Verse:Mwail/Theic languages
Phonology
Inspirations: Tlingit, Salishan, Semitic
Consonants
| Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | /t̪s̪/ c | /t/ t | /k/ k | /kʷ/ kʷ | /q/ q | /qʷ/ qʷ | /ʔ/ ʔ | ||
| voiced | /d̪z̪/ ʒ | /d/ d | /g/ g | /gʷ/ gʷ | /ɢ/ ǧ | /ɢʷ/ ǧʷ | ||||
| ejective | /t̪s̪ʼ/ cʼ | /tʼ/ tʼ | /tɬʼ/ ƛʼ | /kʼ/ kʼ | /kʷʼ/ kʷʼ | /qʼ/ qʼ | /qʷʼ/ qʷʼ | |||
| Fricative | /s̪/ s | /ɬ/ ł | /x/ x | /xʷ/ xʷ | /χ/ x̌ | /χʷ/ x̌ʷ | /h/ h, /ɦ/ ɦ | |||
| Sonorant | plain | /n/ n, /r/ r | /l/ l | /j/ y | /w/ w | |||||
| glottalized | /nˀ/ nʼ, /rˀ/ rʼ | /lˀ/ lʼ | /jˀ/ yʼ | /wˀ/ wʼ | ||||||
Vowels
/i iː a aː u uː/
Stress
Weakly final
Morphology
Predominantly prefixing
Syntax
VSO