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*1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN] | *1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN] | ||
*2: disser - native [ | *2: disser - native [titsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei] | ||
*3: narg - native [ | *3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki] | ||
*4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga] | *4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga] | ||
*5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN] | *5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN] | ||
*6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN] | *6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN] | ||
*7: rut - native [ | *7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu] | ||
*8: lerz - native [ | *8: lerz - native [ɭetsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja] | ||
*9: pfarb - native [ | *9: pfarb - native [happa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu] | ||
*10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja] | *10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja] | ||
Revision as of 04:33, 22 February 2016
Bentovian/Swadesh list (Schargasser; pronounced /kʰakasa/ [kʰagasa]) is a divergent Wiebian lect spoken in Cagasazumi (Schargassersümme). A word in the Kagasa orthography can represent either its native reading or its Old Cuatham reading. Kagasa aesthetics is inspired by Japanese, Bantu and Clofabosin.
- V:C > VnC
- öCe > oCi
- üCe > uCi
- -er > -a, -el > -o
Numbers:
- 1: wahm - native [wamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]
- 2: disser - native [titsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tei]
- 3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
- 4: đauf - native [ʈoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ga]
- 5: säles - native [seɭɭi]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
- 6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
- 7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu]
- 8: lerz - native [ɭetsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja]
- 9: pfarb - native [happa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʰjapu]
- 10: kier - native [kʰeː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kja]
Phonology
Kagasa is a mora-timed language like Japanese.
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Dorsal | Placeless | ||
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Nasals | m /m/ | n /n/ | (/ɴ/) | ||||
Stops | |||||||
plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /ʈɬ/ | c /k/ | |||
voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | ḍ /ɖɮ/ | g /ɡ/ | |||
Fricatives | z /z/ | h /h/ | |||||
Approximants | v /w/ | i /j/ | |||||
Liquids | l /ɭ/ |
Plain stops are realized as voiced stops after a vowel or a nasal.
The placeless nasal /ɴ/ only occurs in the syllable coda. It is realized as a syllabic homorganic nasal before a stop or a nasal, and as lengthening and nasalization of the previous vowel otherwise. The sequence /ɴɭ/ is realized as /ɭɭ/.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | ī /iː/ | u /u/ | ū /uː/ | ||
Mid | e /e/ | ē /eː/ | o /o/ | ō /oː/ | ||
Open | a /a/ | ā /aː/ |
Phonotactics
The maximal syllable structure is (C(j))VV or (C(j))VN.