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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Classical Tseer has | Classical Tseer has 22 phonemic consonants. Syllable-final ''v ð'' are allophones of /b d/, and syllable final ''b d g'' are allophones of /p t k/. | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width:700px;text-align:center;" | |||
m n ng /ŋ/ | ! colspan="2" | | ||
! |Labial | |||
! |Dental/Alv. | |||
! |Retroflex | |||
! |Palatal | |||
! |Velar | |||
! |Glottal | |||
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! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | |||
| '''m''' /m/ | |||
| '''n''' /n{{den}}/ | |||
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/ | |||
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! rowspan="2" |Plosive | |||
! |<small>voiced</small> | |||
| '''b''' /b/ | |||
| '''d''' /d{{den}}/ | |||
| '''dh''' /ɖ/ | |||
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| '''g''' [g] | |||
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! |<small>voiceless</small> | |||
| ('''p''' /p/) | |||
| '''t''' /t{{den}}/ | |||
| '''th''' /ʈ/ | |||
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| '''c''' /k/ | |||
| <b>'</b> /ʔ/ | |||
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! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate | |||
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| '''tx''' /t{{den}}s{{den}}/ | |||
| '''ts''' /tʂ/ | |||
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! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative | |||
! <small>voiceless</small> | |||
| '''f''' /f/ | |||
| '''x''' /s{{den}}/ | |||
| '''s''' /ʂ/ | |||
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| '''kh''' /x/ | |||
| '''h''' /h/ | |||
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! <small>voiced</small> | |||
| '''v''' [v] | |||
| '''ð''' [ð] | |||
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! colspan="2" |Resonant | |||
| '''w''' /w/ | |||
| '''r''' /r{{raised}}/, '''l''' /l{{den}}/ | |||
| '''dh''' [ɭ] | |||
| '''y''' /j/ | |||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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TODO: plural reduplication rules | TODO: plural reduplication rules | ||
Tseer has a suffixed definite article ''-wi''. The indefinite is unmarked. | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== |
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