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|+ | |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants''' | ||
! colspan="2" | | ! colspan="2" | | ||
! | | ! |Labial | ||
! | | ! |Coronal | ||
! | | ! |Velar | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | ||
|'''m''' /m/ | | '''m''' /m/ | ||
|'''n''' /n/ | | '''n''' /n/ | ||
| | |<span style="color:gray;">'''n''' [ŋ]</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
!<small> | ! rowspan="2" |Plosive | ||
|'''p''' /p/ | ! |<small>voiceless</small> | ||
|'''t''' /t/ | | '''p''' /p/ | ||
| '''t''' /t/ | |||
| '''c, k''' /k/ | |||
|'''c''' /k/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
!<small>voiced</small> | ! |<small>voiced</small> | ||
|'''b''' /b/ | | '''b''' /b/ | ||
|'''d''' /d/ | | '''d''' /d/ | ||
|''' | | '''g''' /g/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative | ||
| | ! |<small>voiceless</small> | ||
|''' | | '''f''' /f/ | ||
| '''s''' /s/ | |||
| | |||
| ''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! |<small>voiced</small> | ||
|'''v''' /v/ | | '''v''' /v/ | ||
| '''z''' /z/ | |||
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|''' | |||
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|- | |- | ||
! colspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Flap | ||
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| '''r''' /ɾ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! colspan="2" |Lat. app. | |||
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| '''l''' /l/ | |||
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Revision as of 02:29, 25 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
| Labial | Coronal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | n [ŋ] | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | c, k /k/ |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | s /s/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | z /z/ | ||
| Flap | r /ɾ/ | |||
| Lat. app. | l /l/ | |||
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.