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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) | Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) but not retroflex-retroflex clusters. | ||
Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC- | Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC- | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
m n | m n ṇ | ||
p ph b t th d ṭ ṭh ḍ c ch j k kh g | |||
s ṣ ś z h | |||
v r l ḷ y | |||
Retroflexes are subapical. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 29 June 2018
Inspiration: Dravidian languages, Marathi
Barcan (BAR-kən; natively ṭūgo paḷkha, Skellan: brits Barca) is the indigenous language of Barca. Today it has few speakers.
Capital of Barca: Yrðamrona (Barcan: Ḷdamrōṇa)
Phonology
Barcan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-) but not retroflex-retroflex clusters.
Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC-
Consonants
m n ṇ
p ph b t th d ṭ ṭh ḍ c ch j k kh g
s ṣ ś z h
v r l ḷ y
Retroflexes are subapical.
Vowels
a i u ā ī ū e o
Morphology
Applicatives and incorporation
Todo
ṇnaṇuna
Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa
vaṇa = old
Kaḷēvaḷa = Barcan national epic?
sāḷda = hall
ḷkaḷaṇālā
ḷdakūna = gap
Numbers: ḷkāma, aḷda, khecha, tubaḷa, makaśa, pazīma, albāṇa, ṇthāvata, zaṇata, yāta, zāḷūta