User:Chrysophylax/yow tha

Phonology

the vowels

i
             o
      a

the consonants

     t tʰ k kʰ
          s sʰ h
                  ʔ ʕ
            y w
m n

syllable

The syllable is bound:

• C(g)V(g)(C)

where g = glide, and C = any consonant

phonological word

Additional binds:

can only end on a nasal, glide, vowel, fricative.

e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]

morphophonemic

m- prefix ~n before t tʰ

prasadī

da sentinz

• da indicative sentinz is intoned σ³¹
• da interrogative intones σ¹³⁽⁴⁾

morphology

verbs

do not inflect for subject

determiners

prox.	dist.
ʾakh	ʾikh

nomina

-t-

augments da nomen

-n-

intensifies da meaning

-sʰ-

dat be a tool

reduplication

reduplication as copulative

creates copulative form, e.g. yow 'shade' → yoyow '(Y) is shade'

syntax

noun phrasis

compounding

• head-final

e.g. ʾyow tha 'speech of the shaded valley' (short for ʾyow ħwan tha lit. 'shade dale word')