Tsăloșian
| Tsăloșian | |
|---|---|
| mahud Tsaloš | |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Tsăloșian is a minority Lakovic language of Sowaazhpi. Inspirations: Backwards Khmer, Estonian, Arabic
- àdòn "one" > audn
- ùrat "two" > ort
- tsiw "three" > tsiu
- mšàk "four" > mešk
- mǜc "five" > muuc
- dak "six" > dak
- àbòt "seven" > aubt
- słeb "eight" > sišp
- ʔlòy "nine" > oli
- tap "ten" > tap
- suyàw "eleven" > suju
- srük "twelve" > sork
mahud = to speak; language
Diachronics
Tsăloșian generalized the CVCC ablaut pattern instead of generalizing the CCVC ablaut pattern like Windermere did.
Syllabic l, r > il, ir as in Baltic
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Domed | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /ɡ/ | |||
| voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | |||
| Affricate | c /t͡s/ | č /t͡ʃ/ | |||||
| Fricative | s /s/ | š /ʃ/ | h /h/ | ||||
| Resonant | w /w/ | l /l/ | r /r/ | y /j/ | |||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ii /iː/ | ü /y/ | üü /yː/ | u /u/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ee /eː/ | ö /ø/ | öö /øː/ | õ /ɤ/ | õõ /ɤː/ | o /o/ | oo /oː/ |
| Open | ä /æ/ | ää /æː/ | a /ɑ/ | aa /ɑː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: As in Estonian
Grammar
Analytic; part of the Bjeheondian (Windermere-Hlou-Gwnax) sprachbund.