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Sinatolean, like all Sinatolean languages, has a strict SOV order. | Sinatolean, like all Sinatolean languages, has a strict SOV order. | ||
===Copulae=== | ===Copulae=== | ||
Sinatolean has no copulae. Thus, sentences like "I am tired" would grammatically be "I tired"(''lag auman''). Sinatolean is the only Sinatolean language with no copulae whatsoever; for comparison, the equivalent phrase of Sinatolean ''lag auman'' in Mowinda-Moyeng would be '' | Sinatolean has no copulae. Thus, sentences like "I am tired" would grammatically be "I tired"(''lag auman''). Sinatolean is the only Sinatolean language with no copulae whatsoever; for comparison, the equivalent phrase of Sinatolean ''lag auman'' in Mowinda-Moyeng would be ''le’ awan jengāzi'' [leʔ (a)wan ɟeŋaːzi] ''lit.'' "I tired am". | ||
==Dialects== | |||
===Sinat’ dialects=== | |||
Though Sinat’ is the region with the largest amount of Sinatolean speakers, most Sinat’ dialects actually differs quite a lot from the standard, as well as most other dialects. | |||
* Initial long vowels are often shortened or pre-glottalised, sometimes both. For example, the word ''[[Contionary:īagene|īagene]]'', "spontaneous", would be pronounced [ʔjaɟeɲe] instead of [iːaɟeɲe]. | |||
* Short /i/ before /e/ or /a/ becomes /j/. For example, ''[[Contionary:kaienu|kaienu]]'', "guitar" is pronounced [kajenu] instead of [kaienu]. In this instance specifically, a Sinat’ speaker could theoretically geminate the /j/ due to the existence of two eligible vowels around the original /i/. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
[[Category:Sinatolean]][[Category:Sinatolean languages]][[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A priori]] | [[Category:Sinatolean]][[Category:Sinatolean languages]][[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A priori]] | ||