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<tr | <tr><th bgcolor='#cccccc'>Number</th><th bgcolor='#cccccc'>Prefix</th><th bgcolor='#cccccc'>'Ináwah Example</th><th bgcolor='#cccccc'>English</th></tr> | ||
<tr | <tr><td>Singular</td><td>pe-</td><td><b>pe</b>mu</td><td>I walk.</td></tr> | ||
<tr | <tr><td>Dual Inclusive</td><td>peyé-</td><td><b>peyé</b>mu</td><td>We both walk.</td></tr> | ||
<tr | <tr><td>Dual Exclusive</td><td>'ipeyé-</td><td><b>'ipeyé</b>mu</td><td>We both walk, but not you.</td></tr> | ||
<tr | <tr><td>Plural Inclusive</td><td>té-</td><td><b>té</b>mu</td><td>We all walk.</td></tr> | ||
<tr | <tr><td>Plural Exclusive</td><td>'ité-</td><td><b>'ité</b>mu</td><td>We all walk, but not you.</td></tr> | ||
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Revision as of 06:40, 16 October 2017
'Ináwah | |
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'Ináwah | |
Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|ʔi.ˈná.wah]] |
Created by | iancgil |
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Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | |||
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Fricative | s z | ʃ | ɣ | h | |||
Lateral Fricative | ɬ | ||||||
Approximant | j | ||||||
Lateral Approximant | l | ||||||
Affricate | tɬ dɮ |
Vowels
>>>Front | Back | Diphthongs | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | uj |
Close-Mid | e | ej | |
Open | a | aj |
Tones
'Ináwah technically only has two tones (high and neutral), but adjacent, identical vowels with contrasting tones may produce rising or falling tones with long vowel length in lax speech. A high tone is the marked tone and is denoted in romanization by an acute acent above the vowel and by a bar in native orthography.
Phonotactics
Allowed Syllables
- CV(h,j)
- ʔ(syllabic nasal)
Phonological Rules
- nasal > ʔ + syllabic / $_$
- j > i / V_$
- g > ɣ / V$_
Stress
- High tones always get primary stress.
- If there is a word with all identical tones, the ultimate syllable receives primary stress.
- In the event that there are varying tones, the last high tone receives the primary stress.
Orthography
Romanization
Most sounds are represented with the IPA equivalent except for a few mentioned here.
IPA | Romanization |
---|---|
ʔ | ' |
ɬ | lh |
tɬ | tl |
dɮ | dl |
j | y |
Other Orthographies
- Tlatá Logography
- Súdu Syllabary
Morphology
Verbs
Pronominal Prefixes
First Person
Number | Prefix | 'Ináwah Example | English |
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Singular | pe- | pemu | I walk. |
Dual Inclusive | peyé- | peyému | We both walk. |
Dual Exclusive | 'ipeyé- | 'ipeyému | We both walk, but not you. |
Plural Inclusive | té- | tému | We all walk. |
Plural Exclusive | 'ité- | 'itému | We all walk, but not you. |
Negation
Negation | Prefix | 'Ináwah Example | English |
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Simple Negation | ba- | bakemu | I don't walk. |
Double Negation | 'úba-, ba'úba-, 'úba'úba-, … | 'úbakemu | I don't not walk. |
Intensified Negation | ba+ba-, … | babakemu | I definitely don't walk. |
Nouns
Postpositions
Conjunctions
Interfixes
Syntax
Word Order
SOV
Noun Phrase
- Noun + Postposition
- Noun + Adjective Phrase