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Hass
ʔʌzz
Type
Agglutinative
Alignment
Head direction
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect



General information

 The Hass language is spoken by a reptilian race living under the Earth, it is based on hissing sounds produced by snakes. Its basic word order is OSV.

Phonology

Consonants

Dental Lateral Alveolar Cerebral Palatal Velar Radical
Nasal n ɳ ŋ
Plosive ts ʈʂ ʡ1
Fricative θ ɬ s ʂ ç ħ
Geminated θː ɬː ʂː çː ħː
Approximant ɰ ʕ
  1. The radical /ʡ/ can be treated as a trill.

Vowels

The Hass language doesn't have real vowels, but it has vocalic equivalents of approximants and nasals instead. These vocalic sounds can be heard when a nasal or approximant sound is prolonged.

Consonant Vocalic equivalent
n ɘ (ə̃)
ɳ ɨ (ɨ̃)
ŋ ʌ (ʌ̃)
ɰ ɯ
ʕ ɤ

Writing system

dλzɭhʔɰɥnrŋ – uoeıa

Plain letters indicate basic consonants:

  • d, λ, z, ɭ, h, ʔ – /θ, ɬ, s, ʂ, ç, ħ/

A stroke indicates plosion:

  • đ, ƛ, ƶ, ʈ, ħ, ʡ – /tθ, tɬ, ts, ʈʂ, cç, ʡ/

A double letter indicates gemination:

  • dd, λλ, zz, ɭɭ, hh, ʔʔ – /θː, ɬː, sː, ʂː, çː, ħː/

Approximants and nasals are:

  • ɰ, ɥ – /ɰ, ʕ/
  • n, r, ŋ – /n, ɳ, ŋ/

Vocalic equivalents of the above can be transcribed as follows:

  • ɯ, ɤ, ɘ, ɨ, ʌ  – /ɯ, ɤ, ɘ, ɨ, ʌ/

Phonotactics

Grammar

Gender Cases Numbers Tenses Persons Moods Voices Aspects
Verb No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Nouns Yes No Yes No No No No No
Adjectives No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Numbers No No No No No No No No
Participles No No No No No No No No
Adverb No No No No No No No No
Pronouns Yes No Yes No Yes No No No
Adpositions No No No No No No No No
Article No No No No No No No No
Particle No No No No No No No No


Vocabulary


No. English Hass
1Iđʌ
2you (singular)ƶɤ
3heʡɘ
4weddʌđ
5you (plural)zzɤƶ
6theyʔʔɘʡ
7this
8that
9here
10there
11who
12what
13where
14when
15how
16not
17all
18many
19some
20few
21other
22one
23two
24three
25four
26five
27big
28long
29wide
30thick
31heavy
32small
33short
34narrow
35thin
36woman
37man (adult male)
38man (human being)
39childƛɯʔʔɘ
40wife
41husband
42motherɭɭɯhɨʔ
43fatherɭɭɘdʌ
44animalʡɯddɯ
45fishŋɨʈɤ
46birdđɯɭɭɤŋ
47dogddʌλɤ
48louse
49snakeʡɤŋ
50worm
51treeđɯλλ
52forestđɯddɯλλʌ
53stick
54fruit
55seed
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61rope
62skinƶɯnʌ
63meatzzɨλλ
64bloodλɤɭɭʌʡ
65boneɭɭɤλɨɭɯ
66fat
67eggʔɘŋɘzz
68hornrʌλλ
69tailɭɭʌdd
70feather
71hair
72head
73ear
74eye
75nose
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81leg
82knee
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correct
197near
198far
199right
200left
201at
202in
203with
204and
205if
206because
207name


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