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/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n'' | /p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n'' | ||
/s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ | /s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ ''s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y'' | ||
Verapamil non-ejective stops ''p t k b d g'' become spirants, written ''φ θ χ β δ γ'' respectively, when after a vowel and not geminated. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 31 August 2018
Verapamil is a language of Southern Dodellia. It's the most commonly spoken Southern Veraic language and is believed to be distantly related to the Lakovic languages.
Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages
Phonology
Verapamil has 22 consonants:
/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n
/s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y
Verapamil non-ejective stops p t k b d g become spirants, written φ θ χ β δ γ respectively, when after a vowel and not geminated.
Morphology
Nouns in Verapamil come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions:
- nominative
- accusative
- lative
- ablative
- locative
- instrumental/comitative
Syntax
Verapamil syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin.