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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Schargasser''; pronounced | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''Schargasser''; pronounced [kagasa]) 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 | *V:C > VnC | ||
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*1: wahm - native [vamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN] | *1: wahm - native [vamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN] | ||
*2: disser - native [ditsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ | *2: disser - native [ditsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʁei] | ||
*3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki] | *3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki] | ||
*4: đauf - native [dʁoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ | *4: đauf - native [dʁoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [gʁa] | ||
*5: säles - native [selli]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN] | *5: säles - native [selli]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN] | ||
*6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN] | *6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN] | ||
*7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu] | *7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu] | ||
*8: lerz - native [letsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja] | *8: lerz - native [letsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja] | ||
*9: pfarb - native [fappa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ | *9: pfarb - native [fappa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʁapu] | ||
*10: kier - native [keː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ | *10: kier - native [keː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kʁa] | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |
Revision as of 02:37, 25 February 2016
Bentovian/Swadesh list (Schargasser; pronounced [kagasa]) 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 [vamma]; Kurmo-Kagasa [haN]
- 2: disser - native [ditsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʁei]
- 3: narg - native [nagga]; Kurmo-Kagasa [jaki]
- 4: đauf - native [dʁoː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [gʁa]
- 5: säles - native [selli]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ʑeN]
- 6: stuhm - native [tummu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [tʰaN]
- 7: rut - native [uttu]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭatu]
- 8: lerz - native [letsa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [ɭja]
- 9: pfarb - native [fappa]; Kurmo-Kagasa [pʁapu]
- 10: kier - native [keː]; Kurmo-Kagasa [kʁa]
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/ | r /ʁ/ | |
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.