Verse:Mwail/Qocwane

Qocwane (Qocwanet vŷŷxxŷcê) is the official language of Qocwane, located in our timeline's Hungary. It is inspired by Finnish, Salishan languages, and Nuosu.

Phonology

Consonants

• /m n l ʋ j w/ m n l v j w
• /p t ts tɬ k kʷ ʔ/ p t z x c cw q
• /f s ɬ x xʷ h/ f s ł ç çw h

/k x/ palatalize in words with +ATR harmony.

mm nn ll vv jj ww pp tt zz xx cc ccw qq are the only allowed geminates in native words.

Vowels

Qocwane has 8 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
			unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ
	tight		z̠̩ y
Close	loose	i̞ ê	ə̟ â	u̞ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open			ɑ a

Vylman has loose/tight vowel harmony:

• loose: ŷ ŵ ê â ô
• tight: y w e a o

Diphthongs: ea êâ oa ôâ ae âê ao âô

â(â) /ə(:)/ is realized as [œ(:)] when stressed.

oa is often realized as [ɔ:]

Morphophonology

Qocwane words participate in consonant gradation:

strong -> weak

• geminates -> nongeminates
• p -> f
• f -> v
• t -> ł
• ł -> l
• z -> s
• s -> h
• x -> ł
• c -> ç
• cw -> çw
• ç -> j
• çw -> w
• q -> 0

Grammar

Finnic-like

Nouns

8 to 10 cases, normal nom-acc alignment

TODO [weak grade]-l = nom pl [weak grade]-t = gen sg

naaqe 'human’, naaet 'human-GEN’, naael 'human-PL'