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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' [ʃɛj˨˩ ʔɑː˩˩ mɪː˧˥], or the '''Ami language''', is a divergent [[Zzean|Zzeic]] language (in the [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' [ʃɛj˨˩ ʔɑː˩˩ mɪː˧˥], or the '''Ami language''', is a divergent [[Zzean|Zzeic]] language (in the [[Trans-Sarnathian languages|Trans-Sarnathian family]]). It is inspired by Navajo. | ||
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Revision as of 02:23, 30 November 2024
Mwail/Whyastian/Lexicon [ʃɛj˨˩ ʔɑː˩˩ mɪː˧˥], or the Ami language, is a divergent Zzeic language (in the Trans-Sarnathian family). It is inspired by Navajo.
Todo
yaazh⁵⁵ /jɑːɻ˥˥/ = treble harp, which can be used to communicate in a musical form of this language over long distances
Phonology
Initials
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palato- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | affricate | plain | lab. | ||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||||||
| Stop | unaspirated | b /p/ | d /t/ | dl /tˡ/ | dz /ts/ | j /tʃ/ | g /k/ | gw /kʷ/ | (not written) /ʔ/ | |
| aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | tl /tɬʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | ch /tʃʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | kw /kʷʰ/ | |||
| Continuant | s /s/ | l /l/ | sh /ʃ/ | y /j/ | h /x/ | w /w/ | ||||
Nuclei
i, e, a, o, u, ii, ee, aa, oo, uu /ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ iː eː ɑː oː uː/
Codas
-0 -n -ñ -' -d -l -z -zh -i -i' -w -w' /-0 -n -N -ʔ -t̚ -l -ð̞ -ɻ -j -jʔ -w -wʔ/
/-N/ is realized as nasalization of the preceding vowel
Nuclei are lengthened before the zero coda or /-N/; hence short and long vowel + these codas are phonetically long and overlong vowels respectively