Svele

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Svele
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Pronunciation[[...ˈ...]]
Created byVeno
SettingAlt-Earth
Native speakers~2,000,000~ ()
Pangaean Code
  • Diluvian Code
    • Hyperborean Code
      • Panjwanese
        • Svalic
          • Svele
Early form
Proto-Svalic
Imperial glyphs

Svele is a svalic language in the Panjwanese language family, mainly spoken in Central Jawass. [...]

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David Sankoff's On the Rate of Replacement of Word-Meaning Relationships


X  Y ⧸ _({ A // B })C

Svele is "slavo-germanic-sounding". Its left-most syllable is stressed and lengthened while unstressed vowels are reduced.


ktonzt illengred nagdele "sea" neivele "sword" leigeverin ungrevir leiklisch "lizard"

lugelpuz


rich inventory of sibilants ch /ɕ/ zh /t͡ɕ/ sch /ʃ/ zch /t͡ʃ/ s /s/ z /t͡s/ ss /ɕʃs/ jawess /ˈi̯aːwəɕʃs/ svhalzche /svaːlt͡ʃə/ vheivele /ˈvaːɪ̯fələ/ svhalzepur


  • morphomes are by rule ultrafusional
  • vowel reduction is present
  • consonant clusters
  • segments cannot be pronounced in isolation, but fit within a specific grammatical, contextual, and lexical function influencing the whole phrase
  • every word is a phrase
Proto-Panjwanese

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Jawese Branch

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Proto-Svalic

Svele



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