Nalupitipulan: Difference between revisions

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Based on Australian/Tamil.

**Nalupitipulan consonants**
		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m /m/	n /n̪/	rn /ɳ/	nj /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive		p /p/	t /t̪/	rt /ʈ/	z /c~tɕ~s/	k /k/
Trill			rr /r/	rd /ɽ/
Approximant	central		r /ɹ~ɻ/		y /j/	w /w/
Approximant	lateral		l /l̪/	rl /ɭ/	lj /ʎ/

There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written ei au).

Meizarri is SOV and agglutinating. Nouns come in four conjugations defined by the POA of the final consonant in the root (/w/ is considered velar)

Case	thuta-r 'language'	waarnu-y 'sun'	morro-w 'ice'	paiku-rr 'house'
Nominative	thutarl	waarnuly	morrolg	paikul
Accusative	thutarli	waarnulyi	morrolgi	paikuli
Genitive	thutari	waarnuyi	morrowi	paikurri
Dative	thutarn-me	waarnuny-me	morrong-me	paikun-me
Instrumental	thutarttu	waarnuttju	morrokku	paikuttu
Elative	thutaro	waarnuyo	morrowo	paikurro
Inessive	thutarna	waarnunya	morronga	paikuna
Illative	thutarnu	waarnunyu	morrongu	paikunu
Essive	thutarlim	waarnulyim	morrolgim	paikulim
Translative	thutarltau	waarnulytjau	morrolgkau	paikultau

(rlt = /ɭʈ/)

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 | '''n''' /n̪/
 | '''rn''' /ɳ/
-| '''ny''' /ɲ/
+| '''nj''' /ɲ/
 | '''ng''' /ŋ/
 |-
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 | '''t''' /t̪/
 | '''rt''' /ʈ/
-| '''tj''' /c/
+| '''z''' /c~tɕ~s/
 | '''k''' /k/
 |-
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 ! rowspan="2" |Approximant
 ! | <small>central</small>
-|
 |
 |colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/
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 | '''l''' /l̪/
 | '''rl''' /ɭ/
-| '''ly''' /ʎ/
+| '''lj''' /ʎ/
-| '''lg''' /ʟ/
+|
 |}