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== Lexicon == | |||
wáá = person | |||
chhwen = water | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
=== Initials === | === Initials === | ||
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* Monomoraic: i e ɛ a ɔ o u n /i e ɛ a ɔ o u ɯ̃/ | * Monomoraic: i e ɛ a ɔ o u n /i e ɛ a ɔ o u ɯ̃/ | ||
* Bimoraic, but q cannot bear tone: iq eq ɛq aq ɔq oq uq /ɪʔ eɪ{{nonsyll}}ʔ aɪ{{nonsyll}}ʔ aʔ aʊ{{nonsyll}}ʔ oʊ{{nonsyll}}ʔ ʊʔ/ | * Bimoraic, but q cannot bear tone: iq eq ɛq aq ɔq oq uq /ɪʔ eɪ{{nonsyll}}ʔ aɪ{{nonsyll}}ʔ aʔ aʊ{{nonsyll}}ʔ oʊ{{nonsyll}}ʔ ʊʔ/ | ||
* Bimoraic, both morae tone-bearing: ii ee ɛɛ aa ɔɔ oo uu in en an on un /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː ɪɰ̃ eɪ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ aɪ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ aɰ̃ aʊ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ oʊ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ uɰ̃/ | * Bimoraic, both morae tone-bearing: ii ee ɛɛ aa ɔɔ oo uu in en ɛn an ɔn on un /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː ɪɰ̃ eɪ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ aɪ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ aɰ̃ aʊ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ oʊ{{nonsyll}}ɰ̃ uɰ̃/ | ||
=== Tone === | === Tone === | ||
Revision as of 02:42, 8 May 2023
Suwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country and archipelago of Suwáábíq. It is mainly inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, and Ancient Greek, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic; noun incorporation is limited to certain formal styles).
Æ-Xenic?
Lexicon
wáá = person chhwen = water
Phonology
Initials
- k kh g ng ch chh j ny kw khw gw ngw chw chhw jw nyw
- t th d n s sh z ny tw thw dw nw sw zw nyw
- p ph b m py phy by my pw phw bw mw
- y r w h ry hy rw hw ryw yw hyw (r is [l] before /i j/)
Rimes
- Monomoraic: i e ɛ a ɔ o u n /i e ɛ a ɔ o u ɯ̃/
- Bimoraic, but q cannot bear tone: iq eq ɛq aq ɔq oq uq /ɪʔ eɪ̯ʔ aɪ̯ʔ aʔ aʊ̯ʔ oʊ̯ʔ ʊʔ/
- Bimoraic, both morae tone-bearing: ii ee ɛɛ aa ɔɔ oo uu in en ɛn an ɔn on un /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː ɪɰ̃ eɪ̯ɰ̃ aɪ̯ɰ̃ aɰ̃ aʊ̯ɰ̃ oʊ̯ɰ̃ uɰ̃/
Tone
High (acute) and low (unmarked)
Phonology
Sùwáábyíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing.
Vocabulary
Purist