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Ossmalic
| Ossmalic Оссмал | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | [os.smal] |
| Spoken: | Ossmal |
| Writing system: | Sealbone Script |
| Genealogy: | Language isolate |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | ??? |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | ergative-absolutive |
| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Malcolm G. Holborne |
28 consonants:
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hard | soft | hard | soft | ||||
| Nasal | м /m/ | н /n̪/ | нь /n̪ʲ/ | ӈ /ŋ/ | ӈь /ŋʲ/ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | п /p/ | т /t̪/ | ть /t̪ʲ/ | к /k/ | кь /kʲ/ | |
| aspirated | пс /pʰ/ | тс /t̪ʰ/ | тсь /t̪ʲʰ/ | кс /kʰ/ | ксь /kʲʰ/ | ||
| voiced | пб /b/ | тд /d̪/ | тдь /d̪ʲ/ | кг /g/ | кгь /gʲ/ | ||
| Fricative | в /ʋ/ | с /s/ | сь /sʲ/ | і /j/ | х /x/ | хь /xʲ/ | |
| Approximant | л /l/ | ль /lʲ/ | |||||
| Type | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | и /i/ | ы /ɨ/ | у /u/ |
| Mid | е /e/ | э /ə/ | о /o/ |
| Open | а /a/ | ||
| Type | Front | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Falling | іе /i̯e/ | во /u̯o/ |
| Open Falling | іэ /i̯a/ | вэ /u̯a/ |
Animate:
- маддсьаі "human" [sg], маддсьесье "people" [pl]
- сьолаі "river" [sg], сьолесье "rivers" [pl]
- хвалаі "horse" [sg], хвалесье "horses" [pl]
- ксьвэнаі "god" [sg], ксьвэнесье "gods" [pl]
- -æj > -ʲaj
- -ɒj > -aj
- -æj + se > -e.se > -ʲe.sʲe
- -ɒj + sø > -ø.sø > -ʲo.sʲo
Inanimate:
- смал "mountain" [sg], смаль "mountains" [pl]
- сьол "lake" [sg], сьоль "lakes" [pl]
- дуд "house" [sg], дудь "houses" [pl]
- ксьвэндуд "temple" [sg], ксьвэндудь "temples" [pl]
- мэӈ "language" [sg], мэӈь "languages" [pl]
Adjective prefixes
Colours
- маг- "black, dark"
- ос- "white, light"
- тьил- "immoral, wicked, evil"
