Verse:Mwail/Sikorian

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Bizozogu (Bizozogu: bi5 zo1 zo2 gu4) is a language isolate of Angai, which is the national language of Labizotriyo (Bizozogu: la4 bi5 zo1 tri2 yo5 (literally "big Bizo land"). Since there are so few syllables ambiguity problems have to be resolved by compounding.

Phonology

Initials: w y g z r b tr qu l th s n tw /w j k ʂ ɻ p ʈ kʷ l t s n tʷ/

Vowels: a e i o u /a ɛ i ɔ u/

Tones: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 /˧˨˧ ˩ ˨˦ ˧ ˥˨ ˥ ˧˦˧/

Old Bizozogu had final consonants, but this was lost in Modern Bizozogu.

Grammar

Bizozogu is head-initial and SOV.