Hohojiro

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Hohojiro

Hohojiro
T̬̂T̬̂V̝̰̈X̩̰̂
Pronunciation[ho.ho.'ɟi.ɾo]
Created byTilt5951
Date9870s
Native toHohojiro Republic(official), Free State of Najiro(second official language)
EthnicityHohojiro people
Native speakers~1092865(in Hohojiro Republic) (12036)
Clanic language family
  • Hohojiro
Early forms
Proto-Clanic
  • Proto-Eastern Clanic
    • Old Hojiro
      • OId Hohojiro

Background

Hohojiro language is a Western Clanic language, that is a branch of Clanic language family of Clani-Cephalopodic language marcofamily

Phonology

Hohojiro has

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Plosives p t, d c, ɟ k, g
Nasals n ɲ ŋ
Trills r
Taps and Flaps ɓ ɾ
Fricatives f s, z ʃ ç χ h
Approximants w ʋ j
Lateral Approximants ʎ

Notes:

  • Hohojiro language has no sound of /m/, but uses /ɓ/ instead if needed

Vowels

Front Middle Near-back Back
Close i ɨ
Near-Close ʊ
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ʌ, ɔ
Open a ɑ, ɒ

Prosody

The stress in the Hohojiro language is on the penultimate syllable of the word, if it's native

Grammar

Syntax

In Hohojiro syntax is mostly OVS.

Nouns

Cases

Hohojiro has 18 cases:

  • Nominative
  • Ergative
  • Dative
  • Accusative
  • Instrumental
  • Locative
  • Genitive
  • Ablative
  • Vocative
  • Allative
  • Temporalis
  • Inessive
  • Illative
  • Elative
  • Adessive
  • Subessive
  • Translative
  • Terminative
  • Superessive