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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a | {{Infobox language | ||
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|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]], [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]] | |||
|name = ǃZoom | |||
|nativename = | |||
|pronunciation= | |||
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]] | |||
|region = Zoom Islands | |||
|speakers= 6 million | |||
|date=13b0dd | |||
|familycolor=Isolate | |||
|fam1=Isolate | |||
|script=ǃZoom script | |||
|iso3= | |||
|notice=IPA | |||
}} | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a language isolate spoken by the !Zoom people. It's inspired by beatboxing, Vietnamese and Southern American English. | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
A lot of clicks - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however. | A lot of clicks and ejectives - voicing and/or aspiration is neutralized in post-tonal clicks, however. | ||
Implosives: ɓ ɗ ᶑ ʄ | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Triphthongs: æjə ejə ɪjə ɛjɔ | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
No mutations (it's not a Talmic language) | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
==Poetry== | |||
zoom should have Welsh style cynghanedd | |||
where there are rules on which syllables have clicks in a poem | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Languages]] |
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