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Diphthongs: ɛj əj øj ɛw əw øw | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== |
Revision as of 21:19, 9 July 2016
Classical Hetomic /hɛˈtʌmɪk/ or Boot Polish is a classical language of Rulak, notable for having the first complete grammar in Rulakian history written of it. Its modern revived form is Reboot Polish. Phylogenetically it is a descendant of Tsimulh, like its relative Chrome Finish.
Introduction
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 l ɻ w j = ⟨m n nh ŋ l r w y⟩
i ɪ ɛ æ ʏ ø ɨ ə u ʊ o ɔ ɑ = ⟨î i e ä ü ö õ ə û u ô o a⟩
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Plosive | tenuis | p | t | k | |||
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
voiced | b | d | g | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ | ɕ | x | h |
voiced | v | z | ʐ | ʑ | ɣ | ||
Affricate | tenuis | ts | tʂ | tɕ | |||
aspirated | tsʰ | tʂʰ | tɕʰ | ||||
ejective | dz | dʐ | dʑ | ||||
Approximant | l | ɻ | j | w |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
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unrounded | rounded | |||
Close | i | u | ||
Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ɨ | ʊ |
Mid | ø | ə | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
Open | æ | ɑ |
Diphthongs: ɛj əj øj ɛw əw øw
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Verbal aspects and voices
perfective, progressive, inchoative, gnomic, momentane, frequentative
passive, causative, reflexive
Syntax
Almost completely head-initial
No wh-movement
Verbs used as case markers
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Example texts
Lexicon
dji = general interrogative
helin = water
helints = my water, helinf = your water, helintsd = our water, helintsp = our water (inclusive), helinfd = your water (pl.)
li = past tense prefix
xä = future tense prefix