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Consonants are as follows:
Consonants are as follows:


'''p b sp t d st z j c/qu g/gu sc/squ tu du stu zu cu gü scu f''' /p b ph t d th (theta) x k g kh tw dw thw (theta)w kw gw khw f/
'''p b sp t d st z j c/qu g/gu sc/squ tu du stu zu cu gü scu f''' /p b t d tʰ θ x k g kʰ tʷ dʷ tʷʰ θʷ kʷ gʷ kʷʰ f/


Furthermore, '''b d g''' have allophones as in Korean, like ''sp st sc'' with low tone at the start of words and like fricatives postvocalically, as in ''algabán'' "bag".
Furthermore, '''b d g''' have allophones as in Korean, like ''sp st sc'' with low tone at the start of words and like fricatives postvocalically, as in ''algabán'' "bag".


'''m n l r s y''' /m n l (tapped-r) s~sh~h (esh)'''
'''m n l r s y''' /m n l ɾ s~~h ʃ/


===Stress===
===Stress===

Revision as of 15:31, 6 October 2022

Arugabar is an a priori isolate language.

Phonology

Arugabar has five vowel sounds: a e i o u, as in Spanish, and no contrastive vowel length in the standard language. Earlier versions of Arugabar and some dialects have contrastive vowel length, written with a circumflex accent.

Consonants are as follows:

p b sp t d st z j c/qu g/gu sc/squ tu du stu zu cu gü scu f /p b pʰ t d tʰ θ x k g kʰ tʷ dʷ tʷʰ θʷ kʷ gʷ kʷʰ f/

Furthermore, b d g have allophones as in Korean, like sp st sc with low tone at the start of words and like fricatives postvocalically, as in algabán "bag".

m n l r s y /m n l ɾ s~sʰ~h ʃ/

Stress

Arugabar stress is consistently on the second-to-last mora. Dialects that lost vowel length have turned it into contrastive stress, as in lazacra "he watches" vs lazacrá "cupboard". Furthermore, loanwords in Arugabar can have prepenultimate stress, as in the name of the statesman and author Amilcar Álava.

Phonotactics

Arugabar phonotactics are a lot like Spanish.