Tsimulh languages

Tsimulh languages/Lexicon

The Tsimulh languages are a Trician language family mainly spoken in Txapoalli. The proto-language is Proto-Tsimulh, which is inspired by Tlingit and the Salish languages.

Todo

• -s: past tense, genitive
• -txʷ
• -cid
• -dəb = augmentative
• Reduplication
• relativizer/relative forms for verbs

Phylogeny

• Proto-Tsimulh
  • Sacred Sfətsiv (call it something else)
    • Sfətsiv
  • Hetomic

Urheimat

Somewhere in Txapoalli

Phonology

Phonotactics

Tsimulh syllables are less complex than Salish but more so than Tlingit. CC clusters, including initial CC- clusters were allowed.

Consonants

A lot of consonants, but no liquids!

		Bilabial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	labialized	plain	labialized
Nasal		m	n
Stop	plain	p	t			k	kʷ	q	qʷ	ʔ
	voiced	b	d			g	gʷ	ḡ	ḡʷ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ			kʼ	kʷʼ	qʼ	qʷʼ
Affricate	plain		c	ξ	č
	voiced		z		ž
	ejective		cʼ	ξʼ	čʼ
Fricative			s	σ	š	x	xʷ	x̌	x̌ʷ	h
Approximant					y		w

Vowels

i ü u e ə o a /i y u e ə o a/? i ii u uu a aa ə?

Stress

Penultimate.

Morphology

Nouns

Noun classes

PTsN had 13 noun classes:

1. ʔu- = animates
2. ʔəł-
3. p-
4. s-
5. ut-
6. ma-
7. č-
8. ad-
9. kʷ-
10. d-
11. č-
12. dxʷ-
13. c-

Cases

• Nominative: -0
• Genitive: -s

Verbs

Noun class prefixes

• I = lə-
• you (sg) = xʷə-
• he = ʔə-
• we = gwə-
• you (pl) = sə-
• Noun class prefixes:
  1. sg. ʔu-; pl. bə-
  2. ʔəł-
  3. s-
  4. x̌-
  5. iʔ-
  6. gwi-
  7. tx-
  8. ad-
  9. kʷ-
  10. d-
  11. č-
  12. dxʷ-
  13. c-

Tense affixes

-s - past tense