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'''Suwáá''' is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country of Suwáábyíq. It is mainly inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, and Ancient Greek, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic). | '''Suwáá''' is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country and archipelago of Suwáábyíq. It is mainly inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, and Ancient Greek, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic). | ||
Æ-Xenic? | Æ-Xenic? | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
=== Initials === | === Initials === |
Revision as of 13:45, 4 May 2023
Suwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country and archipelago of Suwáábyíq. It is mainly inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, and Ancient Greek, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic).
Æ-Xenic?
Phonology
Initials
- k g ng ch j ny kw gw ngw chw jw nyw
- t d n s z ny tw dw nw sw zw nyw
- p b m py by my pw bw mw
- y r w h ry hy rw hw ryw yw hyw (r is [l] before /i j/)
Rimes
- Monomoraic: i e a o u n /i e a o u N/
- Bimoraic: ii ei ee aa oo ou uu iq eq aq oq uq in en an on un /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː ɪʔ ɛʔ aʔ ɔʔ ʊʔ iɰ̃ eɰ̃ aɰ̃ oɰ̃ uɰ̃/
Tone
High (acute) and low (unmarked)
Phonology
Sùwáábyíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing.