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}}'''Tseer''' (''chair''; natively ''døludx Tseer'' <small>Classical:</small> /døludz tʃẽr̝/ <small>Modern:</small> /dəwüts tʃẽʃ/ (the ''-x'' is a feminine marker); [[Skellan]]: ''brits Txeñz'') is a major [[Lakovic languages|Lakovic]] language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with touches of Burmese (especially for Modern Tseer), Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish. | }}'''Tseer''' (''chair''; natively ''døludx Tseer'' <small>Classical:</small> /døludz tʃẽr̝/ <small>Modern:</small> /dəwüts tʃẽʃ/ (the ''-x'' is a feminine marker); [[Skellan]]: ''brits Txeñz'') is a major [[Lakovic languages|Lakovic]] language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with touches of Burmese (especially for Modern Tseer), Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish. | ||
Tseer was a prominent classical language of Talma, second to [[Windermere]]; it left a significant influence on [[Windermere]] and [[Skellan]]. | Tseer was a prominent classical language of Talma, second to [[Windermere]]; it left a significant influence on [[Windermere]] and [[Skellan]]. Like Windermere, it favored the CCVC ablaut grade of Proto-Lakovic roots, though not as strongly as Windermere. | ||
Unlike [[Windermere]], [[Tsrovesh]], or [[Häskä]], Tseer epenthesized initial clusters or vocalized the laryngeal *H in clusters. | Unlike [[Windermere]], [[Tsrovesh]], or [[Häskä]], Tseer epenthesized initial clusters or vocalized the laryngeal *H in clusters. | ||
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*''th''~''ts'' merger like Hanoi Vietnamese | *''th''~''ts'' merger like Hanoi Vietnamese | ||
*Different pronunciations of Classical ''r'': | *Different pronunciations of Classical ''r'': | ||
**Cr clusters = /Cj/ in Modern | **Cr clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseer, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseer. | ||
**Syllable-final ''r'' = [ʃ] | **Syllable-final ''r'' = [ʃ] | ||
**Otherwise ''r'' = [r] | **Otherwise ''r'' = [r] |
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