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| fam1 = Tumachic | | fam1 = Tumachic | ||
| ancestor1 = Proto-Tumachic | | ancestor1 = Proto-Tumachic | ||
|notice=ipa | | script1 = Latn | ||
| dia1 = He-who-uses-the-loom | |||
| dia2 = He-who-irrigates | |||
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'''Tumachee'''(''yûkka tûmaḩ''; <small>Tumachee:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ʝúkʲɑ dúmɑɧ]]]) is a Tumachic language spoken by the Tumachee people in the fictional He-who-uses-the-loom River Basin(Tumachee: ''Kumâḩâ Ḩôskebânki'') and the coast of the He-who-irrigates Lake(''Kumâziḩâ Gzînkebânki'') of the North-western United States. It is the sole member of the Tumachic language family alongside Gzuwê. | '''Tumachee'''(''yûkka tûmaḩ''; <small>Tumachee:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ʝúkʲɑ dúmɑɧ]]]) is a Tumachic language spoken by the Tumachee people in the fictional He-who-uses-the-loom River Basin(Tumachee: ''Kumâḩâ Ḩôskebânki'') and the coast of the He-who-irrigates Lake(''Kumâziḩâ Gzînkebânki'') of the North-western United States. It is the sole member of the Tumachic language family alongside Gzuwê. | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Plosive | ! rowspan=2 | Plosive | ||
! pulmonic | ! pulmonic | ||
| b || t d || || || k || | | b || t d || (c)<ref>Dialectic variation of /tʲ/.</ref> || || k g || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! palatalised | ! palatalised | ||
| || tʲ dʲ || || || kʲ || | | || tʲ dʲ || || || kʲ gʲ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | ! colspan=2 | Nasal | ||
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| || l || (ʎ)<ref name="l">Dialectic variation of /l/.</ref> || || (ɫ)<ref name="l"></ref> || | | || l || (ʎ)<ref name="l">Dialectic variation of /l/.</ref> || || (ɫ)<ref name="l"></ref> || | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Front !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Close | |||
| i || u | |||
|- | |||
! Open-mid | |||
| e || ɔ | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| || ɑ | |||
|} | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Tone==== | ====Tone==== | ||
Tumachee has one tone that only appears on vowels, the high tone([˦]). Orthographically, it is marked by a circumflex(e.g. ''â''). | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Tumachee uses a VOS(verb-object-subject) constituent word order. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||