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* preaspirated stops and prestopped nasals, but no retroflex consonants;
* preaspirated stops and prestopped nasals, but no retroflex consonants;
* a completely SVO word order;
* a completely SVO word order;
* a highly conservative nominal morphology and verbal morphology, preserving 4 out of the 8 cases of Sanskrit as well as active and middle paradigms for verbs
* a highly conservative nominal morphology and verbal morphology, preserving 5 out of the 8 cases of Sanskrit as well as active and middle paradigms for verbs


It's typically written in either Brāhmī or its own native alphabet, which is a descendant of the Mon script.
It's typically written in either Brāhmī or its own native alphabet, which is a descendant of the Mon script.

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Samanasphuore (native name 𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑀸 ßamaṇaßa bhäsä /samanaspʰuorɛ/) is an Indic language spoken all over User:IlL/Lõis's Southeast Asia. It has many unusual features for a modern Indic language:

  • preaspirated stops and prestopped nasals, but no retroflex consonants;
  • a completely SVO word order;
  • a highly conservative nominal morphology and verbal morphology, preserving 5 out of the 8 cases of Sanskrit as well as active and middle paradigms for verbs

It's typically written in either Brāhmī or its own native alphabet, which is a descendant of the Mon script.


Introduction

Phonology

Samanasphuore has 5 vowels: a e i o u, each of which have 4 different forms: short, long, breathy and long breathy. The actual phonetic values of the vowels are as follows:

Vowel a e i o u
Short a /a/ e /ɛ/ i /e/ o /ɔ/ u /o/
Long ä /ɛ/ ë /ɛ/ ï /ai/ ö /ɔ/ ü /au/
Breathy ha /ə/ he /e/ hi /i/ ho /o/ hu /u/
Long breathy /uo/ /əɨ/ /ei/ /əɨ/ hu /ou/

Samanasphuore has the following consonants:

  • The velars k, g and , which are pronounced /k⁼/, /kʰ~gʰ/ and /ŋ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʰk/, /ʔkʰ/ and /kŋ/ respectively.
  • The palatals c, j and ñ, which are pronounced /c⁼/, /cʰ~ɟʰ/ and /ɲ/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʰc/, /ʔcʰ/ and /cɲ/ respectively.
  • The cerebrals , and , which are pronounced /t⁼/, /tʰ~dʰ/ and /n/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʰt/, /ʔtʰ/ and /tn/ respectively. Unlike in other Indic languages, the cerebrals can be alveolar or dental.
  • The dentals z, d and n, which are pronounced /ts⁼/, /tsʰ~dzʰ/ and /n/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʰts/, /ʔtsʰ/ and /tn/ respectively.
  • The labials p, b and m, which are pronounced /p⁼/, /pʰ~bʰ/ and /m/. When geminated they are pronounced /ʰp/, /ʔpʰ/ and /pm/ respectively.
  • The liquids y, r, l, and w, pronounced /j/, /r/, /l/ and /w/. When geminated they are pronounced /ç/, /tr/, /tl/ and /kw/ respectively.
  • The fricative ß, pronounced /s/.
  • An orthographic variant s of the liquid r, also pronounced /r/.


Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Samanasphuore has four noun genders: masculine animate, masculine inanimate, feminine animate and feminine inanimate, and five cases: nominative, accusative, genitive/dative, instrumental/ablative and locative.

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources