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'''Kyravar | '''Kyravar Mazhi''' is a Dravidian language spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Balkans. For a while it evolved in a sprachbund with eastern dialects of Glommish. | ||
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==History== | |||
Kyravar Maři is a descendant of Old Tamil which emerged from a Chola era settlement in the Balkans. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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*p t ʈ k = p t ť k | *p t ʈ k = p t ť k | ||
*m n ɳ ŋ = m n ň ng | *m n ɳ ŋ = m n ň ng | ||
*f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = | *f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = v þ s zh h | ||
*j r l ɭ = j r l ľ | *j r l ɭ w = j r l ľ ł | ||
Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs | Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs unlike Tamil. The slender counterparts of /k ŋ x/ are /c ɲ ç/; retroflexes do not palatalize. | ||
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| {{IPA|k}} | | {{IPA|k}} | ||
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! | !colspan="2"|Fricative | ||
| {{IPA|f~v}} || {{IPA|fʲ~vʲ}} | |||
| {{IPA|f}} || {{IPA|fʲ}} | |||
| {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|θʲ}} | | {{IPA|θ}} || {{IPA|θʲ}} | ||
| {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|ɕ}} | | {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|ɕ}} | ||
| {{IPA|ʂ~ʐ}} | |||
| {{IPA|ç}} | | {{IPA|ç}} | ||
| {{IPA|x}} | | {{IPA|x}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan=2| Trill | !colspan=2| Trill | ||
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!colspan=2| Approximant | !colspan=2| Approximant | ||
| {{IPA|w}} || | |||
| {{IPA| | | || | ||
| || {{IPA| | | || {{IPA|l}} | ||
| {{IPA|ɭ}} | | {{IPA|ɭ}} | ||
| {{IPA|j}} || | | {{IPA|j}} || | ||
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====Eclipsis==== | ====Eclipsis==== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has eclipsis, where initial ''p, t, k'' becomes ''m-p, n-t, ng-k''. For words beginning with a vowel, ''n-'' is added. | {{PAGENAME}} has eclipsis, where initial ''p, t, ť, k'' becomes ''m-p, n-t, ň-ť, ng-k''. For words beginning with a vowel, ''n-'' is added. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has two short and three long vowels. | |||
*i, y, e, a = ʲɨ, ɨ, ʲa, a | *i, y, e, a = ʲɨ, ɨ, ʲa, a | ||
*aa = á | *aa = á | ||
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*uu = ú | *uu = ú | ||
*ʲuu = jú | *ʲuu = jú | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
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* ''maram'' 'tree', ''marángaľ'' 'trees' | * ''maram'' 'tree', ''marángaľ'' 'trees' | ||
* ''mannar'' 'king', ''mannarkaľ'' 'kings' | * ''mannar'' 'king', ''mannarkaľ'' 'kings' | ||
* '' | * ''vazhi'' 'path', ''vazhikaľ'' 'paths' | ||
* ''illam'' 'house', ''illángaľ'' 'houses' | * ''illam'' 'house', ''illángaľ'' 'houses' | ||
* ''yňmý'', ''právta'' 'truth'; ''yňmýkaľ'', ''právtakaľ'' 'truths' | * ''yňmý'', ''právta'' 'truth'; ''yňmýkaľ'', ''právtakaľ'' 'truths' | ||
* ''úplaka'' 'cloud', ''úplakakaľ'' 'clouds' | * ''úplaka'' 'cloud', ''úplakakaľ'' 'clouds' | ||
To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular: '' | To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular: ''mannarı n-illam'' 'the king's house'. | ||
===Articles=== | |||
The definite article in Kyravar Maři is ''i / in''. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Kyravar Maři is VSO. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
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# iryvattámaty | # iryvattámaty | ||
The multiples of 10 from 30 to | The multiples of 10 from 30 to 110 are: ''muppaty'' (30), ''njáspaty'' (40), ''ýmaty'' (50), ''arvaty'' (60), ''júřvaty'' (70), ''eňpaty'' (80), ''tyľpaty'' (90), ''pámaty'' (100), ''pannarvaty'' (110). | ||
'' | '' | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Dravidian languages]] | [[Category:Dravidian languages]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Lõis]] | |||