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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;" | |||
! style="width: 68px; "| | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal/Alveolar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular | |||
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Stop | |||
| b | |||
| t d | |||
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| k g | |||
| q | |||
| ʔ | |||
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! style="" |Fricative | |||
| ɸ β {{angbr|''f v''}} | |||
| θ {{angbr|''th''}} | |||
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| x {{angbr|''kh''}} | |||
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| h | |||
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! style="" |Sibilant | |||
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| s z | |||
| ʃ {{angbr|''š''}} | |||
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! style="" |Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
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! style="" |Liquid | |||
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| l r | |||
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! style="" |Approximant | |||
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| j {{angbr|''y''}} | |||
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|} | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class="bluetable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! !! Front !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Close | |||
| i iː || u uː | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| e eː || o oː | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| colspan=2 | a aː | |||
|} | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. --> | <!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. --> | ||
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=== Particles === | === Particles === | ||
=== Derivational morphology === | === Derivational morphology === | ||
==Sample Wordlist== | |||
{{sort list|asc|2= | |||
* '''aval''', how | |||
* '''ka''', to be | |||
* '''yar''', well, fine | |||
* '''valam''', where | |||
* '''ilu''', river f. | |||
* '''turah''', king m. | |||
* '''av''', what | |||
* '''ûl''', this | |||
* '''gliv''', tower n. | |||
* '''hakal''', to hide | |||
* '''qavir''', true | |||
* '''qaviram''', truth m. | |||
* '''lê''', under, beneath < *lay- | |||
* '''zayar''', word m. | |||
* '''zagal''', staff, cane n. | |||
* '''dûn''', to hold < *duwun | |||
* '''âzguldûn'''. counsellor m. | |||
}} | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
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:'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr''' | :'''hakelī qaviram lē-zīr''' | ||
:''the truth hides beneath the words.'' | :''the truth hides beneath the words.'' | ||
:''' | :'''turah hirev ilû''' | ||
:'' | :''the king of the seven rivers'' | ||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== |