Background
Concultural notes:
- A tradition of ‘midnight breakfast’
- A strongly ambivalent relationship to the Milanese panettone.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonantal phonemes
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Bilabial
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Labio-dental
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Alveolar
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Palatal
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Retroflex
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Velar
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Nasal
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m
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n
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ɳ
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Stop
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p
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t
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k
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Fricative
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f
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s
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ʃ
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ʂ ʐ
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Lateral fricative
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ɬ ɮ
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Tap
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|
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ɾ
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|
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Trill
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|
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ᵈr
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Approximant
|
w
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ʋ
|
l
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j
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|
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Vowels
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Front
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Near-front
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Central
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Near-back
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Back
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Close
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Near‑close
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Close‑mid
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Mid
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Open‑mid
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Near‑open
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Open
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Diphthongs
Hipstra diphthongs
IPA
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Example
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Meaning
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Falling
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/ɛj/ |
istei |
this
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/aj/ |
llais |
key
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/ow/ |
bounitas |
beauty
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/aw/ |
llauderei |
to close
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Rising
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/wɛ/ |
ecuestei |
this
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/wɪ/ |
fuist |
was
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Phonotactics
Orthography
Grammar
Morphology
Articles and determiners
The articles agree for both gender (masculine or feminine), number (singular or plural) and case (nominative or oblique) with the noun that they determine, though the feminine is invariant for case.
Articles
Definite article
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singular |
plural
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nominative |
oblique
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masculine
|
lei |
lu |
los
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feminine
|
la |
las
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Pronouns
Syntax