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Below is an example declension for the adjective ''bān'' "clear": | |||
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! rowspan="2"| State !! colspan="2"| Singular !! colspan="2"| Dual !! colspan="2"| Plural | |||
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! m. !! f. !! m. !! f. !! m. !! f. | |||
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! Absolute | |||
| bān || bānā || bānawn || bānatawn || bānān || bānātān | |||
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! Construct | |||
| bān || bānat || bānaw || bānataw || bānā || bānāt | |||
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====Adverbs==== | ====Adverbs==== | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 22 November 2022
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 |
Indo-European
| |
Early form | Proto-Zanahi
|
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
| 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
| Short | Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Front | Back | |
| Close | /i/ | /u/ | /iː/ | /uː/ |
| Mid | /eː/ | /oː/ | ||
| Open | /a/ | /aː/ | ||
| Diphthongs | /aw/, /aj/ | |||
Orthography
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Lenition
Non-emphatic plosives undergo lenition to fricatives (analogous to "begadkefat" in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew) in certain environments.
| 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
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
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.