Hara

Hara (/hɑɹə/, native: foharaa /ɸòhàɾàː/) is a South Semitic language.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal/ Postalveolar	Velar		Glottal
					plain	labialized
Nasal	plain	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
	glottalized	mˀ	nˀ	ɲˀ	ŋˀ	ŋʷˀ
Stop	tenuis	p	t	tʃ	k	kʷ	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ	kʷʰ
	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ	ɡʷ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ	ʄ	ɠ	ɠʷ
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑɡ	ᵑɡʷ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ			h
	voiced	v	z
	prenasalized	ᶬv	ⁿz
Approximant			l	j	ɰ	w
Tap/Trill			ɾ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
High	i, iː		u, uː
Mid	e, eː		o, oː
Low		a, aː

Diphthongs do not exist in native words.

Nasals can be syllabic.

A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.

Tones

A mora can have either a low tone or high vowel. Low tone is considered the default/unmarked form.

Syntax