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'''Arugabar''' is an a | '''Arugabar''' is an isolate spoken in Tricin. It is a Sino-Caucasian language. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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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 | '''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 | Furthermore, '''b d g''' have allophones as in Korean, like ''sp st sc'' with low tone at the start of words, as in ''dari'' "mountain", and like fricatives otherwise, as in ''algabán'' "bag". | ||
'''m n l r s y''' /m n l | '''m n l r s y''' /m n l ɾ s~sʰ~h ʃ/ | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Arugabar phonotactics are a lot like Spanish. | Arugabar phonotactics are a lot like Spanish. | ||
==Grammar== | |||
Arugabar is a borderline polysynthetic analytic language. | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns in Arugabar come in three states: indefinite, definite and construct. The definite prefix is always a- or ab-. The construct state includes possessive prefixes: | |||