Verse:Mwail/Theic languages: Difference between revisions

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A "dual-accent" English giblang with Wyacker loans; an isolate spoken in Angai Madagascar

<ow> in initial syllable position always means MOUTH; GOAT is oa or -ow in native words

Some old place names can be Wyacker-derived (e.g. Wạnchụrch /ˈwɔnt͡ʃət͡ʃ/ ~ wangkirkkai, Nónganẹy /nɑŋgəniː/ ~ eNa:ngoäinnai)

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 Some old place names can be Wyacker-derived (e.g. ''Wạnchụrch'' /ˈwɔnt͡ʃət͡ʃ/ ~ ''wangkirkkai'', ''Nónganẹy'' /nɑŋgəniː/ ~ ''eNa:ngoäinnai'')
-== Grammar ==
-=== Ideophones ===
-Accent alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
-Some ideophones are Wyacker-xenic (e.g. ''ạrrạnkạ'' 'flagrantly' from Wyacker ''arangka''), some native (''spáng'' and ''spạng'' 'revealing a secret')
-Don't overuse -le and -er! This is not Germanic