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*bâk = /baꜜ.ak/ 'basil'
*bâk = /baꜜ.ak/ 'basil'
*băk = /ba.akꜜ/ 'feather'
*băk = /ba.akꜜ/ 'feather'
*bák = /ba.ak/ 'cup'
*bák = /ba.ak/ 'stump'


===Historically hard-soft vowel pairs===
===Historically hard-soft vowel pairs===

Revision as of 15:57, 20 August 2020

Ouřefr /ˈəʊr̝ɛfə/ (Ouřefrnie cijtnr /əʊr̝ɛfəɲeː tsijʔtnɐ/) is an Idavic language belonging to the Nabŋaic branch. It is inspired by Czech, Dutch, Cantonese, RP English and Japanese (but mainly by the first two). It is the second most widely spoken Nabŋaic language after Nabbrzé.

  1. OSL
  2. Czech-like depalatalization and hard/soft vowel splits
  3. Palatalization-dependent GVS, then another depalatalization?
  4. n- > l- (unless assimilating)

Test

Woeŋanieš uisřibeit melouk no vahrádyvijŋ, ar mezryž woþmyce bačurňr řeunie aš ŋávej těmzánišie. Evloedr wie doežanejne hář, po ryhoteuŋ.

Phonology

"Czech with more vowels and simpler phonotactics" or "Play up the Dutch in Czech"

Consonants

p b t d ť ď c (dz) č dž k g f þ s š ch w v z ž h m n ň ŋ l r ř j /p b t d c ɟ ts dz tʃ dʒ k ɣ f θ s ʃ x w v z ʒ h m n ɲ ŋ l~ɫ ɾ~ɹ r̝ j/

m n ŋ can be syllabic

Glottal reinforcement, but no gemination

l~ɫ allophony as in RP; vocalization of dark L possible

Vowels

a e/ě i/y o u á/ar é/er/ěr ij/ei ó/or ú eu/ui ie/ir oe/ur ou r ŕ /ɐ ɛ (j)ɛ ɪ ɔ (Japanese u) ɑː(ɹ) ɛː(ɹ) ɪj~ɛɪ ɔː(ɹ) (Japanese ū) œː eː(ɹ) oː(ɹ) əʊ ə(ɹ) ɜː(ɹ)/

ě i ie ij eu are palatalizing; all other orthographic vowels are nonpalatalizing

Suprasegmentals

Long vowels take two morae; downstep as in Japanese

  • bâk = /baꜜ.ak/ 'basil'
  • băk = /ba.akꜜ/ 'feather'
  • bák = /ba.ak/ 'stump'

Historically hard-soft vowel pairs

Some vowel letters denote palatalization of the preceding consonant. For example, dě tě ně are read as if they were spelled ďe ťe ňe.

  • hard y ~ soft i
  • hard u ~ soft i
  • hard a ~ soft ě
  • hard o ~ soft ě
  • hard ei ~ soft ij
  • hard á ~ soft eu
  • hard ou ~ soft eu
  • hard ui ~ soft eu
  • hard oe ~ soft ie
  • hard ú ~ soft ij

Long vowels result from OSL čettijn > četijn; četijn > čeetijn