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=== Vowel Harmony === | === Vowel Harmony === | ||
Nga has regressive fronting harmony. Harmony spreads across entire words. Front vowels include /y e ø yi̯ ei̯ øi̯ øy̯ ue̯/ and back vowels include /ʉ ɜ o ui̯ ɜi̯ oi̯ ou̯ uɜ̯/. There are two neutral vowels: /ɑ ai̯/, and three vowels that are transparent in medial and final syllables, but trigger harmony when in an initial syllable: /i/ (triggers front harmony) and /ɔ ɔi̯/ (trigger back harmony). /ɜ uɜ̯/ must be preceded by a harmonically back vowel. | Nga has regressive fronting harmony. Harmony spreads across entire words. Front vowels include /y e ø yi̯ ei̯ øi̯ øy̯ ue̯/ and back vowels include /ʉ ɜ o ui̯ ɜi̯ oi̯ ou̯ uɜ̯/. There are two neutral vowels: /ɑ ai̯/, and three vowels that are transparent in medial and final syllables, but trigger harmony when in an initial syllable: /i/ (triggers front harmony) and /ɔ ɔi̯/ (trigger back harmony). /ɜ uɜ̯/ must be preceded by a harmonically back vowel. | ||
=== Allophony === | === Allophony === | ||
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== Translations == | == Translations == | ||
{| | {| | ||
| colspan="4" | ''Vultu tsumsu.'' | | colspan="4" |''Vultu tsumsu.'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="4" | [βʉltʉ t͡sʉmsʉ] | | colspan="4" |[βʉltʉ t͡sʉmsʉ] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Vu | |Vu | ||
| -ltu | |||
|tsu | |||
| -msu | |||
|- | |- | ||
|down | |down | ||
|{{sc|-pst}} | |||
|lightning | |||
|{{sc|-motsbj}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="4" |“Lightning struck.” | | colspan="4" |“Lightning struck.” | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| | |||
| colspan="3" |''Oućtokhai.'' | |||
''Oućtokhai'' | |- | ||
| colspan="3" |[ou̯t͡ɕtokhai̯] | |||
“There is a person.” | |- | ||
|Ou | |||
| -ćto | |||
''Oumsumyi'' | | -khai | ||
|- | |||
“A person will go.” | |person | ||
|{{sc|-psnsbj}} | |||
|{{sc|-prs}} | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="3" |“There is a person.” | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
| colspan="3" |''Oumsumyi.'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="3" |[ou̯msumji] | |||
|- | |||
|Ou | |||
| -msu | |||
| -myi | |||
|- | |||
|person | |||
|{{sc|-motsbj}} | |||
|{{sc|-fut}} | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="3" |“A person will go.” | |||
|} | |||
== Lexicon == | == Lexicon == | ||
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| rowspan="2" |[kei̯] | | rowspan="2" |[kei̯] | ||
|cube | |cube | ||
| rowspan="2" | A square- or cube-based shape, design, or geometry. | | rowspan="2" |A square- or cube-based shape, design, or geometry. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|square | |square | ||
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|down | |down | ||
|ice | |ice | ||
| Also means sleet. | |Also means sleet. | ||
|- | |- | ||
!vufu | !vufu | ||
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|speak | |speak | ||
| colspan="2" |electric | | colspan="2" |electric | ||
| Also means phone call. | |Also means phone call. | ||
|- | |- | ||
!ôińi'i | !ôińi'i | ||
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|together | |together | ||
| colspan="3" |state | | colspan="3" |state | ||
| A union of states. | |A union of states. | ||
|- | |- | ||
!mungoôikkëi | !mungoôikkëi | ||