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===Notes on orthography=== | ===Notes on orthography=== | ||
The temporary orthography I've devised uses | The temporary orthography I've devised uses the macron to represent long vowels, <á> for /ɑ/, <hm> <hn> for the voiceless nasals, <z> for /d͡z/ and <sz> for /t͡s/, <x> for /x/, <ph th kh> for /pʰ tʰ kʰ/. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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* No specific way of determining if a word is animate or inanimate | * No specific way of determining if a word is animate or inanimate | ||
:* addendum: certain suffixes are always one or the other, e.g. -dih 'a collection of X' is always inanimate, e.g. ''sokhdih'' 'a collection of stones, a pile of stones' < ''sokh'' 'stone', whilst others are always animate, e.g. ''-tus'' 'who does X', ''nōthētus'' 'sailor' < ''nōthē'' 'ocean'. | :* addendum: certain suffixes are always one or the other, e.g. -dih 'a collection of X' is always inanimate, e.g. ''sokhdih'' 'a collection of stones, a pile of stones' < ''sokh'' 'stone', whilst others are always animate, e.g. ''-tus'' 'who does X', ''nōthētus'' 'sailor' < ''nōthē'' 'ocean'. | ||
==Word list== | |||
{| class="greentable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! entry | |||
! IPA | |||
! part of speech | |||
! definition | |||
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| '''wuhko'''||''wuhkʰɔ''||noun (inan.~anin.)||speech | |||
|- | |||
| '''fexa'''||''fɛɕa''||noun (anim.)|| axe | |||
|- | |||
| '''sēdhuf'''||''sɛːtʰʲhuf''|| noun (inan.) || temple | |||
|- | |||
| hote ||''hɔtɛ''|| noun (anim.) || young pig | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
* '''wuhko''' [''wuhkʰɔ'']; speech (inan.) | |||