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m n ɳ ŋ w j = {{angbr|''m n nh ng w y''}} | m n ɳ ŋ w j = {{angbr|''m n nh ng w y''}} | ||
i | i ɛ æ ʏ œ ə u ɔ ɑ = {{angbr|''i e ä ü ö ə u o a''}} | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Verbs aspects=== | ===Verbs aspects=== |
Revision as of 06:35, 10 July 2018
Hetmic is a Tsimulh language, serving as the lingua franca of the Hetom Empire /hɛtəm/ in Txapoalli.
Inspirations: Polish, Tibetan, Salish languages. 'liquidless Polish'
Phonology
Orthography
pʰ p b tʰ t d tsʰ ts dz = ⟨p p’ b t t’ d ts ts’ dz⟩
tɕʰ tɕ dʑ tʂʰ tʂ dʐ kʰ k g = ⟨tx tx’ dj tsh tsh’ dzh k k’ g⟩
f v s z ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ x ɣ h = ⟨f v s z x j sh zh ch gh ħ⟩
m n ɳ ŋ w j = ⟨m n nh ng w y⟩
i ɛ æ ʏ œ ə u ɔ ɑ = ⟨i e ä ü ö ə u o a⟩
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive | tenuis | p | t | k | |||
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
voiced | b | d | g | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | x | h |
voiced | v | z | ʐ | ʑ | ɣ | ||
Affricate | tenuis | ts | tʂ | tɕ | |||
aspirated | tsʰ | tʂʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
voiced | dz | dʐ | dʑ | ||||
Approximant | j | w |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | |||
Close | i | y | u | |
Mid | ø | ə | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
Open | æ | ɑ | ||
Diphthongs | ɛj əj øj ɛw əw øw |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Verbs aspects
- Aspects: perfective, progressive, inchoative, gnomic, momentane, frequentative
- Voices: passive, causative, reflexive
Syntax
- Almost completely head-initial
- No wh-movement
- Verbs used as case markers