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1: i / ír / íres 2: cai / cais 3: min / mínes 4: tan / tánes 5: mar / máres 6: si / sís 7: atu / átus 8: sonno / sónnos ... 9: ostya / óstyas 10: iruccu 11: iruccíres 12: iruccuvéres 13: iruccumínes ... 20: caiccu 30: minuccu 40: tanuccu 50: maruccu 60: siyuccu 70: atuccu 80: sonnuccu 90: ostyaccu 100: rúya
pronouns: vun (I), pal (you); vunai (we), palai (y'all)
demonstratives: vel (near 1), sil (near 2), nol (distal)
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ny /ɲ/ | [ŋ] | ||
Plosive | plain | p /p/ | t /t~d/ | ty /t͡ɕ~dʑ/ | k /k~g/ | |
voiced | (b /b/) | |||||
Fricative | plain | f /f/ | s /s/ | h /ç/ | h /h/ | |
voiced | v /v/ | |||||
Trill | r /r/ | |||||
Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | y /j/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
short | long | short | long | short | long | |
Close | i /i/ | í /iː/ | u /u~ɯᵝ/ | ú /uː/ | ||
Mid | e /e/ | é /eː/ | o /o/ | ó /oː/ | ||
Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ |
- Notes
- /u~ɯᵝ/ is [u] in the first syllable, and [ɯᵝ] otherwise.
Morphology
Verbs
Tense suffixes
- -0: timeless
- -ːva-: present
- -ri-: past
- -tti-: future
Personal suffixes
Personal suffixes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | ||
1 | -n | -nwe | |
2 | -l | -lwe | |
3.an | -tu | -tai | |
3.inan | -r |
Connectives
- -isse: "if"
- -lasset: "when"
Discourse
- -ya/-a: interrogative