Suwáá

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Suwaa is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country of Suwaabiq. It is inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, Lakota, and Niger-Congo languages, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic).

Phonology

Initials

  • k g ng?
  • s z ny
  • t d n
  • p b m
  • y r w h

Rimes

  • i e a o u ii ee aa oo uu iq eq aq oq uq in en an on un

Tone

High and low