Tsimulh languages

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Lexicon of Proto-Tsimulh
Swadesh lists for the Tsimulh languages
Tsimulh languages/Sketchbook

Tsimulh
Created by
Geographic
distribution
Taivíor, Txapoalli, Talma
Linguistic classificationOne of Hmøøh's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Tsimulh
Subdivisions
  • Mustlup
  • Swuntsim
  • Twethoic
  • Hetomic

The Tsimulh languages are a large Trician language family mainly spoken in Taivíor.

Todo

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

Phylogeny

Urheimat

Somewhere in Txapoalli

Phonology

Tlingit-Lushootseed hybrid gib, liquidless

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral plain labialized plain labialized
Nasal m n
Stop plain p t k q ʔ
voiced b d g
ejective kʷʼ qʷʼ
Affricate plain c ƛ č
voiced z λ ž
ejective ƛʼ čʼ
Fricative s ł š x x̌ʷ h
Approximant plain l y w
glottalized

l and l' are actually Eevo L and glottalized Eevo L.

Vowels

i u ə a

Stress

Penultimate.

Morphology