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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 ɪ ɛ æ ʏ œ ə u ʊ ɔ ɑ = {{angbr|''î i e ä ü ö ə û u o a''}}
i ɛ æ ʏ œ ə u ɔ ɑ = {{angbr|''i e ä ü ö ə u o a''}}


===Consonants===
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===Morphophonology===
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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

Consonant phonemes in Hetomic
Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ
Plosive tenuis p t k
aspirated
voiced b d g
Fricative voiceless f s ʂ ɕ x h
voiced v z ʐ ʑ ɣ
Affricate tenuis ts
aspirated tsʰ tʂʰ tɕʰ
voiced dz
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