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"Hiberno-Arabic" aesthetic (emphatic vs. palatalized; predominantly a á i í u ú; weight-sensitive stress; no gemination, tho). Basically it will sound a lot like Varquun. | "Hiberno-Arabic" aesthetic (emphatic vs. palatalized; predominantly a á i í u ú; weight-sensitive stress; no gemination, tho). Basically it will sound a lot like Varquun. | ||
*Epenthesize initial clusters. Ex. Then. ''briHants'' > OEe ''bríong, in bhríong'' > Tum ''barîng, | *Epenthesize initial clusters. Ex. Then. ''briHants'' > OEe ''bríong, in bhríong'' > Tum ''barîng, am-varîng'' "bivalve mollusk" | ||
*Final -ach becomes -ah as in [[Eevo]]. | *Final -ach becomes -ah as in [[Eevo]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 8 December 2017
Tumacan is the most grammatically conservative surviving descendant of Old Eevo; it's spoken in the island nation of Tumaca.
Idea
"Hiberno-Arabic" aesthetic (emphatic vs. palatalized; predominantly a á i í u ú; weight-sensitive stress; no gemination, tho). Basically it will sound a lot like Varquun.
- Epenthesize initial clusters. Ex. Then. briHants > OEe bríong, in bhríong > Tum barîng, am-varîng "bivalve mollusk"
- Final -ach becomes -ah as in Eevo.
Consonants (doubled = phar'zed)
ṗ p ḅ b ṃ m f̣ f ṿ v ṭ t ḍ d ṣ s ṣ z q ch g j kh sh gh y ng ñ ħ h ḷ l ṛ r ṇ n
Vowels:
a â i î u û ê ô ay aw
Phonology
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
The definite article is an- in both numbers; it becomes am-/aṃ- before a labial and aC- before another coronal.
masculine (eclipsis): in ⁿtoṁair > aḍ-ḍuṿar 'the knot'
feminine (lenition): in ḋé 'the female animal' > az-zê 'the cow'
neuter: in blann > aṃ-ḅaḷâṇ 'the room'