Çetázó

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Çetázó
[çeta:'zo:]
Period c. -2000 YP
Spoken in Lake Γañeɬina area
Total speakers to be determined
Writing system to be determined
Classification Western
Typology
Basic word order SOV
Morphology agglutinating
Alignment ergative
Credits
Created by WeepingElf

Çetázó ('of the outflow') is a language of the Western language family in the western part of Peilaš. It was spoken about -2000 YP in the area around the outflow of a lake named Γañeɬina 'the Big Lake'. (It is upon the head honchos of the Akana project to decide where exactly that lake lies, and by what name it is known to other peoples.)

Phonology

Consonants

labial dental sibilant lateral palatal velar labiovelar
voiceless stops p t ts c k
voiced stops b d dz dl ɟ g
voiceless fricatives f θ s ɬ ç x
voiced fricatives v ð z     γ γʷ
nasals m n     ñ ŋ ŋʷ
approximants       l j   w

Vowels

front
unround
front
round
central
unround
back
round
high i y   u
mid e ø   o
low æ   a  

Morphology

Çetázó is an agglutinating ergative language.

Nouns

The Çetázó noun is inflected for case, number and possessor; also, nouns fall into several noun classes, which are not overtly marked on the noun, but everything that agrees with the noun (adjectives, phoric pronouns and verbs) carries class markers.

There are three numbers: singular, dual and plural; and seven cases: absolutive, ergative, oblique, instrumental, locative, allative and ablative. Nouns fall into five declension classes (not to be confused with noun classes; there is nothing agreeing with a noun's declension class!) which are defined by the noun's final phoneme: There are thus a-stems, e-stems, i-stems, u-stems and n-stems. (The very few long-vowel stems are declined like their short-vowel counterparts.)


singular a-stem
'horn'
e-stem
'water'
i-stem
'seed'
u-stem
'wolf'
n-stem
'road'
absolutive çelna cufe føji kʷuɬu padazun
ergative çelné cyfí føjí kʷuɬú padazyni
oblique çelnó cyfí føjí kʷuɬú padazunu
instrumental çelnómek cyfímek føjímek kʷuɬúmek padazunumek
locative çelnóma cyfíma føjíma kʷuɬúma padazunuma
allative çelnóɟe cyfíɟe føjíɟe kʷuɬúɟe padazunuɟe
ablative çelnóza cyfíza føjíza kʷuɬúza padazunuza

Sample

  • Γwejúma ɬæñí meŋuk sujçeldagada. Açeni tagwaðú meŋú θula sujbesagadza, kwelé çidu meŋu sujγlatagada, lé naɬtuðu meŋu sujwaɟezagada, jawaó xajómek medzaðu meŋu sujkwegwuda.
  • [ ɣʷeˈjuː.mɑ ɬæˌɲiː ˈme.ŋuk suj.çel.dɑˈɡɑ.dɑ ‖ ɑˌçeˌni tɑ.ɡʷɑˈðuː meˌŋuː ˈθu.lɑ suj.be.sɑˈɡɑ.ʣɑ | kweˌleː ˈçi.du ˌme.ŋu suj.ɣlɑ.tɑˈɡɑ.dɑ | leː nɑɬˈtu.ðu ˌme.ŋu suj.wɑ.ɟe.zɑˈɡɑ.dɑ | jɑ.wɑˌoː xɑˈjoː.mek meˌʣɑ.ðu ˌme.ŋu suj.kʷeˈɡʷu.dɑ ]
  • hill-LOC horse-ERG sheep-PL(ABS) PAST-see-3.ERG-NC2. woman-ERG first-OBL sheep-OBL wool(ABS) PAST-cut-3.ERG-NC3, child-ERG second(ABS) sheep(ABS) PAST-milk-3.ERG-NC2, man-ERG third(ABS) sheep(ABS) PAST-kill-2.ERG-NC2. ANA-NC1-OBL fire-INST fourth(ABS) sheep(ABS) PAST-cook-NC2

(taken from The horse and the sheep)

Descendants

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