Hara: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
||
| Line 269: | Line 269: | ||
<!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
====Prenasalization==== | |||
When a stem-initial tenuis stop is preceded by a nasal, it merges with the nasal to become the corresponding prenasalized stop. | |||
====Palatalization==== | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. --> | <!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. --> | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 27 September 2023
Hara (/hɑɹə/, native: foharaa /ɸòhàɾàː/) is a South Semitic language.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal/ Postalveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ɠ | ||
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | β | z | ʒ | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ɰ | ||
| Tap/Trill | ɾ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː | u, uː | |
| Mid | e, eː | o, oː | |
| Low | a, aː |
Diphthongs do not exist in native words.
Nasals can be syllabic.
A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.
Tones
A mora can have either a low tone or high vowel. Low tone is considered the default/unmarked form.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Prenasalization
When a stem-initial tenuis stop is preceded by a nasal, it merges with the nasal to become the corresponding prenasalized stop.