Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
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Labial
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Alveolar
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Velar
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Glottal
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| Plosive
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p
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b
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t
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d
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k
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g
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| Nasal
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m
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n
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| Flap / tap
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ɾ
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| Fricative
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f
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s
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x
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| Approximant
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ʋ
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l
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h
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Vowels
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Front
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Central
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Back
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| High
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i
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ɨ
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u
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| Mid
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e
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o
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| Low
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a
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Phonotactics
Syllables are minimally V and maximally CrVVK
Syllable structure
| Syllable
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| Onset
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Medial
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Nucleus
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Coda
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(r)
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V (V)
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(K)
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- Medial /ɾ/ can only go after a voiceless consonant and reduces to [l] after a fricative.
- Coda /n/ and /s/ assimilate by place of articulation to the following consonant
- Intersyllabic /ɾ.ɾ/ are fortitioned into /r./
Stress
It has a pitch-accent system that is mostly used to differentiate verbs from non-verbs.
Grammar summary
Basic sentence structure is SOXV, or Subject Object Oblique Verb.
Clause types
Relative
Comparative
Muna uses an exceed type of comparative, in which a verb roughly meaning 'to exceed' is used with the two compared arguments.
Reflective
Reciprocal
Syntactic and pragmatic variation
Nouns
Noun phrase
Noun case
Genitive
Verbs
Verb phrase
Verb agreement
Serial verb constructions
Tense
Aspect
Mood
Adjectives
Adverbs
Pronouns
Demonstrative
Postpositions
Particles
Numerals