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The '''Dọrêmì languages''' | The '''Dọrêmì languages''' are a language family of polysyllabic, predominantly agglutinative tonal languages mostly native to Angai Southeast Asia. It has two subbranches corresponding to different syllable shapes, called the Dọ branch and the Ùt branch in Dọrêmì linguistics from the words for '0'. Proto-Dọrêmì was a polysyllabized monosyllabic tonal analytic language with many homophonous morphemes, much like Mandarin. | ||
Numbers are ''dọ rê mì fā sỏ lá ti...'' in one language | Numbers are (from 0) ''dọ, rê, mì, fā, sỏ, lá, ti, tirê, timì, tifā, tisỏ, tilá, mìti, mìtirê, mìtimì, mìtifā, mìtisỏ, mìtilá, fāti, ...'' in one language (from *Rot zhe mei pat sau leng ti...) | ||
== Family tree == | |||
* Doremi | |||
** Dọ (CV only) | |||
*** Okopi | |||
** Ùt (VC only) | |||
*** Ùpút | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
966 possible syllables | |||
=== Initials === | === Initials === | ||
9 initials | |||
r - a retroflex flap | r - a retroflex flap | ||
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s - fricative | s - fricative | ||
zh - approximants | |||
null initial | |||
=== Rimes === | === Rimes === | ||
Coda consonants: p t k m n ng | Vowels are i e a o | ||
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Coda consonants: p t k m n ng j w null | |||
Tones are identical to Cantonese (but only 2 entering tones) | |||
There are 138 possible rimes, including tone: | |||
-i123456 -im123456 -in123456 -ing123456 -ip16 -it16 -ik16 -iu123456 | |||
-e123456 -eng123456 -ek16 -eu123456 -ei123456 | |||
-a123456 -am123456 -an123456 -ang123456 -ap16 -at16 -ak16 -au123456 -ai123456 | |||
-o123456 -on123456 -ong123456 -ot16 -ok16 -ou123456 -oi123456 | |||
m-, l-, zh-, r- cannot cooccur with low-tone rimes, excluding 4*69=306 syllables | |||
== Lexicon == | |||
Just calque Mandarin and Sino-Korean | |||
* lik1 'dog' (견) | |||
* zho3 'to love' (애) | |||
* sau4 'to play' (완) | |||
* ip6 'to move' (동) | |||
* koi5 'object, material' (물) | |||
* ip6koi5 'animal' | |||
* zho3sau4ip6koi5 'pet' | |||
* zho3sau4lik1 'pet dog' | |||
** Okopi ''ro³³so¹¹li⁵⁵'' 'dog' | |||
Latest revision as of 02:19, 17 June 2025
The Dọrêmì languages are a language family of polysyllabic, predominantly agglutinative tonal languages mostly native to Angai Southeast Asia. It has two subbranches corresponding to different syllable shapes, called the Dọ branch and the Ùt branch in Dọrêmì linguistics from the words for '0'. Proto-Dọrêmì was a polysyllabized monosyllabic tonal analytic language with many homophonous morphemes, much like Mandarin.
Numbers are (from 0) dọ, rê, mì, fā, sỏ, lá, ti, tirê, timì, tifā, tisỏ, tilá, mìti, mìtirê, mìtimì, mìtifā, mìtisỏ, mìtilá, fāti, ... in one language (from *Rot zhe mei pat sau leng ti...)
Family tree
- Doremi
- Dọ (CV only)
- Okopi
- Ùt (VC only)
- Ùpút
- Dọ (CV only)
Phonology
966 possible syllables
Initials
9 initials
r - a retroflex flap
l - a lateral
m - nasal
p t k - stops
s - fricative
zh - approximants
null initial
Rimes
Vowels are i e a o
Coda consonants: p t k m n ng j w null
Tones are identical to Cantonese (but only 2 entering tones)
There are 138 possible rimes, including tone:
-i123456 -im123456 -in123456 -ing123456 -ip16 -it16 -ik16 -iu123456
-e123456 -eng123456 -ek16 -eu123456 -ei123456
-a123456 -am123456 -an123456 -ang123456 -ap16 -at16 -ak16 -au123456 -ai123456
-o123456 -on123456 -ong123456 -ot16 -ok16 -ou123456 -oi123456
m-, l-, zh-, r- cannot cooccur with low-tone rimes, excluding 4*69=306 syllables
Lexicon
Just calque Mandarin and Sino-Korean
- lik1 'dog' (견)
- zho3 'to love' (애)
- sau4 'to play' (완)
- ip6 'to move' (동)
- koi5 'object, material' (물)
- ip6koi5 'animal'
- zho3sau4ip6koi5 'pet'
- zho3sau4lik1 'pet dog'
- Okopi ro³³so¹¹li⁵⁵ 'dog'