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==Numbers== | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Based on Australian/Tamil. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center" | {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;" | ||
|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants''' | |||
! colspan="2"| | |||
! | Labial | |||
! | Dental | |||
! | Retroflex | |||
! | Palatal | |||
! | Velar | |||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2" | Nasal | ||
| '''m''' /m/ | |||
| '''n''' /n̪/ | |||
| '''rn''' /ɳ/ | |||
| '''ny''' /ɲ/ | |||
| '''ng''' /ŋ/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2" |Plosive | ||
|''' | | '''p''' /p/ | ||
|''' | | '''t''' /t̪/ | ||
|''' | | '''rt''' /ʈ/ | ||
|''' | | '''tj''' /c/ | ||
| '''k''' /k/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2" |Trill | ||
|''' | | | ||
|''' | | '''rr''' /r/ | ||
| | | '''rd''' /ɽ/ | ||
| | | | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! rowspan="2" |Approximant | ||
| | ! | <small>central</small> | ||
|''' | | | ||
|''' | | | ||
| | |colspan="2"| '''r''' /ɹ~ɻ/ | ||
| '''y''' /j/ | |||
| '''w''' /w/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | <small>lateral</small> | ||
| | |||
| | | '''l''' /l̪/ | ||
| '''rl''' /ɭ/ | |||
|''' | | '''ly''' /ʎ/ | ||
|''' | | '''lg''' /ʟ/ | ||
|} | |||
|''' | ===Vowels=== | ||
| | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | ||
| | ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "| | ||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | ||
| | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | ||
| | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | ||
| | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | ||
| | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | ||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! style="" |Close | ||
| | | '''i''' /i/ | ||
|''' | | '''ih''' /iː/ | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| '''u''' /u/ | |||
| '''uh''' /uː/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! style="" |Open | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| '''a''' /a/ | | '''a''' /a/ | ||
| ''' | | '''ah''' /aː/ | ||
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|} | |} | ||
There are two diphthongs, /ai au/ (written '''ei au'''). | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
{| class=" | Meizarri is SOV and agglutinating. Nouns come in four conjugations defined by the POA of the final consonant in the root (/w/ is considered velar) | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Case !! | ! Case !! thuta-r 'language' !! waarnu-y 'sun' !! morro-w 'ice' !! paiku-rr 'house' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Nominative || | | Nominative || thutarl || waarnuly || morrolg || paikul | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Accusative || | | Accusative || thutarli || waarnulyi || morrolgi || paikuli | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Genitive || | | Genitive || thutari || waarnuyi || morrowi || paikurri | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Dative || | | Dative || thutarn-me || waarnuny-me || morrong-me || paikun-me | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Instrumental || | | Instrumental || thutarttu || waarnuttju || morrokku || paikuttu | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Elative || | | Elative || thutaro || waarnuyo || morrowo || paikurro | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Inessive || | | Inessive || thutarna || waarnunya || morronga || paikuna | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Illative || | | Illative || thutarnu || waarnunyu || morrongu || paikunu | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Essive || | | Essive || thutarlim || waarnulyim || morrolgim || paikulim | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Translative || | | Translative || thutarltau || waarnulytjau || morrolgkau || paikultau | ||
|} | |} | ||
(rlt = /ɭʈ/) | |||
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