Nolikan

Nolikan is the language of the Nolikans of Hudar, as well as sacred language of Norhabimism. It belongs to the Hacheric family.

Phonology
All syllables have (C)V(C) structure. Stress falls on one of the three last syllables of the word.

Vowels
There are five vowel phonemes: /a e i o u/. There is some allophony:


 * /e/ is realized as [ɛ] in closed syllables that don't end in a nasal consonant
 * /o/ is realized as [ɔ] in closed syllables that don't end in a nasal consonant
 * /a/ is realized as [ɐ] in unstressed open syllables

Consonants
1 - [ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before /k g/

2 - Occurs only as an epenthetic sound before a word-initial vowel

3 - These affricates are allophones of /s ɬ/ after /r l n/

4 - The combination /hk/ is always pronounced as [xk].

Stress

 * In verbs, the stress falls on the vowel before the last consonant of the stem. The exceptions are verbs whose stems end with a vowels, for example the stem sibu 'believe' yields sibuamo 'I believe him' [sibu'amo], with stress shifted from fourth syllable from the end to the penultimate.


 * In other parts of speech, the vowel before the word's last consonant is stressed: sisu 'horse' ['sisu], koman 'feast' [ko'man]


 * The plural ending -ak is never stressed

Schleicher's fable
The Sheep and the Horses

On a hill, a sheep that had no wool saw horses, one of them pulling a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly. The sheep said to the horses: "My heart pains me, when a man drives horses". The horses said: "Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this: a man, the master, makes the wool of the sheep into a garment for himself. Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.

Jia va sisuak

Ečandi, kumaļup jia sisuak elinota: ļak dap samok erusorote, ļak vak šuhat erafudote va ļak mer erafudoto šufo. Jia sisubuak etačarote: mapilač dendu jete, eso mer sisuak ardota. Sisuak etosigabato: Tatiče, ya jia, nipilajak dendu jate eso linene: mer, ardim, jia tokumahil toļegetka kačiete. Tet elinote jia buškerka ečolo.