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In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung''; [[Thackish]]: ''Wỵạckẹr wụttle'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yðaDorLai''; Thackish: ''Pụlkér yạzórlýe'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung'', Thackish: ''Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng'') in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as [[Thackish]] are Wyacker-xenic.
In [[Verse:Angai|Angai]], '''Wyacker''' (natively ''wi:akkarung''; [[Thackish]]: ''Wỵạckẹr wụttle'') is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively ''puLKarar yaDorLai''; Thackish: ''Pụlkér yạzórlýe'') family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (''wi:akkar ngauëNTung'', Thackish: ''Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng'') in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as [[Thackish]] are Wyacker-xenic.


Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>
Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>

Revision as of 05:27, 10 December 2024

In Angai, Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung; Thackish: Wỵạckẹr wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively puLKarar yaDorLai; Thackish: Pụlkér yạzórlýe) family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (wi:akkar ngauëNTung, Thackish: Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng) in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as Thackish are Wyacker-xenic.

Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>

Lexicon

  • ya:D - treble harp brought by Zzeic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
  • uppe: - all, every
  • yungkarL - human

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal
plain emph. plain emph. plain emph.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˤ/ n /n/ N /n̪ˤ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop p /p/ P /pˤ/ t /t/ T /t̪ˤ/ k /k/ K /q/
Trill/Tap (rr /ʀː/)
Approximant central w /ʋ/ D /ð̞ˤ/ y /j/ r /ʁ~ʕ/
lateral l /l/ L /l̪ˤ/

Initial emphatics and liquids are prohibited.

Vowels

i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/

By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr).

Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.

Grammar

Head-final like Tamil

Complementizer =nga or =NGa (depending on the C it attaches to)