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==Grammar==
==Nouns==
===Morphology===
==Verbs==
==Particles==
==Numbers==
===Morphosyntax===
It's an active-stative language
It's an active-stative language
===Syntax===
 
Main word order is VSO, tends to be head initial.
Main word order is VSO, tends to be head initial.


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Revision as of 16:49, 3 March 2015

Phonology

Phonemic Inventory

Consonants
Labial Coronal Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n [ŋ]
Stop p t k [ʔ]
Fricative f β s ð ɣ h [ɦ]
Flap or tap ɾ
Lateral app. l

Consonants between brackets are only allophonic.

Vowel Inventory

  Front Near- front Central Near- back Back
Close
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i
u
e
ə̥
o
a
  Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

Syllable Structure

(C1)V(C2)

  • C1: a consonant other than /ɾ l s n/
  • C2: one of /ɾ l s n/
  • V: a vowel

Allophony

  • [n] assimilate in place of articulation to following consonants
  • [h] become voiced [ɦ] between voiced vowels
  • [ə̥] are assimilated into aspiration after stops [p t k]
  • [ə̥] become [ʔ] word-initially
  • [ə̥] become [ɦ] between vowels

Orthography

Nouns

Verbs

Particles

Numbers

Morphosyntax

It's an active-stative language

Main word order is VSO, tends to be head initial.