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'''Nawuhu'''(''na'a wúhu'', <small>Nawuhu:</small> [[Help:IPA|[na.a ˈwu.ɦu]]]), also called '''Wuhu''' or '''Nauhu''' is a language isolate that was once predominantly spoken by the inhabitants of Wuhu Island. It was spoken primarily by the civilisation that probably encompassed the entire island, the ruins of which can be seen on the southern half of the island.<ref>See [https://wuhugov.neocities.org/html/history].</ref> Today, it is only spoken by around 90 native speakers, most elderly. | '''Nawuhu'''(''na'a wúhu'', <small>Nawuhu:</small> [[Help:IPA|[na.a ˈwu.ɦu]]]), also called '''Wuhu''' or '''Nauhu''' is a language isolate that was once predominantly spoken by the inhabitants of Wuhu Island(''wúhu'', ''aijé wúhu'' [[Help:IPA|[aiˌʑe ˈwu.ɦu]]]). It was spoken primarily by the civilisation that probably encompassed the entire island, the ruins of which can be seen on the southern half of the island.<ref>See [https://wuhugov.neocities.org/html/history].</ref> Today, it is only spoken by around 90 native speakers, most elderly. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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/ɘ/ is an unstressed intervocalic allohpone of /e/ and /ʉ/, e.g. ''[[Contionary:íean|í'''e'''an]]'', "one", pronounced [ˈiɘ̯an]. | /ɘ/ is an unstressed intervocalic allohpone of /e/ and /ʉ/, e.g. ''[[Contionary:íean|í'''e'''an]]'', "one", pronounced [ˈiɘ̯an]. | ||
===Stress and pitch=== | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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There are no gendered third person pronouns in Nawuhu, though some older translations of excavated texts translated the third person pronoun as "he". Today, most translators translate the ''ain'' pronoun as "they". | There are no gendered third person pronouns in Nawuhu, though some older translations of excavated texts translated the third person pronoun as "he". Today, most translators translate the ''ain'' pronoun as "they". | ||
====Demonstrative==== | |||
Demonstrative pronouns are placed after the noun, and have to agree with the grammatical number of the noun. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Singular !! Dual !! Paucal !! Greater Paucal !! Plural | |||
! Near | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||