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IlL/Spare pages 1/5/Swadesh list
IlL/Spare pages 1/5 (Tsjoenz-blotp; sometimes affectionately called tsje-blotp 'the tsje language', referring to the "unusual" sound [!] represented by tsj) is a modern descendant of Myuftseezh and a lingua franca of Xjeof. It's inspired aesthetically by Swedish and Sino-Korean.
Todo
- Otsn. = Hello.
- Tsuxjad. = Thank you.
- rip 'learn'
- nim = water
- zjeosm = wife
- keokeortjar = strict
- gdeoz = to think
- eobak 'greeting'
- muk 'bad'
- fljeongar 'round'
- jeonael 'I (when speaking to a stranger or a superior)' (< yannál 'servant')
- bjaels 'state'
- vjeorkun 'Varquun'
- blotp /blotp/ 'tongue, language' (Myuftseezh blotp < Proto-Ftseezhic blōtp < Proto-Myuftseezh *blātʼpʼ)
- rjeonmok /rjʌnmok/ 'hero (often used ironically)' < Varquun rannammókk "raven-joy", i.e. warrior
- eotjeo = prove < Varquun atiyah 'prove, demonstrate'
- Jeonael osr eukng ti fjuxt taek. = I speak of love and hate.
- Hveol ngeo kjo xi mul hi? = Are you saving it for me?
- Xi tat jeo vaegar mae gzeos fae jeo mydar mae gzeos, klje xjod kyks pju. = 'I mixed the blue liquid and the orange liquid, and then there was an explosion.'
- Si tje xi bek tsjatmaengal! = Not my president!
- ke = ovum, genesis (Varquun kké 'egg')
- bledin = theorem
- hveol 'question particle' < kʷa-ləy; kjo 'for' < q'əw, mul 'keep' < muyλay
Phonology
Chick Corean has an average-sized (~25, depending on who's counting) consonant inventory and a rather large (10) vowel inventory.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Click | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | tx /tɬ/ | tsj /!/ | tj* /t͡ɕ/ | k /k/ | |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dj* /d͡ʑ/ | g /g/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | x /ɬ/ | sj /ɧ/ | h /h/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | zj /ζ/1 | |||||
| Affricate | ts /ts/ | |||||||
| Approximant | r /r/ | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||||
1 In this article the symbol /ζ/ is used for [ɧ̬] (voiced sje-sound).
* t and d are also pronounced as /t͡ɕ/ before /i/ and /y/.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | i /i/ | y /y/ | eu /ɯ/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | oe /ø~œ/ | o /o/ | |
| Open-mid | ae /ɛ/ | eo /ʌ~ɔ/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | |||
Myuftseezh i u e ø o a
- (no umlaut) > a (open)/ɯ (closed) u ə ə o a
- (umlaut) > i u i e ø ɛ
Morphology
Chick Corean grammar is mostly analytic and SVO.
Nouns
Chick Corean nouns do not inflect. Instead, they take articles that depend on the gender/class of the noun.
Articles
Articles inflect in singular and plural forms. Many articles pluralize by adding -s, but some have irregular plurals.