| Teu'ole Diu'ive Teu'ole | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | |||
| Word origins | |||
| Alignment | |||
| Trigger | |||
| Head direction | |||
| Tonal | |||
| No | |||
| Declensions | |||
| No | |||
| Conjugations | |||
| No | |||
| Genders | |||
| No | |||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||
| Case | Number | ||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
| Voice | Mood | ||
| Person | Number | ||
| Tense | Aspect | ||
General information[]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m ~ n ~ ɲ ~ ŋ1 | ||||||
| Plosive | p ~ t ~ c ~ k2 | ʔ | |||||
| Fricative | f7 | s ~ ʃ3,7 | ç ~ x4,7 | h6,7 | |||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Lateral fric. | ɬ7 | ||||||
| Lat. app. | l ~ ʎ ~ ʟ5 | ||||||
1 /m~ŋ/ is realized [m] before /u/, [n] before /ɛ/, [ɲ] before /i/, and [ŋ] before /ɔ/.
2 /p~k/ is realized [p] before /u/, [t] before /ɛ/, [c] before /i/, and [k] before /ɔ/.
3 /s~ʃ/ is realized [s] before /u/ and /ɔ/, [ʃ] before /i/ and /ɛ/.
4 /ç~x/ is realized [ç] before /i/ and /ɛ/, [x] before /u/ and /ɔ/.
5 /l~ʟ/ is realized [l] before /ɛ/ and /ɔ/, [ʎ] before /i/, and [ʟ] before /u/.
6 /h/ is realized [h] before /ɛ/ and /ɔ/, [ɸ] before /u/, and [ç] before /i/.
7 Fricatives become voiced intervocalically.
Vowels[]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | ʲi | ʷu |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
All combinations of vowels form valid diphthongs, including geminates.
Alphabet[]
| Letter | Pronunciation | Letter | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mm | [m] | Hh | [h], [ɦ] |
| Nn | [n] | Ff | [ɸ], [β] |
| Ññ | [ɲ] | Dd | [ɾ] |
| Gg | [ŋ] | Rr | [r] |
| Pp | [p] | Łł | [ɬ], [ɮ] |
| Tt | [t] | Ll | [l] |
| Cc | [c] | Yy | [ʎ] |
| Kk | [k] | Ww | [ʟ] |
| Vv | [f], [v] | Ii | [i], [ʲi] |
| Ss | [s], [z] | Uu | [u], [ʷu] |
| Zz | [ʃ], [ʒ] | Ee | [ɛ] |
| Jj | [ç], [ʝ] | Oo | [ɔ] |
| Xx | [x], [ɣ] | ' | [ʔ] |
Phonotactics[]
Syllable structure: (C)V(V), where C is any consonant and V is any vowel.
Possible CV syllables:
nɛ ŋɔ ɲi mu
tɛ kɔ ci pu
ʔɛ ʔɔ ʔi ʔu
fɛ fɔ fi fu
ʃɛ sɔ ʃi su
çɛ xɔ çi xu
hɛ hɔ çi ɸu
rɛ rɔ ri ru
ɾɛ ɾɔ ɾi ɾu
ɬɛ ɬɔ ɬi ɬu
lɛ lɔ ʎi ʟu
Syncope[]
Grammar[]
| Gender | Cases | Numbers | Tenses | Persons | Moods | Voices | Aspects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Nouns | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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[]
Verbs[]
Syntax[]
Lexicon[]
- Main article: Teu'ole Lexicon
Example text[]
- I mune lo wuwnee go kozeo cixkonso.
- The berries that the small man was eating were red.