'Ináwah
'Ináwah
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ʔi.ˈná.wah]]
Created byiancgil
  • 'Ináwah
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Phonology

Consonants

BilabialDentalAlveolarPost AlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive p bt dk gʔ
Nasalmn
Fricatives zʃɣh
Lateral Fricativeɬ
Approximantj
Lateral Approximantl
Affricatetɬ dɮ

Vowels

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FrontBackDiphthongs
Closeiuuj
Close-Mideej
Openaaj

Tones

'Ináwah technically only has two tones (high and neutral), but adjacent, identical vowels with contrasting tones may produce rising or falling tones with long vowel length in lax speech. A high tone is the marked tone and is denoted in romanization by an acute acent above the vowel and by a bar in native orthography.

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

  • CV(h,j)
  • ʔ(syllabic nasal)

Phonological Rules

  • nasal > ʔ + syllabic / $_$
  • j > i / V_$
  • g > ɣ / V$_

Stress

  • High tones always get primary stress.
  • If there is a word with all identical tones, the ultimate syllable receives primary stress.
  • In the event that there are varying tones, the last high tone receives the primary stress.

Orthography

Romanization

Most sounds are represented with the IPA equivalent except for a few mentioned here.

IPARomanization
ʔ'
ɬlh
tl
dl
jy

Other Orthographies

  • Tlatá Logography
  • Súdu Syllabary

Morphology

Verbs

Pronominal Prefixes

First Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singularpe-pemuI walk.
Dual Inclusivepeyé-peyémuWe both walk.
Dual Exclusive'ipeyé-'ipeyémuWe both walk, but not you.
Plural Inclusiveté-muWe all walk.
Plural Exclusive'ité-'itémuWe all walk, but not you.

Negation

NegationPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Simple Negationba-bakemuI don't walk.
Double Negation'úba-, ba'úba-, 'úba'úba-, …'úbakemu I don't not walk.
Intensified Negationba+ba-, …babakemu I definitely don't walk.

Nouns

Postpositions

Conjunctions

Interfixes

Syntax

Word Order

SOV

Noun Phrase

  • Noun + Postposition
  • Noun + Adjective Phrase

Verb Phrase

Sentence Phrase

Dependent Clauses

Sample Texts