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Revision as of 03:52, 6 July 2016
Numbers
Phonology
Based on Australian/Tamil.
Consonants
Labial | Dental/Alv. | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪/ | ṇ /ɳ/ | nj /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |
Plosive | p /p/ | t /t̪/ | ṭ /ʈ/ | z /c~tɕ/ | k /k/ | |
Trill | rr /r/ | ṛ /ɽ/ | ||||
Approximant | central | r /ɹ~ɻ/ | j /j/ | w /w/ | ||
lateral | l /l̪/ | ḷ /ɭ/ | lj /ʎ/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | ih /iː/ | u /u/ | uh /uː/ | ||
Open | a /a/ | ah /aː/ |
There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).
Grammar
Meizarri 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 | zuta-r 'language' | wahrnu-j 'sun' | murru-w 'ice' | peiku-rr 'house' |
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Nominative | zutarl | wahrnulj | murruw | peikul |
Accusative | zutarli | wahrnulji | murruwi | peikuli |
Genitive | zutari | wahrnuji | murruwi | peikurri |
Dative | zutarn-mi | wahrnunj-mi | murrung-mi | peikun-mi |
Instrumental | zutarttu | wahrnuttju | murrukku | peikuttu |
Elative | zutaru | wahrnuju | murruwu | peikurru |
Inessive | zutarna | wahrnunja | murrunga | peikuna |
Illative | zutarnu | wahrnunju | murrungu | peikunu |
Essive | zutarlim | wahrnuljim | murruwim | peikulim |
Translative | zutarltau | wahrnuljtjau | murruwkau | peikultau |
(rlt = /ɭʈ/)