|
|
Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| '''Wakanese''' is a Wakanic language related to [[Verapamil]] and [[Diltiazem]]. It is a minlang inspired by Hawaiian.
| |
|
| |
|
| Numbers: ire, kai, mie, tane, mare, tike, atu, toeno, toaha, mukoe, kanete, kū
| |
| ==Phonology==
| |
| ===Phonotactics===
| |
| Wakanese syllables are (C)V.
| |
| ===Consonants===
| |
| Wakanese has 8 consonants, like Hawaiian.
| |
|
| |
| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
| |
| |-
| |
| ! !! Labial !! Coronal !! Velar !! Glottal
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Nasal
| |
| | '''m''' /m~b/ || '''n''' /n~d/ || ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Stop
| |
| | '''p''' /p/ || '''t''' /t/ || '''k''' /k/ || [ʔ]
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Continuant
| |
| | '''w''' /w/ || '''r''' /ɾ~ɹ~l/ || || '''h''' /h/
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| ;Notes
| |
| */m, n/ show a marked tendency to denasalize word-initially; some speakers have [b, d] at said position.
| |
| */p, t, k/ are unaspirated.
| |
|
| |
| ===Vowels===
| |
|
| |
| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
| |
| ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
| |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
| |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
| |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
| |
| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
| |
| |-
| |
| ! style="" |Close
| |
| | '''i''' /i/
| |
| | '''ī''' /iː/
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | '''u''' /u/
| |
| | '''ū''' /uː/
| |
| |-
| |
| ! style="" |Mid
| |
| | '''e''' /e/
| |
| | '''ē''' /eː/
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | '''o''' /o/
| |
| | '''ō''' /oː/
| |
| |-
| |
| ! style="" |Open
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | '''a''' /a/
| |
| | '''ā''' /aː/
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Wakanic languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]][[Category:Languages]]
| |