Suwáá

Suwáá is a language isolate of Hmøøh, spoken on the island country and archipelago of Suwáábíq. It is mainly inspired aesthetically by Burmese, Japanese, and Ancient Greek, and its grammar is meant to be "Navajo-lite" (strongly head-final and head-marking, though not fully polysynthetic; noun incorporation is limited to certain formal styles).

Æ-Xenic?

Phonology

Initials

• k kh g ng ch chh j ny kw khw gw ngw chw jw nyw
• t th d n s sh z ny tw thw dw nw sw zw nyw
• p ph b m py phy by my pw phw bw mw
• y r w h ry hy rw hw ryw yw hyw (r is [l] before /i j/)

Rimes

• Monomoraic: i e a o u n /i e a o u N/
• Bimoraic, but q cannot bear tone: iq eq aq oq uq
• Bimoraic, both morae tone-bearing: ii ei ee aa oo ou uu in en an on un /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː ɪʔ ɛʔ aʔ ɔʔ ʊʔ iɰ̃ eɰ̃ aɰ̃ oɰ̃ uɰ̃/

Tone

High (acute) and low (unmarked)

Phonology

Sùwáábyíq has something much like our Western classical operatic singing.

Vocabulary

Purist