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===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
Kawa uses the Latin script with 2 additional letters: ⟨Ŋŋ⟩, ⟨Ƿƿ⟩ | |||
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|+ Kawa Alphabet | |+ Kawa Alphabet | ||
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=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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=== | |+ Consonant phonemes | ||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Labial | |||
! Coronal | |||
! Guttural | |||
|- | |||
! Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| ŋ | |||
|- | |||
! Stops | |||
| p b | |||
| t tʷ | |||
| k kʷ g | |||
|- | |||
! Fricatives | |||
| f v | |||
| s sʷ | |||
| h | |||
|- | |||
! Approximants | |||
| w | |||
| j | |||
| ʍ<sup>1</sup> | |||
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Notes: | |||
# During allophonic realisation, /w/ is affected by /ʍ/, however, in the writing system, it is seen and analysed as the soft version of /h/ | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
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|+ Vowel Phonemes | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Front | |||
! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Close | |||
| i | |||
| u | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| e | |||
| o | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| colspan="2" |a | |||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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'''Initial C<sup>2</sup>''' | '''Initial C<sup>2</sup>''' | ||
/kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/<sup>1</sup>, /Nj/, /mb/ | /kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/<sup>1</sup>, /Nj/<sup>2</sup>, /mb/ | ||
# | # [+nasal] > [-voice] /_ʍ | ||
# A speaker may realise /nj/ as /ɲ/ (nj > ɲ) | |||
'''V''' | '''V''' | ||
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/m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/ | /m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/ | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs are marked for tense and mood with a particle | Verbs are marked for tense and mood with a particle. | ||
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! Present | ! Present | ||
| gaŋqe | | gaŋqe | ||
| rowspan="3" |qeqe | | rowspan="3" |qeqe | ||
| gaqegaŋ | | gaqegaŋ | ||
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