Hanawo

Hanawo [ħaŋ̠aɰ̠o]

Phonology

Pink: coda only

Blue: onset only

Purple: word-medial onset only

Uncolored: any position

		Bilabial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar			Pharyngeal	Glottal
		Plain	Palatalized	Plain	Palatalized	Plain	Palatalized	Plain	Palatalized	Labialized
Nasal		m m	mʲ mj					ŋ n	ŋʲ nj
Plosive	Aspirated			tʰ t	tʰʲ tj			kʰ k	kʲʰ kj	kʷʰ ku
	Tenuis			t d	tʲ dj			k g	kʲ gj	kʷ gu		ʔ q
Affricate	Aspirated			t͡sʰ c	t͡sʲʰ cj
	Tenuis			t͡s z	t͡sʲ zj
Fricative	Short	ɸ f	ɸʲ fj	s s	sʲ sj	ɕ sjj		x x	xʲ xj		ħ h	h '
	Long			sː ss	ɕ̟ː ssj
Glide				ɾ r		j y	ɥ v	ɰ w	ɰʲ wj	w wu

1. /K(ʷ) Kʲ/ = [K̠(ʷ) K̟]
2. /j w/ = [e̯ o̯^β]
3. kʷʰ kʷ w > pʰ p b / _($)(C)o
4. /ħ/ can only precede /e(ː)/ or /a(ː)/

	Front		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i i	iː ī
Mid	e e	eː ē	o o	oː ō
Open			a a	aː ā

Noun Class

The following are classes for nouns.

1. -o: blooming flower (associated with life, vulnerability, singular success, youth, love (all kinds), the self, spirit, soul, novelty, beginnings)
2. -ui: withering flower (associated with death, ends, cumulative success, maturity, wisdom, knowledge)
3. -enj: day (associated with colors, grandeur, vastness, the sea, water, light)
4. -ī: night (associated with darkness, sleep, dreams, black vs. white, simplicity, revelation)

The following are classes for verbs, adjectives, adverbs and particles that agree with nouns. Adverbs agree with the topic noun. Verbs agree with the patient noun when it is animate. Verbs agree with the agent noun if the patient noun is inanimate.

1. -i, -e, -yV: cute
2. -a, -ā, -akj: beautiful
3. -n: alien

Particles for verbs are marked for familiar (cute and beautiful are merged), and alien classes but unpredictably. These agree with the verb.