Suwáá

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Sùwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country of Sùwáábíq. 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 and low

Phonology

Sùwáábíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing.