Verse:Hmøøh/Fyxoom/Music
< Verse:Hmøøh | Fyxoom
Tumacan is a grammatically conservative descendant of Old Bhadhagha, spoken near the Tumaca Mountains.
Phonology
Consonants
- /b d dʒ g/ are devoiced to (unaspirated) [p t c k] in all positions.
- slender c, g, ch > /tʃ, dʒ, ʃ/ > retroflexes
- /n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, z].
- th, dh are [ħ, z] word-initially and become [h, z] word-finally.
- /ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː].
or just new consonants like tr dr > ts dz ks gz
grammatical mutation: just lenition - or no mutation at all?
Vowels
Tumacan retains some Old Bhadhagha diphthongs - and has altered some of them.
Morphology
Nouns
Tumacan retains the Old Bhadhagha possessive suffixes.
Verbs
tumaca could have b-prefixation (lenition or b-) only when there's a direct object
ní on the other hand doesnt trigger lenition (it didn't in OT)