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reuse Netagin words
reuse Netagin words


''ṇnaṇuna'' = grandmother
*''ṇnaṇuna'' = grandmother
 
*''Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa''
''Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa''
*''vaṇa'' = old
 
*''Kaḷēvaḷa'' = Barcan national epic?
''vaṇa'' = old
*''sāḷda'' = hall
 
*''ḷkaḷaṇālā''
''Kaḷēvaḷa'' = Barcan national epic?
*''ḷdakūna'' = gap
 
*''vuṭa'' = he/she (indep.)
''sāḷda'' = hall
 
''ḷkaḷaṇālā''
 
''ḷdakūna'' = gap


Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta
Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta

Revision as of 04:05, 1 July 2018

Inspiration: Dravidian languages, Marathi

Barcan (BAR-kən; natively ṇtūgopaḷkha /ɳtuːgoːpaɭkʰa/, Skellan: brits Barca) is the indigenous language of Barca; it is a language isolate. Today it has few speakers.

Capital of Barca: Yrðamrona (Barcan: Ḷdamrōṇa)

Phonology

Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) but not retroflex-retroflex clusters.

Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC-

Consonants

m n ṇ

p ph b t th d ṭ ṭh ḍ c ch j k kh g

s ṣ ś z h

v r l ḷ y

Retroflexes are subapical.

Vowels

a i u ā ī ū e o

Morphology

Applicatives and incorporation

Todo

reuse Netagin words

  • ṇnaṇuna = grandmother
  • Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa
  • vaṇa = old
  • Kaḷēvaḷa = Barcan national epic?
  • sāḷda = hall
  • ḷkaḷaṇālā
  • ḷdakūna = gap
  • vuṭa = he/she (indep.)

Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta

Colors:
pittā = red
pirai/pira = orange
cūḍi = yellow
peru = green
māḷē = blue
aru = indigo / dark blue
ḷdāḷā = violet
ettān = white
mara = brown
vādē = black
taḍa = gray
vōḷdi = pink
ṇāzu = maroon
ḷkāṭā = silver
ḷōpa = chartreuse