentative ''enFă-'')
Pluractionality: ''e(e)Fe-'' or ''e(e)FeL-'' (cf. Naeng frequentative ''enFă-'')


In Modern Tseer pluractionality is marked by pluralizing the verbal noun.
In Modern Tseer pluractionality is marked by pluralizing the verbal noun.
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*Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H)
*Perfective aspect -> Telic past: if marked, ''-aa'' (from *-H)
*Imperfective -> Atelic past: if marked, reduplication
*Imperfective -> Atelic past: if marked, reduplication
**no wa- for feminine here
**no wa- for feminine, but it can become part of a preverb?
*Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-''
*Inceptive -> Atelic nonpast: ''sa-''
*Intensive -> Telic nonpast: ''tho-'', ~ Wdm. ''thu-''
*Intensive -> Telic nonpast: ''tho-'', ~ Wdm. ''thu-''
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The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer and was added to the imperfective stem, but it was deleted. This explains the lack of feminine ''wa-'' in the imperfective form.
The progressive ''oo-'' also existed in Early Tseer and was added to the imperfective stem, but it was deleted. This explains the lack of feminine ''wa-'' in the imperfective form.


The imperative is marked with a particle ''ma'': ''ma thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer ma wathodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'.
The imperative is marked with a particle ''fa'' (m sg) or ''faw'' (f sg): ''fa thodagoo toyab'' = 'write a book (to a man)'; ''eer faw thodagoo toyab'' = let her write a book (perf)'.


A Tseer verb may have marked perfectives with ''-aa'' and unmarked imperfectives, or marked imperfectives (with reduplication) and unmarked perfectives.
A Tseer verb may have marked perfectives with ''-aa'' and unmarked imperfectives, or marked imperfectives (with reduplication) and unmarked perfectives.
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* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* ''nu-'' = agentive (source of Wdm ''nu-'')
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
* Nominalizers, verbalizers, instrument, place, etc.
== Syntax ==
Syntax-wise, Tseer is predicate-first, like Lushootseed, due to influence from Classical [[Netagin]].


== Syntax ==
SVO or VSO
==Poetry==
==Poetry==
===Rhyme===
===Rhyme===
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