Proto-Pulchric
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Dorsal | Laryngeal | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | phar. | plain | phar. | plain | phar. | ||||
Nasal | m /m/ | M /mˁ/ | n /n/ | N /nˁ/ | ng /ŋ/ | NG /ɴ/ | |||
Stop | tenuis | p /p/ | P /pˁ/ | t /t/ | T /tˁ/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | ||
voiced | b /b/ | B /bˁ/ | d /d/ | D /dˁ/ | g /ɡ/ | G /ɢ/ | |||
Fricative | h /h/ | ||||||||
Trill/Tap | r /ɾ/ | R /ɾˁ/ | |||||||
Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | L /lˁ/ | y /j/ |
Every consonant except /w j h/ can occur geminated between vowels.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | i: /iː/ | u /u/ | u: /uː/ | ||
Mid | e /e/ | e: /eː/ | o /o/ | o: /oː/ | ||
Open | a /a/ | a: /aː/ |
Diphthongs: /ai/ /au/ (written ai au respectively)
Phonotactics
Only CV syllables are allowed, except:
- a geminate consonant can begin a non-initial syllable (gemination is indicated in the orthography by doubling the consonant letter; geminate ng and NG are written nng and NNG respectively)
- CVC is allowed as the last syllable
Stress
Stress is almost always on the first long syllable, or if no syllable is long, the last syllable in the Rencadic dialect and the first syllable in the Luminese dialect.
Morphophonology
Morphology
Proto-Pulchric has an extremely simple morphology, almost completely isolating.
Nouns
Baira "leaf" | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Baira | Baira emmi |
Accusative | Baira ta | Baira emmi ta |
Genitive | Baira i | Baira emmi i |
Proto-Pulchric has other postpositions as well: mi (in), ro (with), po (like), ...
Verbs
ki:No- "to think" | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ki:Non | ki:Nome |
Accusative | ki:Nod | ki:Note |
Genitive | ki:Nob | ki:Nowa |
Proto-Pulchric often uses verbal nouns, which use the suffix -a:t or -or depending on the verb.