Bhutr

Bhutr
Bhutṛ
Pronunciation	['βu.tr̩]
Created by	iancgil
Language family	Default Bhutr

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Plosive	Unaspirated	p b p b				ʈ ɖ t d		k g k g	q q
	Aspirated	pʰ ph				ʈʰ th		kʰ kh
Nasal		m m	n n
Tap/Flap			ɾ r
Fricative		β bh	ð dh	s z s z	ʃ ʒ sh zh			ɣ gh		ħ qh	h h
Approximant							j y
Lateral Approximant			l l

Syllabic Consonants
		Bilabial	Alveolar
Nasal		m̩ m/ṃ	n̩ n/ṇ
Trill			r̩ r/ṛ
Lateral Approximant			l̩ l/ḷ

Co-articulates
tʃ dʒ ts/tz ds/dz

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i i	u u
Open-Mid	ɛ e	ɔ o
Open	a a

Diphthongs
au̯ au	aɪ̯ ai	eɪ̯ ei

Syllable Structure and Stress

The syllable structure of Bhutr is very simple.

• (C)V
• (C)[+syllabic consonant]

Stress Rules

• Stress always falls on the first syllable unless that syllable contains a syllabic consonant, in which case the second syllable gets the stress.
• Syllabic consonants are never stressed.

Grammar

Syntax

• Verb - Object - Subject
• Head Initial (except for prepositions)
• Transitive Morphosyntactic Alignment

Morphology

Bhutr has a largely fusional morphological system.