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| + | There are no diphthongs, only vowel/semivowel combinations. |
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| − | /i: y: e: ø:/ palatalize any consonant before them. |
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| + | /i: y: e: ø:/ palatalize any consonant before them and are transformed into /ɨ: u: ɛ: o:/ after retroflex, uvular and glottal consonants. |
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| + | Any non-palatalized consonant can be labialized, but such a consonant can't be word-final or any part of the cluster. |
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===Phonotactics=== |
===Phonotactics=== |
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| + | Any onset consists of at least one consonant, this being either a plosive or a non-glottal fricative. |
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| + | Overall, the syllable structure is (C)(C)CV(C). Three-consonant onsets consist of either two plosives and a liquid or a fricative, plosive, and a liquid. Two-consonant onsets can consist of any two consonants of any type, but these can't be of the same type and PoA. |
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| + | A coda can consist of any consonant, of any type and PoA. |
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==Writing System== |
==Writing System== |
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Revision as of 18:34, 16 December 2015
| Kauf's proto-language | |||||||||||||
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| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Ergative | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Initial | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 0% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | [[User:|]] | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects
Phonology
Надеюсь, это тебя не устрашает, товарищ American.
Consonants
| Bilabial/Labiodental | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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| Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | p b pʲ bʲ | t d tʲ dʲ | k g kʲ gʲ | q ɢ | |||
| Fricative | f v fʲ vʲ | θ s z θʲ sʲ zʲ | ʂ ʐ | ɕ ʑ | x ɣ xʲ ɣʲ | χ | h ɦ |
| Affricate | ts dz tsʲ dzʲ | tʂ dʐ | tɕ dʑ | ||||
| Approximant | β | ɻ | j | ɰ w | |||
| Trill | ʀ | ||||||
| Flap or tap | ɽ |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i i: y y: | ɨ ɨ: | u u: | ||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | e e: ø ø: | o o: | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: œ œ: | ɔ ɔ: | |||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | a: | ɑ ɑ: |
There are no diphthongs, only vowel/semivowel combinations.
/i: y: e: ø:/ palatalize any consonant before them and are transformed into /ɨ: u: ɛ: o:/ after retroflex, uvular and glottal consonants.
Any non-palatalized consonant can be labialized, but such a consonant can't be word-final or any part of the cluster.
Phonotactics
Any onset consists of at least one consonant, this being either a plosive or a non-glottal fricative.
Overall, the syllable structure is (C)(C)CV(C). Three-consonant onsets consist of either two plosives and a liquid or a fricative, plosive, and a liquid. Two-consonant onsets can consist of any two consonants of any type, but these can't be of the same type and PoA.
A coda can consist of any consonant, of any type and PoA.
Writing System
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