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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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== | ==Black Speech== | ||
alf, elbi > uruk, orko | alf, elbi > uruk, orko | ||
bel, belli > gog, gog-nagog | bel, belli > gog, gog-nagog | ||
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val > il | val > il | ||
'' | |||
''bet'' "you speak” vs '' | White Speech vs Black Speech<br> | ||
*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials | |||
*synthesis vs agglutination | |||
*words don't repeat vs words repeat | |||
*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden | |||
*only sonorants as coda vs only stops as coda | |||
*constraints | |||
uruku | |||
''be'' "I speak” vs ''ug yogug'' "I speak"<br> | |||
''bet'' "you speak” vs ''ug yogug'' "you speak"<br> | |||
''bes'' "he/she speaks" vs ''ul yogul'' "he/she speaks"<br> | ''bes'' "he/she speaks" vs ''ul yogul'' "he/she speaks"<br> | ||
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''yo-'' "speak" + ''-gu-'' [first person] + ''-g-'' [epenthetic particle] +''-ul-'' [third person] + ''-uk'' [generic person] | ''yo-'' "speak" + ''-gu-'' [first person] + ''-g-'' [epenthetic particle] +''-ul-'' [third person] + ''-uk'' [generic person] | ||
''níe'' "dog" <br> | |||
''hu'' "dog" | |||
-lq- (nominative, singular, generic, | |||
-l | |||
níenqa | |||
nanqe | |||
níelqa | |||
húo > hu | |||
bel | |||
húo híe | |||
u | |||
i | |||
si > shu | |||
yogugu | |||
que | |||
hu ni | |||
h > | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||