Lyaateq

Suwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country 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).

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.