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Revision as of 15:26, 21 January 2019

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Šel hamśouffý
Pronunciation[/ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/]
SettingVerse:Tricin
Dodellic
  • IlL/Spare pages 1/80

Shalian (Šel hamśouffý /ʃɛl hamɕɑʏˈfːiː/) is a Dodellic language spoken in Cualuav. It is the sole descendant of Old Shalian. Its aesthetics is inspired by Lithuanian, Estuary English, and the Semitic conlang Alashian.

card /tsaʋəd/ = moon, month; cord /tsuːd/ = your armor

Diachronics

  • R-intrusion is retained within words but disappears across word boundaries.
  • tʲ dʲ sʲ nʲ lʲ > ts z s ɲ l
  • l > l/w
  • w > v unless geminated
  • ā > oː > uː o
  • ħ > ʀ
  • ʕ > h
  • ʔ is retained within words but disappears initially.
  • nC > CC (> Cʰ)
  • plosives spirantize before a consonant

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless c /t̪s/ t /t/ č /tʂ/ k /k/ ' /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /dʐ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ š /ʂ/ ś /ɕ/ ch /x/ wh /xʷ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ ř /ʀ~ʁ/
Approximant l /l/; r /ɹ~ʋ/ j /j/

All consonants can occur geminated except /m n ʔ h ʀ/.

Vowels

Shalian has many vowels.

a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou aw ew iw ouw uw a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ ɑʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ

Stress

Shalian has lexical stress.

Grammar

Possessive suffixes: hamśauffuł, hamśaufft, hamśauffý, hamśauffē, hamśauffřo, hamśauffáha

-auff = abstract noun