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Revision as of 05:13, 15 April 2017
Old Swuntsim (PTD) is the common ancestor to the Tie–Dye languages. The phonology is based on Australian/Tamil.
Phonology
Phonotactics
Every syllable must be CV except possibly the final syllable which can be CVC. Non-initial and non-final consonants can be geminates.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | rn /ɳ/ | ny /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
| Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | rt /ʈ/ | tj /c/ | k /k/ | q /q/ |
| prenasalized | mp /ᵐp/ | nt /ⁿt/ | rnt /ᶯʈ/ | ntj /ᶮc/ | nk /ᵑk/ | nq /ᶰq/ | |
| Trill | rr /r/ | ʀ /ʀ/ | |||||
| Approximant | central | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||
| lateral | l /l/ | rl /ɭ/ | ly /ʎ/ | ʟ /ʟ/ | |||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ii /iː/ | u /u/ | uu /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ee /eː/ | o /o/ | oo /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | aa /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/
Basic words
- "I": nkuurta
- 1: tjana > WbCl ßan
- 2: ayirr > WbCl eir
- 3: qapuurtu
- 4: nyaantju
- 5: tjengur
- 6: rtakiintu
- 7: ntaiqu
- 8: qanuwat
- 9: ngiyarntu
- 10: tjuraatu