'Ináwah

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'Ináwah
'Ináwah
Pronunciation[[Help:IPA|ʔi.ˈná.wah]]
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  • 'Ináwah
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Phonology

Consonants

BilabialDentalAlveolarPost AlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive p bt dk gʔ
Nasalmn
Fricatives zʃɣh
Lateral Fricativeɬ
Approximantj
Lateral Approximantl
Affricatetɬ dɮ

Vowels

Front Back Diphthongs
Close i u uj
Close-Mid e ej
Open a aj

Tones

'Ináwah technically only has two tones (high and neutral), but adjacent, identical vowels with contrasting tones may produce rising or falling tones with long vowel length in lax speech. A high tone is the marked tone and is denoted in romanization by an acute acent above the vowel and by a bar in native orthography.

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

  • CV(h,j)
  • ʔ(syllabic nasal)

Phonological Rules

  • nasal > ʔ + syllabic / $_$
  • j > i / V_$
  • g > ɣ / V$_

Stress

  • High tones always get primary stress.
  • If there is a word with all identical tones, the ultimate syllable receives primary stress.
  • In the event that there are varying tones, the last high tone receives the primary stress.

Orthography

Romanization

Most sounds are represented with the IPA equivalent except for a few mentioned here.

IPARomanization
ʔ'
ɬlh
tl
dl
jy

Other Orthographies

  • Tlatá Logography
  • Súdu Syllabary

Morphology

Verbs

Structure of the Verb

(negation) + (nominal prefix) + [stem] + (tense) + (mood)

Pronominal Prefixes

Pronominal prefixes are required for all verbs that are not infinitives.

First Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singularpe-pemuI walk.
Dual Inclusivepeyé-peyémuWe both walk.
Dual Exclusive'ipeyé-'ipeyémuWe both walk, but not you.
Plural Inclusiveté-muWe all walk.
Plural Exclusive'ité-'itémuWe all walk, but not you.

Second Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singular wa-wamuYou walk.
Dual wayé-wayémuYou both walk.
Plural 'iwa-'iwamuYou all walk.

Third Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singular ma-mamuHe, she, it walks.
Dual mayé-mayémuThey both walk.
Plural 'ima-'imamuThey all walk.

Tense

TenseSuffix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Presentn/apemuI walk.
Imperfect-shúpemushúI was walking/I would walk.
Simple Past-shepemusheI walked/I had walked.
Progressive-wehpemuwehI am walking.
Near Future-hupemuhuI am about to walk.
Future-tlípemutlíI will walk.

Negation

NegationPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Simple Negationba-bakemuI don't walk.
Double Negation'úba-, ba'úba-, 'úba'úba-, …'úbakemu I don't not walk.
Intensified Negationba+ba-, …babakemu I definitely don't walk.

Mood and Mode

Mood/ModeSuffix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Indicativen/awamuYou walk.
Interrogative-suwamushesuDid you walk?
Imperative-'aléwamu'alé(You) walk.
Jussive-sú'é'imamusú'éThey should walk.
Potential-bupemubuI could walk.
Hypothetical-wiwamushewiYou could have walked. (it was possible)
Possibility-gawamugaYou might walk.
Opative-'ubáwamu'ubáYou want/wish to walk.

Nouns

Structure of the Noun

(nominal prefix) + [stem] + (derivational morpheme) + (case suffix)

Case

'Ináwah noun case is designated solely by syntax. The prenominal prefix attached to the verb is often used as a way to help designate the subject and so there can be some flexibility in word order, but usually only in verse and poetry.

Pronouns

'Ináwah pronouns are formed by using pronominal prefixes attached to the noun "be" meaning "person" or "self". If the subject is a pronoun it is omitted since the prenominal prefix attached to the verb is required. In the case that the verb is reflexive, a pronoun will be used and will be understood as the object and not the subject of the sentence.

First Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singularpe-pebeI
Dual Inclusivepeyé-peyébeWe both
Dual Exclusive'ipeyé-'ipeyébeWe both, but not you
Plural Inclusiveté-beWe all
Plural Exclusive'ité-'itébeWe all, but not you

Second Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singular wa-wabeYou
Dual wayé-wayébeYou both
Plural 'iwa-'iwabeYou all

Third Person

NumberPrefix'Ináwah ExampleEnglish
Singular ma-mabeHe, she, it
Dual mayé-mayébeThey both
Plural 'ima-'imabeThey all

Postpositions

Postposition'Ináwah ExampleExample
sa'áshali sa'áin the dwelling
'unishali 'unioutside the dwelling
shali of the dwelling
lhúwabe lhúwith you
seshali seat the dwelling
'éwa with a hand, by means of a hand
lasuné laas/like a cat
shali to the dwelling

Conjunctions

Interfixes

Syntax

Word Order

SOV

Noun Phrase

  • Noun + Postposition
  • Noun + Adjective Phrase

Verb Phrase

Sentence Phrase

Dependent Clauses

Sample Texts