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| |fam1=[[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh]] | | |fam1=[[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh]] |
| |fam2=Idosic | | |fam2=Twethoic |
| |familycolor=tsn | | |familycolor=tsn |
| |script=Hetmic script
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| '''Idosian''' (''ee-DOH-see-ən''; natively 〈səy.i.do.sam〉 ''səyIdosm'' /səjiˈdosm̩/ lit. 'the language of the eastern people') is a major [[Tsimulh]] language mainly spoken in [[Verse:Tricin/herIdosm|herIdosm]], a country in East [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli|Txapoalli]]. It is one of the more innovative Tsimulh languages.
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| Idosian is a language with restricted initial consonants. The name is taken from one of Praimhín's conlang sketches.
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| ==Todo==
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| *intervocalic ʔ, h after a, ɛ, ɔ, e, o > ɹ
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| *intervocalic ʔ, h after i > y, after u > w
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| *high i, u > i u
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| *e, o > i u
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| *First get some hiatusing vowels
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| *''im, in'' in closed syllables > ''am, an''
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| *p-less: p becomes glottal stop?
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| there could be a rule where every unstressed syllable gets lenited
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| that would reduce the number of possible initial consonants
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| and if you couple that with post tonic syncope you could get some crazy phonotactics
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| like no initial clusters or even initial stops but weird tibetan like clusters in the middle of a word
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| pda-sfëtsiv > hia-zëncm
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| final ɛ, ɔ, a > i, u, ə, final everything else > Ø?
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| su-'ųdzəqw > huwózkw (cl 5) = tetrachord
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| -tspimi = to shine
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Idosian is unusual among Tsimulh languages in that it natively has a liquid consonant /ɹ/, whereas Proto-Tsimulh and most other Tsimulh languages do not natively have liquids. Idosian gained /ɹ/ via [[w:Linking and intrusive R#Intrusive R|R-intrusion]], under the influence of neighboring [[Shalian]].
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| Modern Idosian has 26 consonants:
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| !rowspan=2| Labial
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| !colspan=2| Alveolar
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| !rowspan=2| Palatal
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| !colspan=2| Velar
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| !colspan=2| Uvular
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| !rowspan=2| Glottal
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| ! <small>central</small>
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| ! <small>lateral</small>
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| ! <small>plain</small>
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| ! <small>labialized</small>
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| ! <small>plain</small>
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| ! <small>labialized</small>
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| !colspan=2| Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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| !rowspan=2| Stop
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| ! <small>plain</small>
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| | '''t''' /t/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| | '''kw''' /kʷ/
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| ! <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d/
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| | '''g''' /g/
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| | '''gw''' /gʷ/
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| !colspan="2"| Affricate
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| | '''c''' /ts/
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| | '''ξ''' /tɬ/
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| | '''č''' /tʃ/
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| !rowspan=2| Fricative
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| ! <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''σ''' /ɬ/
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| | '''š''' /ʃ/
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| | '''x''' /x/
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| | '''xw''' /xʷ/
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| | '''ħ''' /χ/
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| | '''ħw''' /χʷ/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| | '''z''' /z/
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| | '''ž''' /ʒ/
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| |colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ʋ/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''y''' /j/
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| | '''w''' /w/
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| '''m n ŋ''' can be syllabic.
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| '''r''' cannot occur word-initially.
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| ===Vowels===
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| |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
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| ! style="width: 60px; " |Front
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| ! style="width: 60px; " |Central
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| ! style="width: 60px; " |Back
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/
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| |rowspan="2"|'''ə''' /ɨ~ɘ/
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /e/
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| | '''o''' /o/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| /ə(ɹ) a(ɹ) e(ɹ) i(ɹ) i(j) o(ɹ) u(ɹ) u(w)/ < Pre-Idosian '''ə a e i î o u û''' /ə a e ɪ i̝ o ʊ u̝/ < Proto-Tsimulh /a ą e į i ę ų u/
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| No initial clusters or stops are allowed, but after a stressed syllable anything goes.
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| ==Orthography==
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| Idosian is written in an orthography which lacks a letter for /ɹ/.
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| ==Grammar==
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| Like many Tsimulh languages, Idosian has remnants of a Bantu-style noun class system.
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| Idosian morphology is more complex than that of other [[Tsimulh languages]] due to syncope of the various prefix elements.
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| Also, Idosian has cases due to [[Shalian]] influence.
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| [[Category:Languages]]
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| [[Category:Conlangs]]
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