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Revision as of 00:17, 27 February 2016
Numbers
- 1: kotthe
- 2: rliipa
- 3: purne
- 4: nyarr
- 5: kuuce
- 6: etheeka
- 7: tyaike
- 8: nhaarni
- 9: martu
- 10: ulyerre
- 11: emarra
- 12: pirdi
- 13: pirdi rre kotthe
- 144: rtaratthe
- 1728: uupek
Phonology
Based on Australian/Tamil.
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | nh /n̪/ | n /n/ | rn /ɳ/ | ny /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
Plosive | p /p/ | th /t̪/ | t /t/ | rt /ʈ/ | tj /c/ | k /k/ | |
Trill | rr /r/ | rd /ɽ/ | |||||
Approximant | central | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | |||
lateral | l /l/ | rl /ɭ/ | ly /ʎ/ | lg /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/ |
Grammar
Proto-Meezarric is SOV and agglutinating. Nouns come in four conjugations defined by the POA of the final consonant in the root (/w/ is considered velar)
Case | thuta-r 'language' | waarnu-y 'sun' | morro-w 'ice' | paiku-rr 'house' |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | thutarl | waarnuly | morrolg | paikul |
Accusative | thutarli | waarnulyi | morrolgi | paikuli |
Genitive | thutari | waarnuyi | morrowi | paikurri |
Dative | thutarn-me | waarnuny-me | morrong-me | paikun-me |
Instrumental | thutarttu | waarnuttju | morrokku | paikuttu |
Elative | thutaro | waarnuyo | morrowo | paikurro |
Inessive | thutarna | waarnunya | morronga | paikuna |
Illative | thutarnu | waarnunyu | morrongu | paikunu |
Essive | thutarlim | waarnulyim | morrolgim | paikulim |
Translative | thutarltau | waarnulytjau | morrolgkau | paikultau |
(rlt = /ɭʈ/)