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Ossmalic



Ossmalic
Оссэма́л
Pronounced: [òs.ˈsmál]
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:

Consonant phonemes of Ossmalic
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 пх /pʰ/ тх /t̪ʰ/ тхь /t̪ʲʰ/ кх /kʰ/ кхь /kʲʰ/
voiced мп /b/ нт /d̪/ нть /d̪ʲ/ ӈк /g/ ӈкь /gʲ/
Fricative в /ʋ/ с /s/ сь /sʲ/ і /j/ х /x/ хь /xʲ/
Approximant л /l/ ль /lʲ/
Monophthongs
Type Front Central Back
Close и /i/ э /ə~ɨ/ у /u/
Mid е /e/ о /o/
Open а /a/
Diphthongs
Type Front Back
Mid Falling іе /i̯e/ во /u̯o/
Open Falling іа /i̯a/ ва /u̯a/

Tone is not explicitly marked in writing but inferred based on historical voicing distinctions and consonant clusters:

Tones Inferred by Consonants
Consonant High Low
Stop Plain па /pá/ ба /pà/
та /t̪á/ да /t̪à/
ка /ká/ га /kà/
Aspirated пха /pʰá/ бха /pʰà/
тха /t̪ʰá/ дха /t̪ʰà/
кха /kʰá/ гха /kʰà/
Voiced мпа /bá/ мба /bà/
нта /d̪á/ нда /d̪à/
ӈка /gá/ ӈга /gà/
Fricative са /sá/ за /sà/
ха /xá/ һа /xà/
Sonorant мха /má/ ма /mà/
нха /n̪á/ на /n̪à/
ӈха /ŋá/ ӈа /ŋà/
лха /lá/ ла /là/



Animate:

ма́дсьаі "human" [sg], ??? "people" [pl]
сьо́лаі "river" [sg], ??? "rivers" [pl]
хва́лаі "horse" [sg], ??? "horses" [pl]
кхьва́наі "god" [sg], ??? "gods" [pl]
дэ́лхаі ??? [sg]

Inanimate:

сэма́л "mountain" [sg], сэма́ль "mountains" [pl]
сьол "lake" [sg], сьоль "lakes" [pl]
дуд "house" [sg], дудь "houses" [pl]
мэӈ "language" [sg], мэӈь "languages" [pl]


Adjective prefixes

Colours

маг- "black, dark"
ос- "white, light"
тьил- "immoral, wicked, evil"