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General information[edit | edit source]
Just an idea. irregular updates (Aug 2017)
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Type | |||
Polysynthetic | |||
Alignment | |||
Active-stative | |||
Head direction | |||
Initial | |||
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 |
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ ŋʷ | ɴ ɴʷ | ||
Stop | p b | t d | k kʷ g gʷ | q qʷ ɢ ɢʷ | ||
Affricate | ts dz | tʃ dʒ | ||||
Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x xʷ ɣ ɣʷ |
χ χʷ ʁ ʁʷ |
h |
Approximant | ɾ | j | w | |||
(Trill) | ||||||
Lateral | l [ʎ~ʟ~ʟ̠] |
*/χ χʷ ʁ ʁʷ ɾ/ may be [ʀ̥ ʀ̥ʷ ʀ ʀʷ r] in all positions.
Vowels[edit | edit source]
Short | Long | Fronted | Backed | ||||
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i | ɪ | ii | iː | iu | ɪʊ̯ | ||
e | ɛ | ee | æː | ei | eɪ̯ | au | aʊ̯ |
a | ʌ | aa | ɑː | ai | aɪ̯ | ou | oʊ̯ |
o | ʊ | oo | uː | oi | oɪ̯ |
Unstressed | |
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i | ɪ |
a | ə |
o | ʊ |
Alphabet[edit | edit source]
Mm Nn Ŋŋ Ƞƞ Pp Bb Tt Dd Kk Gg Qɋ Ƣƣ Ff Vv Ss Zz Ʃʃ Ʒʒ Xx Ɣɣ #χ Ɽɽ Hh Ll Yy Ww Rr Ii Ee Aa Oo Uu
- Capital χ (#) resembles X with descenders
ŋ | ŋ |
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ƞ | ɴ |
ɋ | q |
w | w |
u | ʷ, ʊ̯ |
Phonotactics[edit | edit source]
CV[V/C](C)(C)
There are no doubled consonants. Unstressed <a> is frequently elided next to nasals, fricatives, rhotics & laterals. Affixes do not contain stressed vowels. /ɛ ʌ/ lower [æ ɑ] next to /ɴ q ɢ χ ʁ/. /ʌ ɑ(ː)/ round [ɔ ɒ(ː)] next to /m p b f v Cʷ/. /tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ/ do not occur next to /j/.
Examples: <kuaŋxt> [kʷɔŋxt] pollen, <ƞaabr> [ɴɒːbr] walking stick, <ŋedʒv> [ŋɛdʒv] eel.
Grammar[edit | edit source]
Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
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Verb | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Nouns | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Adjectives | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 | No | No | No | No | No | 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 |
Nouns[edit | edit source]
Verbs[edit | edit source]
Syntax[edit | edit source]
Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
Example text[edit | edit source]
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