Bhutr
| Bhutr | |
|---|---|
| Bhutṛ | |
| Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|'βu.tr̩]] |
| Created by | iancgil |
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Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Unaspirated | p b p b | ʈ ɖ t d | k g k g | q q | ||||||
| Aspirated | pʰ ph | ʈʰ th | kʰ kh | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m | n n | |||||||||
| Tap/Flap | ɾ r | ||||||||||
| Fricative | β bh | ð dh | s z s z | ʃ ʒ sh zh | ɣ gh | ħ qh | h h | ||||
| Approximant | j y | ||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l l | ||||||||||
| Syllabic Consonants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Alveolar | ||
| Nasal | m̩ m/ṃ | n̩ n/ṇ | |
| Trill | r̩ r/ṛ | ||
| Lateral Approximant | l̩ l/ḷ | ||
| Co-articulates |
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| tʃ dʒ ts/tz ds/dz |
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i i | u u |
| Open-Mid | ɛ e | ɔ o |
| Open | a a |
| Diphthongs | ||
|---|---|---|
| au̯ au | aɪ̯ ai | eɪ̯ ei |
Syllable Structure and Stress
The syllable structure of Bhutr is very simple.
- (C)V
- (C)[+syllabic consonant]
Stress Rules
- Stress always falls on the first syllable unless that syllable contains a syllabic consonant, in which case the second syllable gets the stress.
- Syllabic consonants are never stressed.
Grammar
Syntax
- Verb - Object - Subject
- Head Initial (except for prepositions)
- Transitive Morphosyntactic Alignment
Morphology
Bhutr has a largely fusional morphological system.