Nga: Difference between revisions
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=== Vowel Harmony === | === Vowel Harmony === | ||
Nga has regressive fronting harmony. Harmony spreads across entire words. Front vowels include /y e ø yi̯ ei̯ øi̯ øy̯ | Nga has regressive fronting harmony. Harmony spreads across entire words. Front vowels include /y e ø yi̯ ei̯ øi̯ øy̯ ʉe̯/ and back vowels include /ʉ ɜ o ui̯ ɜi̯ oi̯ ou̯ ʉɜ̯/. There are two neutral vowels: /ɑ ai̯/, and three vowels that are transparent in medial and final syllables, but trigger harmony when in an initial syllable: /i/ (triggers front harmony) and /ɔ ɔi̯/ (trigger back harmony). /ɜ uɜ̯/ must be preceded by a harmonically back vowel. | ||
=== Allophony === | === Allophony === | ||
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|[kʉ] | |[kʉ] | ||
|alone | |alone | ||
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!lai | |||
|[lai̯] | |||
|art | |||
| - | | - | ||
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|speak | |speak | ||
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!ńbue | |||
|[<sup>ɲ</sup>ʘ<sup>w</sup>ʉɜ̯] | |||
|style | |||
|Also refers to modification or variation. | |||
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!ti | !ti | ||
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!1 | !1 | ||
!2 | !2 | ||
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!ćeńbue | |||
|će | |||
|ńbue | |||
|[t͡ɕe<sup>ɲ</sup>ʘ<sup>w</sup>ʉe̯] | |||
!snowflake | |||
|ice | |||
|style | |||
| - | |||
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!ćevü | !ćevü | ||
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|light | |light | ||
|A group of photons following the same trajectory | |A group of photons following the same trajectory | ||
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!laina | |||
|lai | |||
|na | |||
|[lai̯nɑ] | |||
!art of quality | |||
|art | |||
|plant | |||
|Refers more specifically to art the artist put a lot of effort into rather than an aesthetic result. | |||
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!laina | |||
|lai | |||
|na | |||
|[lai̯nɑ] | |||
!novel | |||
|art | |||
|plant | |||
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|- | |||
!lainge | |||
|lai | |||
|nge | |||
|[lai̯ŋe] | |||
!cartoon | |||
|art | |||
|clean | |||
|Refers more to the cartoon style than animation itself. Also refers to line art or unrendered art. | |||
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!miće | !miće | ||
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|tall | |tall | ||
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!ńbueće | |||
|ńbue | |||
|će | |||
|[<sup>ɲ</sup>ʘ<sup>w</sup>ʉɜ̯t͡ɕɜ] | |||
!ice variant | |||
|style | |||
|ice | |||
| - | |||
|- | |||
!ńbueou | |||
|ńbue | |||
|ou | |||
|[<sup>ɲ</sup>ʘ<sup>w</sup>ʉɜ̯ou̯] | |||
!personality | |||
|style | |||
|person | |||
|Also refers to archetype. | |||
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!ńiôi | !ńiôi | ||
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|sea | |sea | ||
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!ngańbue | |||
|nga | |||
|ńbue | |||
|[ŋɑ<sup>ɲ</sup>ʘ<sup>w</sup>ʉɜ̯] | |||
!dialect | |||
|speak | |||
|style | |||
|Also refers to idiolect. | |||
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!ngekü | !ngekü | ||