Gwrengax

Gwrengax (/gʷrengax/) is a Bjeheondian language isolate inspired by Welsh, (Baxter-Sagart) Old Chinese, and Khasi. It is grammatically very similar to Modern Naeng and Vernacular Netagin but a bit less strictly head-initial, like Hmong.

Gibberish: Ŋwran tanxwlej be toh ma'aŋ siknagw, sy tu xyzell ham. Byrroŋ tyx kwosra nsoj xyh netsull, namte 'asmad se ykw'arij.

Maxwell = a name

• gwnax = hello
• takrir = hello
• erku = town, city; forms city names (can this be justified with Armenian-like sound changes from a proto-language?)
• Erkwed, Erkwisŋwal = name of cities
• xwahan = forest
• dlowŋ = wheel
• llymboj = horse
• wok = good
• 'lats = livestock
• lats = to sustain, to provide
• kwa = stone
• kykwa = boulder
• wansem = plough
• pruk = end
• gemra = to live
• aknull = paint, color
• mnep = vase
• be = past particle

1: pos 2: wyŋ 3: yhew 4: taxwi 5: azep 6: rynoj 7: kwlyŋ 8: tsil 9: masah 10: ŋwet

History

Gwrengax is believed to be the only surviving descendant of the pre-Lakovic, pre-Idavic indigenous languages of Bjeheond.

Phonology

Vowels

a e i o u y /a e i o u ɨ/

Consonants

m n ŋ ŋw p t ts k kw ' b d z g gw s x xw h l r ll rr w /m n ŋ ŋʷ p t ts k kʷ ʔ b d dz g gʷ s x xʷ h l r ɬ r̥ w/

/s ts dz/ palatalize to [ɕ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ] before /i/

Phonotactics

Allowed initial clusters are:

• RR: mn ml mr nl nr ŋl ŋr ŋwl ŋwr 'l 'r
• PR: pl pr tl tr kn kl kr kwn kwl kwr
• BR: bl br dl dr gn gl gr gwn gwl gwr
• FR: xn xl xr xwn xwl xwr xŋ xŋw

Allowed finals are: -' -p -t -k -kw -b -d -g -gw -m -n -ŋ -l -r -j -w -s -ts

Coda clusters are prohibited.

Syntax

Should be like Hmong

Pronouns

pronouns: (sg du pl) 1: hoj, 'ra, kob

2: yp, ryws, llyj

3: piw, wek, xom'

Possessive pronouns precde nouns: hoj ŋro 'my house'.