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Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>
Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>
== Lexicon ==
== Lexicon ==
* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Zzeic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
* ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
* ''uppe:'' - all, every
* ''uppe:'' - all, every
* ''yungkarL'' - human
* ''yungkarL'' - human
* ''ngāyu'' '1'
* ''i-'' / ''ingk-'' - (copula)
* ''i:pu'' 'I, me'
* ''oKKu'' 'name'
** ''i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad).'' 'My name is Inthar.'
* ''poe, toe, koe, oe?'' are pronominal demonstratives
* ''wataL'' (from Thackish ''wụttle'' 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
** ''poe wataL oe ingkad?'' 'What nonsense is this?'
* ''arKa'' 'crow'


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
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Initial emphatics and liquids are prohibited. That is, the only initial consonants are: ''p t k m n ng w y''.
Initial liquids are prohibited.


=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
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Head-final like Tamil
Head-final like Tamil


Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to)
=== Nouns ===
Cases, plural marker
 
Gen. -ung
 
=== Verbs ===
Closed class, adjectives are verbs
 
Past and nonpast
 
Lots of converbs (Korean-style)
 
Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)
 
-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix
 
=== Particles ===
Complementizer ''=nga'' or ''=NGa'' (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)
=== Numerals ===
nga:yu '1'
 
oLaNu '2'
 
we:NGu '3'
 
ingkutu '4'
 
ye:npu '5'
 
ka:Lu '6'
 
puDaTu '7'
 
yo:ku '8'
 
aimu '9'
 
ngaNTu '10'
 
=== Ideophones ===
Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
 
* ''tattutattu'' 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; ''TaTTuTaTTu'' 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
* ''pikkupikku'' / ''PiKKuPiKKu'' 'with mischief'
* ''arangka'' 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view'
* ''mukkumukku'' / ''MuKKuMuKKu'' 'wolfing down food'
* ''wangkuluwangkulu'' 'periodically'
* ''yenguyengu'' 'slippery'
* ''mingimingi'' 'watery, bland'
 
Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb ''i-'': ''enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a:'' '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'
 
''intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad'' 'Inthar comes here periodically'
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]
[[Category:Pulchric languages]]

Revision as of 00:23, 18 March 2025

In Angai, Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung; Thackish: Wỵạckẹr wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively puLKarar yaDorLai; Thackish: Pụlkér yạzórlýe) family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (wi:akkar ngauëNTung, Thackish: Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng) in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as Thackish are Wyacker-xenic.

Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>

Lexicon

  • ya:D - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
  • uppe: - all, every
  • yungkarL - human
  • i- / ingk- - (copula)
  • i:pu 'I, me'
  • oKKu 'name'
    • i:pung oKKu intta:r (ingkad). 'My name is Inthar.'
  • poe, toe, koe, oe? are pronominal demonstratives
  • wataL (from Thackish wụttle 'speech') 'talk, prattling; nonsense'
    • poe wataL oe ingkad? 'What nonsense is this?'
  • arKa 'crow'

Phonology

Consonants

Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal
plain emph. plain emph. plain emph.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˤ/ n /n/ N /n̪ˤ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop p /p/ P /pˤ/ t /t/ T /t̪ˤ/ k /k/ K /q/
Trill/Tap (rr /ʀː/)
Approximant central w /ʋ/ D /ð̞ˤ/ y /j/ r /ʕ/
lateral l /l/ L /l̪ˤ/

Initial liquids are prohibited.

Vowels

i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/

By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.

Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.

Grammar

Head-final like Tamil

Nouns

Cases, plural marker

Gen. -ung

Verbs

Closed class, adjectives are verbs

Past and nonpast

Lots of converbs (Korean-style)

Wi:äkkar ingk-aD-a:n (Wyacker_person be-3-PL)

-d could be the 3rd person suffix, -a:n the plural suffix

Particles

Complementizer =nga or =NGa (depending on the C it attaches to) (like Korean 고)

Numerals

nga:yu '1'

oLaNu '2'

we:NGu '3'

ingkutu '4'

ye:npu '5'

ka:Lu '6'

puDaTu '7'

yo:ku '8'

aimu '9'

ngaNTu '10'

Ideophones

Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony

  • tattutattu 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; TaTTuTaTTu 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
  • pikkupikku / PiKKuPiKKu 'with mischief'
  • arangka 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view'
  • mukkumukku / MuKKuMuKKu 'wolfing down food'
  • wangkuluwangkulu 'periodically'
  • yenguyengu 'slippery'
  • mingimingi 'watery, bland'

Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb i-: enpangku TaTTuTaTTu i-rr-a: '[Someone's] heart beat heavily'

intta:R wangkuluwangkulu pongngu:rad 'Inthar comes here periodically'