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Šel hamśaųfý
Pronunciation[/ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/]
SettingVerse:Tricin
Dodellic
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Shalian (Šel hamśaųfý /ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/) 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 /tsaʋd/ = moon, month; cord /tsuːʋd/ = 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 Postalveolar Palatal Velar Radical Glottal
plain palatalized
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ /nʲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless t /t/ /tʲ/ ch /tʃ/ k /k/ ' /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /dʲ/ j /dʒ/
Fricative f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ /sʲ/ sh /ʃ/ kh /x/ x /ħ/ h /h/
Approximant w /w/ l /l~ɫ/ /lʲ/ r /ɹ~ɾ/ y /j/ c /ʕ/

Vowels

Shalian has many vowels.

a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou ao eo io ouo uo a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ əʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ

Nasal vowels: ą ę ę̇ į ǫ ų aį eį oų ãː æ̃ː ẽː ĩː ũː ỹː ɒĩ æɪ̃ əʏ̃

Grammar

Possessive suffixes: hamśaųfuł, hamśaųft, hamśaųfý, hamśaųfē, hamśaųfřo, hamśaųfáfa

-aųf = abstract noun