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IlL/Spare pages 1/5 (Tsjoenz-blotp; sometimes affectionately called tsje-blotp 'the tsje language', referring to the "unusual" sound [!] represented by tsj) is a modern descendant of Myuftseezh and a lingua franca of Xjeof. It's inspired aesthetically by Swedish and Sino-Korean words.
Todo
- hjeo (before C), hjeor (before V) = this
- tjaleo = exist
- fosn = therefore
- Otsn./Ngjodav. = Hello.
- Eobak. = Greetings.
- Tsuxjad. = Thank you.
- ingk (mae) = name
- rip = learn
- nim (mae) = water
- zjeosm (bek) = wife
- keokeortjar = strict
- gdeoz = to think
- eobak (mae) 'greeting'
- muk 'bad'
- fljeongar 'round'
- jeonael 'I (when speaking to a stranger or a superior)' (< yannál 'servant')
- bjaels 'state'
- vjeorkun 'Varquun'
- blotp /blotp/ 'tongue, language' (Myuftseezh blotp < Proto-Ftseezhic blōtp < Proto-Myuftseezh *blātʼpʼ)
- rjeonmok /rjʌnmok/ 'hero (often used ironically)' < Varquun rannammókk "raven-joy", i.e. warrior
- eotijeo = prove < Varquun atiyah 'prove, demonstrate'
- Jeonael osr eukng ti fjuxt taek. = I speak of love and hate.
- Hveol ngeo kjo xi mul hi? = Are you saving it for me?
- Xi tat vaegar mae gzeos fae mydar mae gzeos, klje xjod kyks pju. = 'I mixed the blue liquid and the orange liquid, and then there was an explosion.'
- Si tje xi bek tsjatmaengal! = Not my president!
- ke = ovum, genesis (Varquun kké 'egg')
- bledin = theorem
- hveol 'question particle' < kʷa-ləy; kjo 'for' < q'əw, mul 'keep' < muyλay
Phonology
Chick Corean has an average-sized (~25, depending on who's counting) consonant inventory and a rather large (10) vowel inventory.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Click | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m, hm /m/ | n, hn /n/ | ng, hng /ŋ/ | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | tx /tɬ/ | tsj /!/ | tj* /t͡ɕ/ | k /k/ | |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dj* /d͡ʑ/ | g /g/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | x /ɬ/ | sj /ɧ/ | h /h/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | zj /ζ/1 | |||||
| Affricate | ts /ts/ | |||||||
| Resonant | [w] | r, hr /r/ | l, hl /l/ | j, hj /j/ | ||||
kv, gv, ngv, hv are pronounced [kw, gw, ŋw, hw].
1 In this article the symbol /ζ/ is used for [ɧ̬] (voiced sje-sound).
* t and d are also pronounced as /t͡ɕ/ before /i/ and /y/.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | i /i/ | y /y/ | eu /ɯ/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | oe /ø~œ/ | o /o/ | |
| Open-mid | ae /ɛ/ | eo /ʌ~ɔ/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | |||
Myuftseezh i u e ø o a
- (no umlaut) > a (open)/ɯ (closed) u ə ə o a
- (umlaut) > i u i e ø ɛ
Morphology
Chick Corean grammar is mostly analytic and SVO.
Nouns
Chick Corean nouns do not inflect for number but take possessive prefixes for inalienable possession. Definite articles exist for various noun classes, inflect in singular and plural forms, and take possessive prefixes. Articles with possessive prefixes mark alienable possession.
Inalienable possession is most commonly used for family members, body parts and inherent properties but can mark other nuances as well, such as "unique possession" (seotsveo tsjapjels). As an example, xj'eotijeo 'my proof' (using inalienable possession) might imply that I am the one who proved the theorem, whereas xmae eotijeo (with alienable possession) would carry no such overtones.