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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Talmic script; borrow h from Windermere script | Talmic script; borrow h from Windermere script | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
* | * Add retros | ||
*''Agcaoili'' - a name | *''Agcaoili'' - a name | ||
*''ull'' = place name morpheme (''eul-'' in Anbirese) | *''ull'' = place name morpheme (''eul-'' in Anbirese) | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The following consonants come in broad/slender pairs: | The following consonants come in broad/slender pairs: | ||
*'''b c d f g l m n p r s t''' /p~pʲ kʰ~kʲʰ t~tʲ f~fʲ k~kʲ l~lʲ m~ | *'''b c d f g l m n p r s t''' /p~pʲ kʰ~kʲʰ t~tʲ f~fʲ k~kʲ l~lʲ m̆~m̆ʲ n~nʲ pʰ~p r s tʰ/ | ||
'''ŋ''' /ŋ~ɴ/ cannot be slender. | *Geminates are phonemic: '''cc ll mm nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt''' /kː(ʲ) lː(ʲ) mː(ʲ) nː(ʲ) ŋː pː(ʲ) rː(ʲ) sː(ʲ) tː(ʲ)/ | ||
*voicing mutation ( | '''ŋ''' /ŋ~ɴ/ cannot be slender, and comes from PTal *ʀ *ʀʷ. Proto-Talmic *k *kʷ *q *qʷ all become Tigol '''c''', except ''*sq sqʷ'' which becomes '''sŋ'''. | ||
*prenasalization: '''mb ŋc nd ŋg mf mp ns nt''' /ᵐb(ʲ) ᵑk(ʲ)ʰ ⁿd(ʲ) ᵑg(ʲ) ᵐf(ʲ) ᵐp(ʲ)ʰ ⁿs(ʲ) ⁿt(ʲ)ʰ/ | *voicing mutation ("+V"): '''ḃ ch ḋ fh ġ ph ṡ th''' /b(ʲ) g(ʲ)ʱ d(ʲ) v(ʲ)ʱ g(ʲ) b(ʲ)ʱ ɦ d(ʲ)ʱ/ | ||
*Posttonic ''*nk nt mp'' become nongeminate '''c t p''' /k(ʲ) t(ʲ) p(ʲ) | *prenasalization ("+N"): '''mb ŋc nd ŋg mf mp ns nt''' /ᵐb(ʲ) ᵑk(ʲ)ʰ ⁿd(ʲ) ᵑg(ʲ) ᵐf(ʲ) ᵐp(ʲ)ʰ ⁿs(ʲ) ⁿt(ʲ)ʰ/ | ||
*Posttonic ''*nk nt mp ns'' become nongeminate '''c t p s''' /k(ʲ) t(ʲ) p(ʲ) s(ʲ)/ | |||
* | *h-prothesis ("+H"): lenited final ''s'' before a null initial becomes '''h-''' /ɦ/ | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
*'''a e i o u''' /a e i o u/ | *Short vowels: '''a e i o u''' /a e i o u/ | ||
*'''á é í ó ú''' /aː eː iː oː uː/ | *Long vowels: '''á é í ó ú éu íu''' /aː eː iː oː uː øː yː/ | ||
*''' | *Short diphthongs: '''au eu iu''' /aw ew~ø iw~y/ | ||
*'''aí oí uí | *Long diphthongs: '''aí oí uí aú eó~eú iú''' /a:j o:j u:j a:w e:w i:w/ | ||
Five of the short vowels '''a e i o u''' could occur in a word-final unstressed syllable. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
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