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|name = Qotsian | |name = Qotsian | ||
|altname = Qotsic | |altname = Qotsic | ||
|nativename = Hucup | |nativename = ''Hucup'' | ||
|pronunciation = /hut͡ɕup/ | |pronunciation = /hut͡ɕup/ | ||
|states = Qotsia | |states = Qotsia | ||
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|longd = | longm = | longEW = <!-- longitude degrees/minutes/direction --> | |longd = | longm = | longEW = <!-- longitude degrees/minutes/direction --> | ||
|ethnicity = Qotsians | |ethnicity = Qotsians | ||
|speakers = | |speakers = 6.5 million | ||
|date = | |date = 2017 | ||
|familycolor = | |familycolor = | ||
|fam1 = | |fam1 = Osveraali | ||
| | |fam2 = Greater Osveraali | ||
|ancestor = | |fam3 = Thargo-Qotsian | ||
|ancestor = Old Qotsian | |||
|ancestor2 = Middle Qotsian | |||
|posteriori = | |posteriori = | ||
|dia1 = | |dia1 = | ||
|dialects = | |dialects = | ||
|script = | |script = Osveraali script | ||
|nation = | |nation = Qotsia | ||
|agency = | |agency = | ||
|iso3 = QTS | |iso3 = QTS | ||
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This page should be an IN-UNIVERSE description of the language. It is also NOT the primary documentation site of your language. This is not your descriptive grammar, this is a wikipedia style page for (for the most part) non-linguists, which means I don't want pages of paradigm tables or hour long write ups of the intricacies of relativisation on demoted inverted objects in locational clauses. | This page should be an IN-UNIVERSE description of the language. It is also NOT the primary documentation site of your language. This is not your descriptive grammar, this is a wikipedia style page for (for the most part) non-linguists, which means I don't want pages of paradigm tables or hour long write ups of the intricacies of relativisation on demoted inverted objects in locational clauses. | ||
Start writing your page here, with a general introduction and basic facts about the language (when and where its spoken, by who and how many, a brief history) | Start writing your page here, with a general introduction and basic facts about the language (when and where its spoken, by who and how many, a brief history)--> | ||
'''Qotsian''' is an [[Osveraali language | '''Qotsian''' is an [[Osveraali language|Osveraali languages]] of the [[Thargo-Qotsian|Thargo-Qotsian languages]] branch, spoken on the continent of [[Atsiq]] as the official language of [[Republic of Qotsia|Qotsia]] by roughly 6.5 million people. It is a close relative of [[Thargian language|Thargian]], although the two are not mutually intelligible. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The phoneme system of Qotsian is small compared to other Atsiq languages and shows clear influence from its southern neighbour, the [[Qatilla language]]. There is a conspicuous absence of velar and uvular sounds; the former has been the defining trait of the Qotsian branch since Old Qotsian while the latter is a more recent development. Qotsian also lacks voiced fricatives and has lost the South Osveraali palatal consonants, shifting them to alveolo-palatal. The lateral consonants have collapsed into /ɮ/. | |||
The vowel system has experienced a similar reduction, although not as radical as in Qatilla. There are six vowels, four of which distinguish length, and no diphthongs. Qotsian is the only Osveraali language outside of [[Imperial Osveraali language|Imperial Osveraali]] with the rounded central vowel /ɞ/. | |||
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! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | ! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | ||
! style="width: 68px; " | | ! style="width: 68px; " |Labiodental | ||
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar | ! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar | ||
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! style="width: 68px; " | | ! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolo-palatal | ||
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! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal | ! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal | ||
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! style="" |Nasal | ! style="" |Nasal | ||
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! style="" | | ! style="" |Open-mid | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Revision as of 13:12, 28 March 2019
| Qotsian | |
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| Qotsic Hucup | |
| Pronunciation | /hut͡ɕup/ |
| Region | Atsiq |
| Ethnicity | Qotsians |
| Native speakers | 6.5 million (2017) |
| Language family | Osveraali
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| Early forms: | Old Qotsian
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| Writing system | Osveraali script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Qotsia |
| CWS code | QTS |
Qotsian is an Osveraali languages of the Thargo-Qotsian languages branch, spoken on the continent of Atsiq as the official language of Qotsia by roughly 6.5 million people. It is a close relative of Thargian, although the two are not mutually intelligible.
Classification
History
Phonology
The phoneme system of Qotsian is small compared to other Atsiq languages and shows clear influence from its southern neighbour, the Qatilla language. There is a conspicuous absence of velar and uvular sounds; the former has been the defining trait of the Qotsian branch since Old Qotsian while the latter is a more recent development. Qotsian also lacks voiced fricatives and has lost the South Osveraali palatal consonants, shifting them to alveolo-palatal. The lateral consonants have collapsed into /ɮ/.
The vowel system has experienced a similar reduction, although not as radical as in Qatilla. There are six vowels, four of which distinguish length, and no diphthongs. Qotsian is the only Osveraali language outside of Imperial Osveraali with the rounded central vowel /ɞ/.
Phonemes
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Labio-velar | Glottal | |
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| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | ɕ | h | ||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ d͡ʑ | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɮ | ||||||
| Approximant | w |
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i i: | u u: | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɞ | |
| Open | a a: | ɒ ɒ: |