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===Diphthongs=== | |||
There are three so called "'''diphthongs'''¨" in the language. This is however merely a traditional name, as the diphthongs have long since collapsed into long vowels. Originally, these were homogeneous diphthongs, composed of doubled vowels. | |||
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|+'''Asaari vowels and diphthongs''' | |||
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! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Monophthongs | |||
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|'''i''' /ɪ/ | |||
|'''e''' /ɛ/ | |||
|'''a''' /a/ | |||
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! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Diphthongs | |||
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|'''ii''' /ɪː/ | |||
|'''ee''' /ɛː/ | |||
|'''aa''' /aː/ | |||
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===Tone=== | ===Tone=== | ||
There are three phonemic [[w:tone|tone]]s in Lha asáari, the '''high''' (˦), '''medium''' (˧), or '''default''', and the '''low''' (˨) tone. The tones have immense effects on the qualities of the vowels. | |||
*Short and long vowels with the high tone are pronounced with a glottal closure, that is, a coda glottal stop, /ʔ/. The long vowels are diphthongised - this is the sole trace of the homogeneous diphthongs. | |||
*Low tone vowels are nasalised. This nasalisation is phonetically marked with a superscript minuscule "n", so that the nasalisation marking does not coincide with the tone diacritics. | |||
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! colspan="2" rowspan="1"| | ! colspan="2" rowspan="1"| | ||
! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| | ! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Monophthongs | ||
! colspan="1" rowspan=" | ! colspan="1" rowspan="4"| | ||
! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| | ! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Diphthongs | ||
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! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="3"| Quality | ||
! Medium tone | ! Medium tone | ||
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!High tone | !High tone | ||
|í / | |í /ɪ́ʔ/ | ||
|'''é''' / | |'''é''' /ɛ́ʔ/ | ||
|'''á''' / | |'''á''' /áʔ/ | ||
|'''íi''' / | |'''íi''' /ɪ́͜ɨʔ/ | ||
|'''ée''' / | |'''ée''' /ɛ́͜əʔ/ | ||
|'''áa''' / | |'''áa''' /á͜ɑʔ/ | ||
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!Low tone | !Low tone | ||
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|'''àa''' /ɑ̀ⁿː/ | |'''àa''' /ɑ̀ⁿː/ | ||
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==Grammar== | |||
===Verbal morphology=== | |||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Polysynthetic]][[Category:Asaari]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Polysynthetic]][[Category:Asaari]] | ||