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In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry | In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleɂang Dylethyzz'' /prə 'ɬɛʔaŋ tə'lɛθəz/ CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is a highly conservative [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian]] language with a Welsh-like grammar and a loosely Welsh-like aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch. | ||
Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (a version of Tibetan Buddhism). | Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (a version of Tibetan Buddhism). | ||
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PTS tilakt -> ''Dylath'' | PTS tilakt -> ''Dylath'' | ||
PTS ʔlars 'life' -> '' | PTS ʔlars 'life' -> ''ɂalarch'' "oneself" | ||
PTS sleʔans -> (pry/yni) '' | PTS sleʔans -> (pry/yni) ''lleɂang'' "speech" | ||
PTS tsʼajbʰ 'water' -> Dyl. (lly) '' | PTS tsʼajbʰ 'water' -> Dyl. (lly) ''tzɂaf'' | ||
PTS kʷʼē -> (wy/wng) '' | PTS kʷʼē -> (wy/wng) ''cwɂe'' 'egg' | ||
''mam'' '(specific person's) mother' | ''mam'' '(specific person's) mother' | ||
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''tad'' '(specific person's) father' | ''tad'' '(specific person's) father' | ||
'' | ''tzɂan'' '1' | ||
'' | ''mancwɂynyll'' (sgv. ''mancwɂynyllu'') 'mother(s) in general' | ||
'' | ''tacwɂynyll'' (sgv. ''tacwɂynyllu'') 'father(s) in general' | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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* '''b d dz ds g gw''' /p t ts ts{{ret}} k kʷ/ | * '''b d dz ds g gw''' /p t ts ts{{ret}} k kʷ/ | ||
* '''p t tz ts c cw''' /pʰ tʰ tsʰ ts{{ret}}ʰ kʰ kʷʰ/ | * '''p t tz ts c cw''' /pʰ tʰ tsʰ ts{{ret}}ʰ kʰ kʷʰ/ | ||
* ''' | * '''pɂ tɂ tzɂ tsɂ cɂ cwɂ ''' /pʼ tʼ tsʼ ts{{ret}}ʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ | ||
* '''ff th z s ch chw h | * '''ff th z s ch chw h ɂ''' /f θ s s{{ret}} x xʷ h ʔ/ | ||
* '''f dd zz w''' /v ð z w/ | * '''f dd zz w''' /v ð z w/ | ||
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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
'''i e u y a w o''' /i ɛ ɨ ə a u ɔ/ | '''i e u y a w o''' /i ɛ ɨ ə a u ɔ/ | ||
=== Stress === | === Stress === | ||
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Alienable possession uses possessed classifiers: | Alienable possession uses possessed classifiers: | ||
''rhwng | ''rhwng ɂotɂrâb rhyngoch'' (CLF AGT-love CLF-1SG) or ''rhyngoch ɂotɂrâb'' (CLF-1SG AGT-love) 'my lover' | ||
==== Inalienable possession ==== | ==== Inalienable possession ==== | ||
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=== Numerals === | === Numerals === | ||
There is no isolated word for "one". Counting uses a word ''cwyzy'' that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with '' | There is no isolated word for "one". Counting uses a word ''cwyzy'' that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with ''ɂâzz'' 'only'. | ||
=== TAM auxiliaries === | === TAM auxiliaries === | ||
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=== Is-a === | === Is-a === | ||
Tsoi che'w | Tsoi che'w tacwɂynyll (AUX 1SG among father_in_general) 'I am a father' | ||
=== Is-the === | === Is-the === | ||