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*1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]  
*1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]  
*2: disser - native [tisa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei]
*2: disser - native [titsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei]
*3: narg - native [naŋga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
*3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
*4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga]
*4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga]
*5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
*5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
*6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
*6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
*7: rut - native [undu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɾatu]
*7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu]
*8: lerz - native [ɾeNsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɾja]
*8: lerz - native [ɭetsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja]
*9: pfarb - native [hamba]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu]
*9: pfarb - native [happa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu]
*10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja]
*10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja]



Revision as of 04:33, 22 February 2016

Lexicon

Bentovian/Swadesh list (Schargasser; pronounced /kʰakasa/ [kʰagasa]) 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 [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]
  • 2: disser - native [titsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei]
  • 3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
  • 4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga]
  • 5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
  • 6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
  • 7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu]
  • 8: lerz - native [ɭetsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja]
  • 9: pfarb - native [happa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu]
  • 10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja]

Phonology

Kagasa is a mora-timed language like Japanese.

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Retroflex Palatal Dorsal Placeless
Nasals m /m/ n /n/ (/ɴ/)
Stops
plain p /p/ t /t/ /ʈɬ/ c /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /ɖɮ/ g /ɡ/
Fricatives z /z/ h /h/
Approximants v /w/ i /j/
Liquids l /ɭ/

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.