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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
There are 21 consonants in the alphabet of Altagüraba. | |||
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| B b || Ç ç || D d || F f || G g || H h | |||
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| J j || K k || L l || M m || N n || P p | |||
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| Q q || “KQX” “kqx” || R r || S s || T T || TH th | |||
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| V v || W w || Z z || | |||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
In Altagüraba there are 19 vowels. Each makes its own sound and there are only 3 definite diphthongs. | |||
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| A a || Â â || Á á || Æ æ || Ã ã || E e | |||
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| É é || I i || Í í || Ì ì || O o || Ø ø | |||
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| Ó ó || Ö ö || U u || Û û || Ü ü || Ú ú | |||
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| Y y || | |||
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==Diphthongs== | |||
The diphthongs in Altagüraba are “aa” ”ee” ”oo” | |||
All three are the open sound of the vowel. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
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==Syntax and Grammar == | ==Syntax and Grammar == | ||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
=== | All sentences are in Subject-Verb-Object. | ||
With the exceptions of the 4 cases of indirect/direct/definite verbs. | |||
===Stress=== | |||
Altagüraba is a defined tone language. There are stressed vowels that have definite sounds they make. There are 17 vowels, but 6 variations of the pronunciation of ‘Y’ based on spelling; in total being 23 vowel sounds. | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
Verbs in Altagüraba are conjugated based on the tense, however is not based on person (gender). | |||
There are 3 tenses: past, present, and future. As well as an infinitive form. Here are the different tenses: | |||
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! Past simple !! Past perfect | |||
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| -dü || -dâ | |||
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|+ Present Tenses | |||
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! Infinitive !! Present Simple !! Present Progressive | |||
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| û + verb[rí] || verb[rí] || -yâra | |||
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|+ Future Tenses | |||
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! Future Simple !! Hypothetical | |||
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| [pronoun]+’+lísra || -thetí | |||
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| [pronoun]+’+líras || | |||
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===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||