Nalupitipulan
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Numbers
Phonology
Based on Australian/Tamil.
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/ | ||
| lateral | l /l̪/ | rl /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
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/)