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Sùwáábyíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing. | Sùwáábyíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing. | ||
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Revision as of 22:20, 6 May 2023
Suwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country and archipelago of Suwáábíq. 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; noun incorporation is limited to certain formal styles).
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.
Vocabulary
Purist