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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Case !! zuta-r 'language' !! wahrnu-j 'sun' !! murru-w 'ice' !! peiku-rr 'house'
|-
| Nominative || zutarl || wahrnulj || murruw || peikul
|-
| Accusative || zutarli || wahrnulji || murruwi || peikuli
|-
| Genitive || zutari || wahrnuji || murruwi || peikurri
|-
| Dative || zutarn-mi || wahrnunj-mi || murrung-mi || peikun-mi
|-
| Instrumental || zutarttu || wahrnuttju || murrukku || peikuttu
|-
| Elative || zutaru || wahrnuju || murruwu || peikurru
|-
| Inessive || zutarna || wahrnunja || murrunga || peikuna
|-
| Illative || zutarnu || wahrnunju || murrungu || peikunu
|-
| Essive || zutarlim || wahrnuljim || murruwim || peikulim
|-
| Translative || zutarltau || wahrnuljtjau || murruwkau || peikultau
|}
(rlt = /ɭʈ/)


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Revision as of 22:40, 11 July 2016

Numbers

Phonology

Based on Australian/Tamil.

Consonants

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

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ih /iː/ u /u/ uh /uː/
Open a /a/ ah /aː/

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

Grammar