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Unfortunately I will be on holiday from April 29 to May 6 without internet connection, and I can't really work on the torch outside of weekends, so I certainly won't be able to both translate the Xooch text to English and Aayin on time. Because of that I have to drop from the relay and the torch can...

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I'll join with Ááyin.

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[ʌ̃mˈpyːʃtɐχwə] > [ɨɰ̃ᵐbɥøstax͡ɸ]

<źengaħjeḥivje>

[vəŋˈŋoːɟəˌj̰ivɟə] > [ˈŋgvou̯ʒʒəgvə]

/p pʰ ᵐb t tʰ ⁿd k kʰ k͡p k͡pʰ/ p ṕ p̀ t t́ t̀ k ḱ q q́ /s ɬ h/ s v h /m n ŋ ŋ͡m/ m n g ɓ (ɓ as upside-down g) /l ɻ j w/ l r y w /i u/ i u /a/ a Next: /p t tʰ ⁿt k q ʔ/ /b d/ /ð ɣ ʁ/ /m n/ /f s θ x X h₁ h₂/ /a ɛ e ɪ i ɨ o ʊ u ʉ ə/ /aɪ̯ aɨ̯ aʊ̯ aʉ̯/ /e̯ɛ eɨ̯/ /i̯ɛ i̯ɪ/ /o̯ɛ oʉ̯/ /u̯ɛ u̯ʊ/ /poʉ̯ ⁿtɪh₁...

Been revising the Chhuowòta orthography again… The high vowels are now /i ɯ u/ ı u ou (yes the dotted i’s got on my nerves in the end). And since I now have ı , I had to get rid of j , so now /d͡ʒ/ is z , which is daring to say the least, for me at least. We’ll see if it lasts. Why not use ȷ ?

Abaniscen

ni nimenni nimon shurcebi on ciscar
[ˌnĩ́ː nĩmø̃ˈnːĩ́ː nĩmʊ̃n ʃəɾˌkéːby ʔõn ˈkíːskəɾ]
1sg.GEN none but ash and dust

ni icarvi i rotarer i mile i selen
[nijˈkə́ːɾvyə̯ ɾɔˈtə́ːɾəɾĩ ˈmɵ̞́ːlɛj səlɛ̃n]
1sg.GEN cause of beginning.GEN of time of everything.GEN

Lescembel 22.— Abaniscen

vilis [və́ːlis] forest

asha [áːʃa] copse, small forest

isbar [íːzbəɾ] river

Lescembel 21.— Abaniscen

cin(tih) [kĩ́ːn(tɪ̥h)] small animal. The /tih/ usually isn't pronounced, so some Abaniscen speakers spell it <cin>.

cobor [kóːbɵ̞ɾ] large animal

Lescembel 19. — Abaniscen

ahrie [ə́ːtʲʼje] tree

tilvev [tə́ːʊ̯vev]~[tə́ːɪ̯vev]~[tə́ːlvev] tree branch, also "kind, group, type"

shimobaatar wrote: I quite like the look and sound of Abaniscen, if I haven't said so before.

Ni bey umici!
Thanks!

Lescembel 11-13 — Abaniscen rotar [ɾóːtəɾ] to begin, beginning, first vitie [výːtʲje] to end, end, last mi [mýː] time rotar i mile [ɾóːtəɾi mɵ́ːle] beginning of time mihyebore [myʃéːbɵ̞ɾe] year Is 14 a culturally significant age? Yes — when one turns 14, they are considered an adult.

Lescembel 5 — Abaniscen

nam [nãm] — mother, also used for maternal aunts and uncles
orim [ə́u̯ɾĩm] — father, also used for paternal aunts and uncles
hici [híːki] — sibling

Lescembel 6 — Abaniscen

cuhmi [kṹːɸy] — age
icuhmiyara [ikũɸỹ́ːnəɾa] — fourteen year old

Lescembel 4 — Abaniscen inanayleyna — those living in the upper parts of an (amphitheater-shaped) Abaniscen city . Nobles (cacornemor) and richest of the hicornemor can live there, in vast multi-story residences carved into the walls of the city. inanaysibina — those living in the middle parts of a...

Lescembel 2 — Abaniscen

aranimon [ɐ.lã́ːnĩmõn] forty two (14*3)

Lescembel 3 — Abaniscen

sihron i celnemorimon [síːtʼõni kɛ́lnẽmɔ́ːrĩmõn] triangle (lit. figure of three hands, full form sihron i celnemor ilesnemor mon)

Lescembel 1 — Abaniscen

mon [mṍːn] — three

Torch sent to pachelbel and Iyionaku.

Yes, I only need to write the grammar and lexicon. I should finish tomorrow or maybe Thursday if that's not too late.

I have been studying for exams lately, I probably will have the torch finished in the 7 day limit.

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