Verse:Mwail/Wyacker

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Wyacker (natively wi:akkarung or wi:akkar ngauëntung; Thackish: Wỵạckẹr wụttle) is a head-final language inspired by Tamil, Pama-Nyungan languages, Polynesian languages, Danish, Arabic, and German. It belongs to the Pulchric (natively puLqarar hadorLaipai) family.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal Laryngeal
plain emph. plain emph. plain emph.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˤ/ n /n/ N /n̪ˤ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop p /p/ P /pˤ/ t /t/ T /t̪ˤ/ k /k/ q /q/
Fricative h /h/
Trill/Tap rr /ʀː/
Approximant central w /ʋ/ d /ð̞ˤ/ y /j/ r /ʁ~ʕ/
lateral l /l/ L /l̪ʶ/

Initial emphatics are prohibited.

Vowels

i /i/ i: /iː/ e /e/ e: /eː/ a /a/ a: /aː/ o /o/ o: /oː/ u /u/ u: /uː/ ai /aj/ au /aw/

By default, these vowels sound like [i e æ o u ɛj ɛw]; in RTR environments, [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ ɑj ɑw]. An RTR envionment is any vowel adjacent to an emphatic consonant (a cluster containing d, r, or rr).

Hiatus is always indicated with a diaeresis over the second vowel.

Grammar

Head-final like Tamil