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'''Tergetian''' is a [[Lakovic languages|Lakovic]] language spoken in Talma. It is a member of the Yekhan Sprachbund.
'''Tergetian''' is a [[Lakovic languages|Lakovic]] language spoken in Talma. It is a member of the Yekhan Sprachbund.
Tergetian roots are fully polysyllabic.


Inspirations: Mandarin, Irish
Inspirations: Mandarin, Irish

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Tseer
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SettingVerse:Tricin
Lakovic
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Tergetian is a Lakovic language spoken in Talma. It is a member of the Yekhan Sprachbund.

Tergetian roots are fully polysyllabic.

Inspirations: Mandarin, Irish

Todo

  • i ü u e o a ì ǜ ù è ò à → ?
  • Broad/slender
    • w l l' > v w y
  • spʰ- stʰ- skʰ- allowed
  • ʂtʂɛj or ɕtɕɛj ~ Wdm. scey 'forest'

Phonology

Consonants

Tseer consonants
Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ /n/ /ɲ/ /ŋ/
Stop plain /p/ /t/ /k/ /ʔ/
aspirated /pʰ/ /tʰ/ /kʰ/
voiced /b/ /d/ /g/
Affricate plain /ts/ /tʂ/ /tɕ/
aspirated /tsʰ/ /tʂʰ/ /tɕʰ/
voiced /dz/ /dʐ/ /dʑ/
Fricative unvoiced /f/ /s/ /ʂ/ /ɕ/ /h/
voiced /v/
Resonant /w/ /r/ /ɹ/ /j/

Vowels

Tseer vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close /i/, /iː/ /y/, /yː/ [ɨː] /u/, /uː/
Mid /eː/ /ɛ~ə/ /ɤː/
Open-mid [ɔː]
Open /a/ /aː/

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns have two genders, like Proto-Tergetic.

Adjectives

The feminine is marked by slenderizing the final consonant.