Qwbmwdqwg: Difference between revisions

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| 1sg || ''qoolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoo''
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|| ''qoolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoo''
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| 2sg || ''koolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkwt''
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|| ''koolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkwt''
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| 3sg || ''roolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqood''
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|| ''roolmwlrwd'' || ''qwlkwlqood''
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| 1pl || ''qoolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoov''
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|| ''qoolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodqoov''
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| 2pl || ''koolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkoov''
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|| ''koolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodkoov''
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| 3pl || ''roolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodmooj''
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|| ''roolmwlrood'' || ''qwlkwlqoodmooj''
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Revision as of 16:33, 2 March 2024

Rwbmwdqwg /ɾə˥mə˨˩˨ʔə˧˩̤/ is a tritonal root language.

Phonology

  • vowels: w oo /ə ã/
  • consonants: q m k r /ʔ m k ɾ/
  • tones: -b -0 -s -t -j -v -g -d -z -l /˥ ˧ ˩ ˨˩ˀ ˥˧ ˨˦ ˧˩̤ ˨˩˨ ˧˦˧ ˧˩/

Morphology

Most Rwbmwdqwg roots are tritonal. Some roots in the qwT1mwT2kwT3 verb stem:

  • qwlmwbkwj = to preside
  • qwbmwdkwg = to speak
  • qw0mwbkwb = to hear
  • qwtmwgkwd = to see
  • qwbmw0kws = to eat
  • qwzmw0kwv = to drink

Only a few roots are bitonal, such as qwkwj 'to be' and qwskws 'to go'.

Nouns

The plural marker is -qoob: pwbkw 'bird', pwbkwqoob 'birds'.

Verbs

Infinitive: qwlmwlrwd 'to sleep'
Person Non-past Past
1sg qoolmwlrwd qwlkwlqoodqoo
2sg koolmwlrwd qwlkwlqoodkwt
3sg roolmwlrwd qwlkwlqood
1pl qoolmwlrood qwlkwlqoodqoov
2pl koolmwlrood qwlkwlqoodkoov
3pl roolmwlrood qwlkwlqoodmooj
Participle moolmwlrwd
Infinitive qwlmwlrwd