Tseer
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| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Lakovic
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Tseezh (chezh; dowød Tseezh /dowøt tʃẽr̝/; Skellan: brits Txelzj) is a Lakovic language spoken in Talma. It is inspired mainly by Hmong and Somali, with touches of Burmese, Vietnamese and Satem IE languages like Polish.
Tseezh was a prominent classical language of Talma, and left a significant influence on Windermere and Skellan.
Todo
- i ü u e o a ì ǜ ù è ò à → i ø u e o a ii øø uu ee oo aa
- p > f
- final -g disappears
- /w l/ > v w /v w/ > Eevo v ł, Wdm. w w
- ś, g > kh /x/ > Eevo ç
- s- > θ > t /t/ > Eevo t
- -s > -j
- š-, y- > x-
- c, ć > tx, ts
- t- > r /T/ > Eevo tr?
- r > zh /r/ > Eevo r or rzj/zj
Disappearing preinitial vowels > tone?
Numbers: don, oozhad, txiv, khaag, omøøtx, dag, abood, xev, wooj, rab, tajaav, tzhøg
ranam = ice
tawsuug = example
nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l?
Final -ng disappears leaving nasalization (as in Skellan)
Phonology
Consonants
Classical
m n ng /ŋ/
t r /ʈ/ k ' /ʔ/
b d g
f x /s/ kh /x/ h
tx /ts/ ts /tʃ/
v dh /ð/ (dh only occurs syllable finally)
w zh /r̝~ʒ/ j /j/
/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects
b d g = [p t k] word-finally.
Modern
- Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
- Final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh.
- Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh.
- dh is pronounced [ɣ] in conservative accents. Usually it disappears and causes compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
- oozhad > nzhad
Vowels
Classical
a e i o u ø /a e i o u ɵ/
aa ee ii oo uu øø /ã ẽ ĩ õ ũ ɵ̃/
/ɵ/ will be transcribed as /ø/ for convenience.
Modern
Nasal/nonnasal vowel split
a e i o u ø /ɑ æ e o ü ə/
aa ee ii oo uu øø = /ã ẽ i õ u ɝ/
e /æ/ is [ɛ] before nasals and zh.
Morphology
Tergetian grammar and morphology are rather conservative, for example it has retained the Proto-Lakovic reduplicated plural, pluractionality and gender in verbs and the grammatical function of Proto-Lakovic applicatives or triggers.
Pronouns
| I | thou (m.) | thou (f.) | he | she | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they (an.) | |
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| Nominative | zhii | khen | khej | in | ij | txam | baa | - | - |
Nouns
Nouns have two genders, as in Proto-Ashanic. Feminine is marked with -s for words ending in consonants or -j for words ending in vowels.
- bakhoo = uncle; bakhooj = aunt
Plurals are formed by reduplication.
- 'araaj 'lion' > 'aar'araaj 'lions'
- moog 'feather' > momoog 'feathers'
Verbs
Feminine: va-
Passive: haa-
Pluractionality: from an aspect marker? or maybe original pluractionality developed into aspects in Windermere etc.
Aspects/Tenses: ???