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Revision as of 03:55, 16 September 2020
Niplandish language | |
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North Harish Nipkezi telt | |
Region | Nipland county, State of Hareland, Tzulhon |
Native speakers | 220,000 (no date) |
Language family | Tzulhonic
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CWS code | xbf |
The Niplandish language is a language spoken in the State of Hareland of Tzulhon. It is one of the two surviving languages of the Central Tzulhon language family.
Despite facing pressures from Harish speaking communities, the use of the Niplandish language is still robust, as children in the Niplandish communities still speak the Niplandish language at home. Approximately 20% of Niplandish speakers in Tzulhon speak Harish "not well" or "not at all", according to results of the 2000 Census, and among the younger Niplandish speakers, approximately 15% were reported as speaking Harish "not well" or "not at all".
Classification
The Niplandish language belongs to the Central Tzulhon branch of Tzulhonic language family. The only other surviving member of Central Tzulhon languages is the Harish language, and the Harish language has become the standard language of Tzulhon.
History
Phonology
Phonemes
Bilabial | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Plosive | p b | t d | k (g) | |||
Fricative | v | s z | (ç) | (χ) | h ɦ | |
Approximant | r l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i y | u | |
Mid | ɛ œ | ə | ɔ |
Open | a |
Notes:
- [ç] and [χ] are allophones of /h/. /h/ is pronounced as [χ] after back vowels and not followed by any vowels; [ç] after front vowels and not followed by any vowels; [h] when followed by a vowel.
- /ə/ is a reduced vowel and only appears in unstressed syllables.
- /ɦ/ was [g] before the 20th century, and some older speakers still use [g]
Phonotactics
The Niplandish language has a quite complex syllable structure, there are a variety of consonant clusters.
Morphology and syntax
Overview
Niplandish is a synthetic language with an ergative alignment; however, the verbal person agreements follow a nominative-accusative alignment, which qualifies Niplandish as a spli-ergative language.
Due to the case-marking system, Niplandish has a relatively free sentential word order, all six sentential word orders are possible; however, the unmarked word order of Niplandish is SOV.
Morphology
Nouns
Niplandish nouns are divided into 12 cases and two numbers.
Cases
Niplandish has 12 nominal cases, they are divided into two groups: the absolutive case and the oblique cases. All cases that are not the absolutive case are oblique cases. Below are the nominal cases in Niplandish:
- Absolutive: -Ø
- Oblique Cases:
- Ergative: -(ë)k
- Genitive: -(ë)h/-i
- Dative: -(ë)s
- Instrumental: -(ë)k
- Comitative: -(ë)m
- Ablative: -(ë)l
- Locative: -(ë)n
- Allative: -(ë)z
- Elative: -(ë)lm
- Inessive: -(ë)mm
- Illative: -(ë)t
Numbers
Niplandish nouns have two numbers: singular and plural. For most nouns, the plural form end in -(ë)r for absolutive case, -(ë)s for oblique cases and -(ë)h for locative cases, and the stem vowel is often umlauted; for few nouns, the plural is formed soley by the umlaut on the stem vowel.
Examples
Below are the examples of the declension of nouns:
Singular | Plural | |
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Absolutive | remm | remmër |
Ergative | remmëk | remmësk |
Genitive | remmi | remmsi |
Dative | remmës | remmsës |
Instrumental | remmëk | remmësk |
Comitative | remmëm | remmsëm |
Ablative | remmël | remmsël |
Locative | remmën | remmsën |
Allative | remmëz | remmsëz |
Elative | remmëlm | remmsëlm |
Inessive | remmëmm | remmsëmm |
Illative | remmët | remmsët |
Singular | Plural | |
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Absolutive | dayp | deyp/deypër |
Ergative | daypëk | deypësk |
Genitive | daypi | deypsi |
Dative | dayps | deypsës |
Instrumental | daypëk | deypësk |
Comitative | daypëm | deypsëm |
Ablative | daypël | deypsël |
Locative | daypën | deypsën |
Allative | daypëz | deypsëz |
Elative | daypëlm | deypsëlm |
Inessive | daypëmm | deypsëmm |
Illative | daypët | deypsët |
Singular | Plural | |
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Absolutive | ro | rör/rö |
Ergative | rok | rösk |
Genitive | roh | rösi |
Dative | ros | rös |
Instrumental | rok | rösk |
Comitative | rom | rösëm |
Ablative | rol | rösël |
Locative | ron | rösën |
Allative | roz | rösëz |
Elative | rolm | rösëlm |
Inessive | romm | rösëmm |
Illative | rot | rösët |
Adjectives
Adjectives agree with nouns in case and number. The formation of cases and numbers for adjectives are the same as those for nouns.
Verbs
Derivational morphology
Derivational affixes
Compounds
Syntax
Word Order
The word order features are listed below:
- Basic Word Order: Subject-Object-Verb(SOV)
- Adpositions are postpositions
- Conjuctions are in the initial position of the clause
- Negations directly precede the word they negate.
- Demonstratives, articles, numerals, possessors precede the noun they modify; Adjectives may precede or follow the noun they modify; Relative clauses follow the noun they modify.
Vocabulary
Most words of the Harish language are inherited from Old Harish; however, there are a significant amount of words that can have their origins be traced back to Ngerupic languages, especially Mani and Kwang languages. Ngerupic loanwords have form a large amount of the vocabulary. Most of the Ngerupic words are borrowed before the modern era.
Also while the Harish language and the Niplandish language are both central Tzulhon languages, and they share most of the basic vocabulary, they are not mutually intelligible.
Some words in Niplandish
Personal Pronouns:
Demonstratives:
Numerals:
- one: ot
- two: yang
- three: ham
- four: klez
- five: bar
- six: itër
- seven: ramër
- eight: dam
- nine: mit
- ten: dak
- eleven: otnav
- twelve: yangnav
- thirteen: hamnav
- forteen: kleznav
- fifteen: barnav
- sixteen: itërnav
- seventeen: ramërnav
- eighteen: damnav
- nineteen: mitnav
- twenty: kelt
- thirty: hamstër
- forty: klezëstër
- fifty: barstër
- sixty: itërstër
- seventy: ramërstër
- eighty: damstër
- ninety: mitstër
- hundred: yaytër