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| '''Tumacan''' (''Tȯmacav'') is a minority language in the Tigolic subbranch of the [[Talmic languages]]. It is notable for its relatively conservative verb system. | | '''Thumaka''' is a minority Tigolic language, inspired by Romani. It is notable for its relatively conservative verb system. |
| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |
| fortis resonants mm, nn, ńń, ŋŋ, ll, rr lenite to lenis resonants m, n, ń, ŋ, l, r
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| m "re-fortited": mh > m > mm
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| lenis nasals are denasalized
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| reanalysis of words beginning with f- as lenited forms of words beginning with p-
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| |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| !colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental/Alveolar !! Medial !! Velar !! Glottal
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| !colspan="2"|Nasal
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| | '''mm''' /m/
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| | '''nn''' /n/
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| | '''nny''' /ɲ/
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| | '''ŋŋ''' /ŋ/ ||
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| !rowspan="3"|Stop
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''m, v''' /b/
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| | '''n''' /d/
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| | '''ŋ''' /g/ ||
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | '''b''' /p/
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| | '''d''' /t/
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| | '''g''' /k/ ||
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| !<small>asp.</small>
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| | '''p''' /pʰ/
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| | '''t''' /tʰ/
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| | '''k''' /kʰ/ ||
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| !rowspan="3"|Affricate
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''ny''' /dʒ/
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| !<small>tenuis</small>
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| | '''j''' /ts/
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| | '''jh''' /tʃ/
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| !<small>asp.</small>
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| | '''c''' /tsʰ/
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| | '''ch''' /tʃʰ/
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>unvoiced</small>
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''sh''' /ʃ/
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| | '''x''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''z''' /z/
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| | '''zh''' /ʒ/
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| | '''γ''' /ɣ/ ||
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| !colspan="2"| Liquid
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| | '''r''' /ɾ/, '''rr''' /r/ || '''ṙ''' /r̝~ɹ/ |
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| !colspan="2"| Approximant
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| | '''w''' /w/ || '''l''' /l/
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| | '''j''' /j/ || ||
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| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
| Something weird and asymmetrical
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| ==Morphology== | | ==Morphology== |
| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |