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'''Meizarri''' [maicarːe] (from '''mei''' 'speech, word' + ''zarri'' 'land') is a language spoken in the Arctic.
'''Meizarri''' [maicarːe] (from ''mei'' 'speech, word' + ''zarri'' 'land') is a language spoken in the Arctic.
==Numbers==
==Numbers==



Revision as of 22:52, 11 July 2016

Meizarri [maicarːe] (from mei 'speech, word' + zarri 'land') is a language spoken in the Arctic.

Numbers

Phonology

Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

Nalupitipulan consonants
  Labial Dental/Alv. Retroflex Palatal Velar
Nasal m /m/ n /n̪/ /ɳ/ nj /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive p /p/ t /t̪/ /ʈ/ z /c~tɕ/ k /k/
Trill r /r~ɾ/ /ɽ/
Approximant central w /ʋ/ /ɹ~ɻ/ j /j/
lateral l /l̪/ /ɭ/ lj /ʎ/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i~e/ ie /iː/ u /u~o/ uh /uː/
Open a /a/ ah /aː/

There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).

Grammar

Head-initial Tamil