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In <whatever-this-language-is-actually-called> English is known as ინგლისი /inglisi/. | In <whatever-this-language-is-actually-called> English is known as ინგლისი /inglisi/. | ||
Thinking of calling this language "Dagarian" in English and დაგარი (თქარინ) natively. Thoughts? | |||
Maybe დაგარი is related to the word for "people" or "nation". It's got nothing to do with Dagestan. | |||
==Background information== | ==Background information== | ||
A language spoken in central and western Georgia. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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| '''ჰ''' /h/ | | '''ჰ''' /h/ | ||
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! | ! Approximant | ||
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| '''რ''' /r/ '''ლ''' /l/ | | '''რ''' /r/ '''ლ''' /l/ | ||
| | | /j/<nowiki>*</nowiki> | ||
| | | /w/<nowiki>*</nowiki> | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>The semi-vowels /j, w/ only occur in diphthongs and are not consistently represented in the orthography. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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| colspan="2"| '''ა''' /a/ | | colspan="2"| '''ა''' /a/ | ||
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Diphthongs do actually occur even though they are badly represented in the orthography. | |||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
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===Running speech=== | ===Running speech=== | ||
Maybe aspiration gets dropped in running speech and replaced by a modal/creaky voice distinction? | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||