Verse:Hmøøh/Chunda Capeto

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Ldonjama (English: /lədɒnˈdʒɑːmə/; Ldon: Ldon Źama; Eevo: Donzjama) is an archipelago in Tricin; it has the highest linguistic diversity per unit area on the planet, like Papua-New Guinea on Earth.

The official language of Ldonjama is Ldon.

Languages

  • Ldon
  • Ditab
  • Generally fricativeless language family
  • A few languages with bilabial trills (may be unrelated)
  • Yacavestub
  • Hembanom (not the native name; it's the only click language outside the Zoom Islands)
    • Phonology: Old Proto-Azzanic/Primitive Tergetian (the version with all the weird sounds)
      • no nasals, ɻ ʘ ! t̼; nasal vowels
    • alienable vs inalienable, not completely head-initial, clitic complexes
    • clitic complex: tense, object agreement, negative, speech act
  • Warlpiri-Tibetan hybrid gib
    • -pa should be a suffix
  • Something with dueum beopchik + séimhiú
    • r- > n-, then initial n- séimhiús to r- by hypercorrection