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! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | ! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | ||
| '''m''' /m/ | | '''m''' /m/ | ||
| '''n''' /n/ | | '''n''' /n/ | ||
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| [ŋ] | |||
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! rowspan="2" |Plosive | ! rowspan="2" |Plosive | ||
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| '''p''' /p/ | | '''p''' /p/ | ||
| '''t''' /t/ | | '''t''' /t/ | ||
| '''ṭ''' /ʈ/ | |||
| '''c, k''' /k/ | | '''c, k''' /k/ | ||
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| '''b''' /b/ | | '''b''' /b/ | ||
| '''d''' /d/ | | '''d''' /d/ | ||
| '''d''' /ɖ/ | |||
| '''g''' /g/ | | '''g''' /g/ | ||
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| '''s''' /s/ | | '''s''' /s/ | ||
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| '''v''' /v/ | | '''v''' /v/ | ||
| '''z''' /z/ | | '''z''' /z/ | ||
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| '''r''' /ʁ/ | | '''r''' /ʁ/ | ||
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Revision as of 02:31, 27 February 2016
Bentovian/Swadesh list (Schargasser; pronounced [kagasa]) is a divergent Wiebian lect spoken in Cagasazumi (Schargassersümme). A word in the Kagasa orthography can represent either its native reading or its Old Cuatham reading. Kagasa aesthetics is inspired by Japanese, Bantu and Clofabosin.
- V:C > VnC
- öCe > oCi
- üCe > uCi
- -er > -a, -el > -o
Numbers:
- 1: wahm - native [vamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ham]
- 2: disser - native [ditsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʁei]
- 3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
- 4: đauf - native [dʁoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [gʁa]
- 5: säles - native [selli]; Kurmo-Kagasa [zem]
- 6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tam]
- 7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu]
- 8: lerz - native [letsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja]
- 9: pfarb - native [fappa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʁapu]
- 10: kier - native [keː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kʁa]
Phonology
Kagasa is a mora-timed language like Japanese.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | [ɳ] | [ŋ] | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /ʈ/ | c, k /k/ |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | d /ɖ/ | g /g/ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | r /ʁ/ | ||
| Lat. app. | l /l/ | ||||
Plain stops are realized as voiced stops after a vowel or a nasal.
The placeless nasal /ɴ/ only occurs in the syllable coda. It is realized as a syllabic homorganic nasal before a stop or a nasal, and as lengthening and nasalization of the previous vowel otherwise. The sequence /ɴɭ/ is realized as /ɭɭ/.
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/ | ||||
Phonotactics
The maximal syllable structure is (C(j))VV or (C(j))VN.