Hanawo

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Phonology

Pink: coda only

Blue: onset only

Purple: word-medial onset only

Uncolored: any position

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Pharyngeal Glottal
Plain Palatalized Plain Palatalized Plain Labialized Plain Palatalized Labialized
Nasal m m mʲ mj ŋ n ŋʲ nj
Plosive Aspirated tʰ t tʰʲ tj kʰ k kʲʰ kj kʷʰ ku
Tenuis t d tʲ dj k g kʲ gj kʷ gu ʔ q
Affricate Aspirated t͡sʰ c t͡sʲʰ cj
Tenuis t͡s z t͡sʲ zj
Fricative Short ɸ f ɸʲ fj s s sʲ sj ɕ sjj x x xʲ xj ħ h h '
Long sː ss ɕ̟ː ssj
Glide ɾ r j y ɥ v ɰ w ɰʲ wj w wu

kʷʰ kʷ w > pʰ p b / _($)(C)o

/K(ʷ) Kʲ/ = [K̠(ʷ) K̟]

/ħ/ can only precede /e(ː)/ or /a(ː)/

Front Back
Short Long Short Long
High i i iː ī
Mid e e eː ē o o oː ō
Low a a aː ā

Noun Class

The following are classes for nouns.

  1. -o: blooming flower (associated with life, vulnerability, singular success, youth, love (all kinds), the self, spirit, soul, novelty, beginnings)
  2. -ui: withering flower (associated with death, ends, cumulative success, maturity, wisdom, knowledge)
  3. -enj: day (associated with colors, grandeur, vastness, the sea, water, light)
  4. -ī: night (associated with darkness, sleep, dreams, black vs. white, simplicity, revelation)

The following are classes for verbs, adjectives, adverbs and particles that agree with nouns. Adverbs agree with the topic noun. Verbs agree with the patient noun when it is animate. Verbs agree with the agent noun if the patient noun is inanimate.

  1. -i, -e, -yV: cute
  2. -a, -ā, -akj: beautiful
  3. -n: alien

Particles for verbs are marked for familiar (cute and beautiful are merged), and alien classes but unpredictably. These agree with the verb.