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| '''Meizarri''' [maiɟarːe] (from ''mei'' 'speech, word' + ''zarri'' 'land') is a language spoken in the Arctic in Hussmauch. | | Antyardu-n' ami tyu.ngarnra-ku tyu.rraparn kanyu-nra. |
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| | I-NOM about love-and hate speak-PRES |
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| | Warr' antyardu-rriku rimbawrda-nra? |
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| | for me-INTERR save-PRES? |
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| | Ngurtima yirr pardungu nu-rta-wirdiyumba! |
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| | happy ACC·PREP birth GEN-AGENT-save! (Merry Christmas!) |
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| ==Numbers== | | ==Numbers== |
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| Based on Australian/Tamil. | | Based on Australian/Tamil. |
| ===Consonants===
| | p t ʈ c k |
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| | m n ɳ ɲ ŋ |
| |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
| | j ʋ |
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| | r ɻ ɽ |
| ! | Labial
| | ᵐʙ ⁿr ᶯɽ |
| ! | Dental/Alv.
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| ! | Retroflex
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n̪/
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| | '''ṇ''' /ɳ/
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| | '''nj''' /ɲ/
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Plosive
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t̪/
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| | '''ṭ''' /ʈ/
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| | '''z''' /c~tɕ/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| ! colspan="2" |Trill
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| | '''r''' /r~ɾ/
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| | '''ṛ''' /ɽ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Approximant
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| ! | <small>central</small>
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| | '''w''' /ʋ/
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| |colspan="2"| '''ḻ''' /ɹ~ɻ/
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| | '''j''' /j/
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| ! | <small>lateral</small>
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| | '''l''' /l̪/
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| | '''ḷ''' /ɭ/
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| | '''lj''' /ʎ/
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| ===Vowels===
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| | p t rt ty k |
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| | m n rn ny ng |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
| | y w |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
| | rr r rd |
| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
| | mb nr rnr |
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i~e/
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| | '''ie''' /iː/
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| | '''ü''' /ÿ/
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| | '''üh''' /ÿː/
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| | '''u''' /u~o/
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| | '''uh''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''ah''' /aː/
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| There are three diphthongs, /ai ay au/ (written '''ei eu au''').
| | aa a ii i uu u |
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |
| Head-initial Tamil
| | Latin-ish, "magnā cum laude" order |
| ===Pronouns=== | | ===Pronouns=== |
| '''ei''' - 1st person
| | antyardu = I |
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| [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Hussmauch]] | | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Hussmauch]] |