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A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora. | A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora. | ||
===Tones=== | ===Tones=== | ||
A mora can have either a low tone | A mora can have either a high tone or low tone. High tone is considered the default/unmarked form. | ||
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A high tone can be indicated with an acute accent (e.g. á), but it is usually left unwritten.--> | A high tone can be indicated with an acute accent (e.g. á), but it is usually left unwritten.--> | ||
Revision as of 16:59, 27 September 2023
Hara (/hɑɹə/, native: foharaa /ɸòhàɾàː/) is a South Semitic language.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal/ Postalveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ɠ | ||
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | β | z | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ɰ | ||
| Tap/Trill | ɾ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, iː | u, uː | |
| Mid | e, eː | o, oː | |
| Low | a, aː |
Diphthongs do not exist in native words.
Nasals can be syllabic.
A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.
Tones
A mora can have either a high tone or low tone. High tone is considered the default/unmarked form.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Prenasalization
When a stem-initial tenuis stop is preceded by a nasal, it merges with the nasal to become the corresponding prenasalized stop.