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| '''p''' /p/ || &nbsp; || '''t''' /t/ || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || '''k''' /k/ || &nbsp; || '''ʔ''' /ʔ/
| '''p''' /p/ || &nbsp; || '''t''' /t/ || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || '''k''' /k/ || '''ʡ''' /ʡ/ || '''ʔ''' /ʔ/
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! | <small>voiced</small>
| &nbsp; || '''ð''' /ð/ || '''z''' /z~d͡z/ || '''λ''' /ɮ~dɮ/ || &nbsp;  || '''γ''' /ɣ~ʁ/ || '''ȝ''' /ʕ/ || &nbsp;
| &nbsp; || '''ð''' /ð/ || '''z''' /z~d͡z/ || '''λ''' /ɮ~dɮ/ || &nbsp;  || '''γ''' /ɣ~ʁ/ || '''ʕ''' /ʕ/ || &nbsp;
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! | <small>ejective</small>
! | <small>ejective</small>

Revision as of 14:59, 9 May 2016


Proto-Riphic is the proto-language for Kagasa and Raamaanujan.

Phonology

Consonants

Based on Proto-Semitic.

Proto-Kagasic consonant phonemes
Labial Inter-
dental
Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Pharyn-
geal
Glottal
central lateral
Nasal m /m/   n /n/          
Stop voiceless p /p/   t /t/     k /k/ ʡ /ʡ/ ʔ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/   d /d/     g /ɡ/    
ejective /pʼ/ /tʼ/     /kʼ/  
Fricative
or
affricate
voiceless   þ /θ/ s /s~t͡s/ σ /ɬ~t͡ɬ/ š /ʃ/ x /x~χ/ ħ /ħ/ h /h/
voiced   ð /ð/ z /z~d͡z/ λ /ɮ~dɮ/   γ /ɣ~ʁ/ ʕ /ʕ/  
ejective þʼ /t͡θʼ/ /t͡sʼ/ σʼ /t͡ɬʼ/        
Trill     r /r/          
Approximant       l /l/ j /j/ w /w/    

Vowels

Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ ī /iː/ u /u/ ū /uː/
Mid e /e/ ē /eː/ o /o/ ō /oː/
Open a /a/ ā /aː/

Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/

Morphology

Raamaanujan sauvaq 'this' ~ Kagasa -awb 'the'

Raamaanujan -artuq ~ Kagasa -a:t

Raamaanujan -aat, -iit, -uut ~ Kagasa "tā marbūṭa"

Raamaanujan -nut ~ Kagasa -n

Nouns