User:Uvie/hipstra

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Background

Concultural notes:

  1. A tradition of ‘midnight breakfast’
  2. A strongly ambivalent relationship to the Milanese panettone.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonantal phonemes
Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Palatal Retroflex Velar
Nasal m n ɳ
Stop p t k
Fricative f s ʃ ʂ ʐ
Lateral fricative ɬ ɮ
Tap ɾ
Trill ᵈr
Approximant w ʋ l j

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
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i
u
ɪ
ʊ
e
o


ɛ
ɔ


a
Near‑close
Close‑mid
Mid
Open‑mid
Near‑open
Open

Diphthongs

Hipstra diphthongs
IPA Example Meaning
Falling
/ɛj/ istei this
/aj/ llais key
/ow/ bounitas beauty
/aw/ llauderei to close
Rising
/wɛ/ ecuestei this
/wɪ/ fuist was

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
singular plural
nominative oblique
masculine lei lu los
feminine la las

Pronouns

Syntax