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|+ '''Vowel phonemes in Nurian''' | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "| | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back | |||
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!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
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! style="" |Close | |||
| '''i''' /i/ | |||
| '''ī''' /iː/ | |||
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| '''u''' /u/ | |||
| '''ū''' /uː/ | |||
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! style="" |Mid | |||
| '''e''' /e/ | |||
| '''ē''' /eː/ | |||
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| '''o''' /o/ | |||
| '''ō''' /oː/ | |||
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! style="" |Open | |||
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| '''a''' /a/ | |||
| '''ā''' /aː/ | |||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Quame languages]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Quame languages]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages]] | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 14 December 2015
Kagasa (Schargass) is a divergent Wiebian lect. A word in the Kagasa orthography can represent either its native reading or its Old Cuatham reading. Kagasa aesthetics is intended to be vaguely Japano-Bantu.
- V:C > VnC
- öCe > eCo
- üCe > iCo
- -er > -a, -el > -o
Numbers:
- 1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]
- 2: diƨƨer - native [tisa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei]
- 3: narg - native [naŋga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
- 4: đauf - native [ɖɭoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga]
- 5: säliƨ - native [selli]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
- 6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
- 7: rut - native [undu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɾatu]
- 8: lerz - native [ɾeNsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɾja]
- 9: pfarb - native [hamba]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu]
- 10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja]
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Dorsal | Placeless | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | ||||||
| Nasals | m /m/ | n /n/ | (/ɴ/) | ||||
| Stops | |||||||
| plain | b /p~b/ | d /t~d/ | ḍ /ʈ~ɖ/ | j /t͡ɕ~d͡ʑ/ | g /k~ɡ/ | ||
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ṭ /ʈʰ/ | ch /t͡ɕʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | ||
| Fricatives | s /s/ | h /h/ | |||||
| Approximants | w /w/ | y /j/ | |||||
| Liquids | r /r~ɭ/ | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ī /iː/ | u /u/ | ū /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ē /eː/ | o /o/ | ō /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | ā /aː/ | ||||