Adzamasi language
| Adzamasi | |
|---|---|
| Adzamāsī | |
| Pronunciation | [adza'mɑsi] |
| Created by | irrhythmic |
| Ethnicity | Adzamasiin |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Adzamasi |
| CWS code | – |
The Adzamasi language is the official language of Tabiqa and is spoken by over >30? million people, mostly in Ekuosia. It is a polysynthetic direct-inverse language based around a complex animacy hierarchy, and its primary verbal deixis is spatial rather than temporal. Its morphology and syntax were inspired by a variety of Canadian First Nations languages including Blackfoot and Coast Salish, and its phonology mostly by Turkish.
Adzamasi's ancestor language Adzamic is currently being developed, and Adzamasi itself will undergo some changes in light of this.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ń | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | b p | d t | j c | g | ||||
| Ejective | ṫ | ċ | k | q̇ | ||||
| Fricative | f v | ŧ đ | s z | š ž | ś ź | x | r | h |
| Approximant | l | j | w |
Vowels
| Front | Front Round | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | ī | ÿ | u |
| Near-close | i | ü | |
| Close-mid | ē | o | |
| Open-mid | e | ö | o |
| Open | a | ā |
Phonotactics
Vowel harmony (back vs front-round, triggered by front-round or front-plain)
Orthography
The romanization is per IPA or per deducible by the above tables, except: g /k/, o /ʌ/, ā /ɑ/
Grammar
A direct-inverse animacy-hierarchy language. Proximity is the primary deixis and tense is adverbial.
Morphology
Nouns indicate their animacy and number. Verbs indicate proximity, mood, person.
Syntax
Word order is based on the animacy hierarchy; typically this means SOV order, but direct-inverse markers on the verb can change this.