Verse:Mwail/Qocwane
Qocwane (Qocwanet vŷŷxxŷcê) is the official language of Qocwane, located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish, Wakashan languages, Salishan languages, and Nuosu.
Phonology
Suprasegmentals
Qocwane prosody is almost the same as Finnish; stress always falls on the first syllable.
Consonants
- /m n l ʋ j w/ m n l v j w
- /p t ts tɬ k kʷ ʔ/ p t z x c cw q
- /f s ɬ x xʷ h/ f s ł ç çw h
/k x/ palatalize in words with ATR harmony and may uvularize in words with RTR harmony.
mm nn ll vv jj ww pp tt zz xx cc ccw qq are the only allowed geminates in native words.
Vowels
Qocwane has 8 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.
| Front | Non-front | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| Syllabic consonant |
loose | z̩ ŷ | ||
| tight | z̠̩ y | |||
| Close | loose | i̞ ê | ə̟ â | u̞ ô |
| Open-mid | tight | ɛ e | ɔ o | |
| Open | ɑ a | |||
Qocwane has loose/tight vowel harmony:
- loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
- tight: y w e a o
Diphthongs: ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô
â(â) /ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.
oa is often realized as [ɔ:]
Morphophonology
Qocwane words participate in consonant gradation:
strong -> weak
- geminates -> nongeminates
- p -> f
- f -> v
- t -> ł
- ł -> l
- z -> s
- s -> h
- x -> ł
- c -> ç
- cw -> çw
- ç -> j
- çw -> w
- q -> 0
Grammar
Finnic-like
Nouns
8 to 10 cases, normal nom-acc alignment
TODO [weak grade]-l = nom pl [weak grade]-t = gen sg
naaqe 'human’, naaet 'human-GEN’, naael 'human-PL'