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== reconstruction of Renyút language == | |||
=== phonology === | |||
Renyút language uses 23 letters | |||
:a, e, i, k, l, m, n, ng, ny, o, p, r, s, t, ts, u, y, æ, è, ê, ø, ú, û | |||
==== vowel ==== | |||
There are 10 vowel letters | |||
:a, e, i, o, u, æ, è, ê, ø, ú | |||
There seems to be some kind of vowel harmony. | |||
:front vowel: æ, e, ø, ú | |||
:neutral vowel: i(, è?) | |||
:back vowel: a, (ê?), o, u | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! || colspan="2" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] || colspan="i" | [[w:Neutral vowel|Neutral]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- class="small" | |||
! || [[w:roundedness|UR]] || R |||| UR || R | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
! [[w:close vowel|Close]] | |||
| || ú /ʏ/ ||i /i～ɯ/ |||| u | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| e || ø ||(è?)|| (ê?) || o | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]] | |||
| æ || |||| a /ɑ/ || | |||
|} | |||
The digraph ae may represent long æ /ǣ/. | |||
==== semi-vowel ==== | |||
There are 2 semi-vowel letters | |||
:y/j/, û/w/ | |||
==== consonant ==== | |||
There are 11 consonant letters | |||
:k, l, m, n, ng, ny, p, r, s, t, ts | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
![[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] | |||
![[w:Dental consonant|Dental]] | |||
![[w:Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br>[[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]] | |||
![[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Nasal stop|Nasal]] | |||
|m | |||
|n | |||
|ny /ɲ/ | |||
|ng /ŋ/ | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
|p | |||
|t | |||
|ts /t͡ʃ/ | |||
|k | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| | |||
|s | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Trill consonant|Trill]] | |||
| | |||
|r | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | |||
| | |||
|l | |||
|y /j/ | |||
|û /w/ | |||
|} | |||
===etymology=== | |||
The only one word whose etymology can be suggested is "kûot" | |||
:'''kûot'''/kwot/ < PU *kota | |||