Zanahi

Zanahi (native: zanāhī, haṭ-ṭaṣwā haz-zanāhiyyā) is an Indo-European language with a high degree of Semitic influence.

Zanahi
zanāhī
Pronunciation	[zænæːhiː]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Zanahi
Early form	Proto-Zanahi

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes of Zanahi

		Labial	Dental	Denti-alveolar		Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
				plain	emphatic
Nasal		m		n
Stop	voiceless	p		t̪	tˤ		k	q		ʔ
	voiced	b		d̪			ɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	θ	s	sˤ	ʃ	x ~ χ		ħ	h
	voiced	v	ð	z			ɣ ~ ʁ		ʕ
Trill				r
Approximant				l		j	w

Vowels

Vowel phonemes of Zanahi

	Short		Long
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	/i/	/u/	/iː/	/uː/
Mid			/eː/	/oː/
Open	/a/		/aː/
Diphthongs	/aw/, /aj/

Morphophonology

Lenition

Non-emphatic plosives undergo lenition to fricatives (analogous to "begadkefat" in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew) in certain environments.

Consonants that undergo lenition

Un-lenited	Lenited
/b/	/v/
/ɡ/	/ɣ ~ ʁ/
/d/	/ð/
/k/	/x ~ χ/
/p/	/f/
/t/	/θ/

Morphology

Like Arabic, Zanahi words are traditionally classified in three categories: nominals, verbs, and particles.

Nominals

Nouns and adjectives

Nouns do not decline for case. However, they have two states: the absolute and construct states.

There are two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine is most often marked with the ending -ā (which becomes -at in the construct case).

There are three numbers: singular, dual, and plural. However, the dual is most often used for nouns that usually come in pairs; in other cases, it can optionally be replaced with the plural.

Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender.

Syntax