User:MIGUELbM/Muna v2.11
Phonology
Consonants
| Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Fortis | p | t | k | |
| Lenis | b | d | g | ||
| Nasal | n | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | x | ||
| Approximant | j | w | |||
| Lateral Approximant | l | ||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | ɒ |
Phonotactics
Syllable structure
C1 (C2) (C3) V (C4) (C5)
Onset
- Any consonant
- Any plosive + /ɾ/
- Any fricative + /l/
- Any consonant except approximants + /j/
- Any plosive + /r/ + /j/
- Any fricative + /l/ + /j/
Nucleus
- Any vowel
Coda
- Word finally, any consonant except approximants
- Word finally, /r/ + any plosive
- Word finally, /l/ + any fricative
- Medially, /ɾ l n/ before any consonant except themselves
- Medially, /ɸ s x/ before plosives with same PoA
Synatx
Constructions
Relatives
- Subject
- [late come-pst girl-agt]-agt teacher-pat at;appl yell-pst
- "The girl [who came late] yelled at the teacher."
- Object
- I-agt rose-pat [see-pst Kate-agt girl-pat]-dat give-pst
- "I gave a rose to the girl [that Kate saw]."
- Indirect object
- John-agt [to write-pst I-agt letter-pat girl-dat]-pat know
- "John knows the girl [I wrote a letter to]."
- Oblique
- I-agt [hit-pst robbers-agt john-gen head-pat rock-ins]-pat find-pst
- "I found the rock [which the robbers had hit John over the head with]."
- Genitive
- [dead-pst father-pat]-gen girl-agt I-pat she-agt sad to say-pst
- "The girl [whose father died] told me she was sad."