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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
The grammar of Kõraakii is simple. | The grammar of Kõraakii is simple. | ||
=== Phonology === | |||
Kõraakii's phonology is influenced by German and Uralic languages. It has a large vowel inventory, but a comparatively small consonant inventory. | |||
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! colspan="2" |Front | |||
! colspan="2" |Central | |||
! colspan="2" |Back | |||
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!Long | |||
!Short | |||
!Long | |||
!Short | |||
!Long | |||
!Short | |||
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|Close | |||
|i: y: | |||
|ɪ ʏ | |||
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|u: | |||
|ʊ | |||
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|Mid | |||
|e: ø: ɛ: | |||
|ɛ oe | |||
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|ə | |||
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|ɔ | |||
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|Open | |||
|æ: a: | |||
|æ a | |||
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|ɐ | |||
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! | |||
!Bilibial | |||
!Labiodental | |||
!Dental | |||
!Alveolar | |||
!Post-alveolar | |||
!Palatal | |||
!Velar | |||
!Uvular | |||
!Glottal | |||
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|Nasal | |||
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|Plosive | |||
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|Affricative | |||
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|Fricative | |||
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|f v | |||
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|s z | |||
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|Approximant | |||
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|Trill | |||
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|r r̥ | |||
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|Lateral app. | |||
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|Flap | |||
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=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||
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=== Conjugation === | === Conjugation === | ||
There is no conjungation, that means, if there is a verb, you do not change it for any person. Let's take the word wõri [wø:ri] (to be). If you want to say "You are", you write "Tuuka wõri" and so on. To indicate past and future, prefixes are added. These are cã- for past and ců- for future. An example: "Ikka cãgjőrikka" = I did | There is no conjungation, that means, if there is a verb, you do not change it for any person. Let's take the word wõri [wø:ri] (to be). If you want to say "You are", you write "Tuuka wõri" and so on. To indicate past and future, prefixes are added. These are cã- for past and ců- for future. An example: "Ikka cãgjőrikka" = I did. | ||
=== Negation === | |||
To negate a sentence, the prefix nää- is added to the verb. An example: "Ikka nää-wõri" = I am not. | |||
=== Questions === | |||
To indicate a question, the word order is changed (like in English) and the suffix -zõ is added onto the verb. An example: Ikka wõri = I am<br/> | |||
Wõrizõ ikka? = Am I? | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | |||
[[Category:A posteriori]] | |||
[[Category:Languages]] |
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