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In [[Verse:Angai|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 | In [[Verse:Angai|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> | 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 | * ''ya:D'' - treble harp brought by Theic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants | ||
* ''uppe:'' - all, every | * ''uppe:'' - all, every | ||
* ''yungkarL'' - human | * ''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 == | == Phonology == | ||
=== Consonants === | === Consonants === | ||
Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives. | |||
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| '''y''' /j/ | | '''y''' /j/ | ||
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Initial | Initial liquids are prohibited. | ||
=== Vowels === | === 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/ | 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 | 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. | Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel. | ||
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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]] | ||