Wyacker
In Angai, Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung; Thackish: Wỵạckẹr wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively puLKarar yaDorLai; Thackish: Pụlkér yạzórlýe) family. It is spoken in the Wyacker Confederacy (wi:akkar ngauëNTung, Thackish: Wỵạckẹr Ngọwẹndíng) in the continent of Ghalki. Many Ghalkian languages in the area such as Thackish are Wyacker-xenic.
Pạtácọng Wạlạdóalẹen's romanization of Turkish: a e ı i o ö u ü -> <á ạ í ị ó ọ ú ụ>
Lexicon
- ya:D - treble harp brought by Zzeic (chiefly Shei²¹ A¹¹Mi³⁵)-speaking immigrants
- uppe: - all, every
- yungkarL - human
Phonology
Consonants
Wyacker has 18 phonemic consonants. It lacks fricatives.
| Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Dorsal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | emph. | plain | emph. | plain | emph. | |||
| Nasal | m /m/ | M /mˤ/ | n /n/ | N /n̪ˤ/ | ng /ŋ/ | NG /ɴ/ | ||
| Stop | p /p/ | P /pˤ/ | t /t/ | T /t̪ˤ/ | k /k/ | K /q/ | ||
| Trill/Tap | (rr /ʀː/) | |||||||
| Approximant | central | w /ʋ/ | D /ð̞ˤ/ | y /j/ | r /ʕ/ | |||
| lateral | l /l/ | L /l̪ˤ/ | ||||||
Initial emphatics (except in ideophones) and liquids are prohibited.
Vowels
i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/
By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant.
Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.
Grammar
Head-final like Tamil
Complementizer =nga or =NGa (depending on the C it attaches to)
Nouns
Cases, plural marker
Verbs
Closed class, adjectives are verbs
Past and nonpast
Lots of converbs (Korean-style)
Numerals
nga:yu '1'
oLaNu '2'
we:NGu '3'
ingkutu '4'
ye:npu '5'
ka:Lu '6'
puDaTu '7'
yo:ku '8'
aimu '9'
ngaNTu '10'
Ideophones
Initial emphatics are allowed in ideophones; emphatic-nonemphatic alternation functions like Korean ideophone vowel harmony
- tatu-tatu 'in regular rhythm, with smaller motions'; TaTu-TaTu 'in regular rhythm, with bigger motions'
- pikku-pikku / PiKKu-PiKKu 'with mischief'
- arangka 'flagrantly (doing wrong); in public view'
- mukku mukku / MuKKu MuKKu 'wolfing down food'
- wangkulu wangkulu / waNGKuLu waNGKuLu 'periodically'
- yengu yengu 'slippery'
- mingi mingi 'watery, bland'
Predicate ideophones are used with the 'be' verb i-