Bgapian

Introduction

Modern Netagin (nthogin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.

Phonology

Consonants

Modern Netagin lost gemination.

m n ŋ tʰ t kʰ k ʔ b d g f s ts ɬ tɬ ħ h z ʁ w ɾ j

⟨m n ŋ þ t x k ʔ b d g f s c ś ć ħ h z ȝ w r y⟩

Begadkefat: /t k b d g/ > /θ x v ð ɣ/ after a V; transliterated th kh bh dh gh (optional across word boundaries)

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/	ü /y/	u /u/
Mid	e /e/	ö /ø/	o /o/
Open		a /a/

Morphology

Adjectives

Adjectives in -in decline as follows:

nthogin 'Netagin'

	Singulative	Collective	Plurative
Masculine	nthogin	nthoginu	nthogino
Feminine	nthogiye	nthoginu	nthogibh

Syntax

Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.