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#*ae/ái ao ói úi > ɒe æ: oe ui
#*ae/ái ao ói úi > ɒe æ: oe ui
# 2nd shift:  
# 2nd shift:  
#*ɒɪ a:/æ: > oɪ iə
#*ɒɪ æ: > oɪ iə
#*i: u: > aɪ aʊ
#*i: u: > aɪ aʊ
#*e: o: > i: u:
#*e: o: > i: u:
#*ɑ: > e:
# 3rd shift:  
# 3rd shift:  
#*aɪ aʊ > ɒɪ æ: again
#*aɪ aʊ > ɒɪ æ: again

Revision as of 01:08, 19 June 2019

Loðagese is a minority Tigolic language descended from the Skellan dialect continuum. It is very morphologically conservative: it has kept most of the verb forms of Tigol, except allomorphy between absolute and conjunct forms. It is inspired by Hmong, Manx, and English.

Phonology

Consonants

Stop system: /t th d θ/ d t đ þ (đ ~ Skellan ð)

  • p ph b f m b p ƀ f m
  • t th d θ n d t đ þ n
  • k kh g x ŋ g c ǥ ç ȝ
  • s ts z ʃ tʃ h s ts z x tx h
  • w l r j ll rr ł l r j ll rr

Vowels

  1. 1st shift:
    • ae/ái ao ói úi > ɒe æ: oe ui
  2. 2nd shift:
    • ɒɪ æ: > oɪ iə
    • i: u: > aɪ aʊ
    • e: o: > i: u:
    • ɑ: > e:
  3. 3rd shift:
    • aɪ aʊ > ɒɪ æ: again

Morphology

Nouns

Some nouns pluralize by i-umlaut: e.g. hmoob /hmu:b/ 'person' > hmeeb /hmi:b/ 'people'.

Verbs