Hara

Hara (/hɑɹə/, native: fòhàràà /ɸòhàɾàː/) is a South Semitic language.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal/ Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	tenuis	p	t	tʃ	k	ʔ
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑɡ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ	ʄ	ɠ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s	ʃ		h
	voiced	β	z
Approximant		w	l	j	ɰ
Tap/Trill			ɾ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
High	i, iː		u, uː
Mid	e, eː		o, oː
Low		a, aː

Diphthongs do not exist in native words.

Nasals can be syllabic.

A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.

Tones

A mora can have either a high tone or low tone. High tone is considered the default/unmarked form.

Morphophonology

Prenasalization

When a stem-initial tenuis stop is preceded by a nasal, it merges with the nasal to become the corresponding prenasalized stop.

Syntax