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| ==Todo== | | ==Todo== |
| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| ===Phonotactics===
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| The maximal syllable structure is C(r/l)VC. A syllable is not allowed to terminate in a short vowel except in some function words.
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| Allowed initial clusters (not counting mutations): '''pr tr cr br dr gr fr ngr spr str scr pl cl bl gl fl spl scl ngl'''
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| ===Initials=== | | ===Initials=== |
| {|class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center"
| | ''p t k b d g'' = /p t k b d g/ |
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| |+'''Consonant phonemes'''
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| !colspan="2" | Labial
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| !colspan="2" | Alveolar
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| !colspan="2" | Velar
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| !rowspan="2" | Laryngeal
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>slender</small>
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| ! <small>broad</small>
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| !rowspan="2" | Nasal
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | {{IPA|ʰmˠ}} || {{IPA|ʰmʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|ʰn̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|ʰnʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|ʰɲ}} || {{IPA|ʰŋ}}
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | {{IPA|mˠ}} || {{IPA|mʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|n̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|nʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|ɲ}} || {{IPA|ŋ}}
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| !rowspan="3" | Stop<br/>/Affricate
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| !<small>plain</small>
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| | ({{IPA|pˠ}}) || ({{IPA|pʲ}})
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| | {{IPA|t̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|tʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|c}} || {{IPA|k}}
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| | {{IPA|ʔ}}
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| !<small>tense</small>
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| | ({{IPA|pˠ˭}}) || ({{IPA|pʲ˭}})
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| | {{IPA|t̪ˠ˭}} || {{IPA|tʲ˭}}
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| | {{IPA|c˭}} || {{IPA|k˭}}
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | {{IPA|bˠ}} || {{IPA|bʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|d̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|dʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|ɟ}} || {{IPA|g}}
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| !rowspan="2"|Fricative
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | {{IPA|fˠ}} || {{IPA|fʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|sˠ}} || {{IPA|ɕ}}
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| | {{IPA|ç}} || {{IPA|x}}
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| | {{IPA|h}}
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | {{IPA|vˠ}} || {{IPA|vʲ}}
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| | {{IPA|j}} || {{IPA|ɣ}}
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| !rowspan=2| Trill
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | {{IPA|ʰrˠ}} || {{IPA|ʰrʲ}}
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | {{IPA|rˠ}} || {{IPA|rʲ}}
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| !rowspan=2| Lateral
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| !<small>voiceless</small>
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| | {{IPA|ʰl̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|ʰlʲ}}
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| !<small>voiced</small>
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| | {{IPA|l̪ˠ}} || {{IPA|lʲ}}
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| */ʰm ʰn ʰŋ ʰl ʰr/ are written '''sm sn sng sl sr'''.
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| */p˭ t˭ k˭/ are written '''sp st sc'''.
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| ===Vowels===
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| /ˠa ˠɪ ˠɔ ˠʊ ˠaː ˠeː ˠiː ˠoː ˠuː ˠuə/ '''a oi/ui o u à aè aoì ò ù ua'''
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| /ʲa ʲi ʲaː ʲeː ʲiː ʲoː ʲuː ʲiə/ '''ea i eà è/èi ì eò iù ia'''
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| ===Finals===
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| The allowed finals are: /t k m n ŋ l r j w/ {{angbr|''d g m n ng l r igh bh''}}. Final ''d g'' are unreleased stops [-t̚ -k̚]. Final l is velarized [ɫ].
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| ===Tones===
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| {{PAGENAME}} has three phonemic tones: high, low, falling (á, à/unmarked, â). Only long vowels have tones.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Tone
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| !colspan=2 | Example
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| ! Notes
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| | Short || ''gran'' (petal) || /gˠrˠan/ ||
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| | High || ''teó'' (stretch) || /tʲoː˥/ ||
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| | Low || ''lùm'' (mold) || /lˠuːm˧˩/ || May be slightly breathy voiced.
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| | Falling || ''sêigh'' (dough) || /sʲeːj˥˩/ ||
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| ===Mutations===
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| The following initials can undergo lenition or eclipsis:
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''Initial mutations'''
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| !|Grapheme
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| !''m''!!''p''!!''b''!!''f''!!''t''!!''d''!!''s''!!''c''!!''g''!!''∅''
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| !IPA
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| |/m/||/p/||/b/||/f/||/t/||/d/||/s/||/k/||/g/||/ʔ/
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| !|Lenited
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| !''mh''!!''ph''!!''bh''!!''fh''!!''th''!!''dh''!!''sh''!!''ch''!!''gh''!!''∅''
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| !IPA
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| |/v/||/f/||/v/||/h/||/h/||/ɣ/, /j/||/h/||/x/||/ɣ/, /j/||/ʔ/
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| !|Eclipsed
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| !''-''!!''bp''!!''mb''!!''bhf''!!''dt''!!''nd''!!'-''!!''gc''!!''n-g''!!''n-''
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| !IPA
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| |''-''||/b/||/m/||/v/||/d/||/n/||''-''||/g/||/ŋ/||/n/
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| In addition, h-prothesis adds ''h-'' to the beginning of a word beginning with a vowel.
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns===
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| Compound words are head-final: ''seól-thrùn'' = 'agenda book' (lit. 'check-book', i.e. a book that one checks)
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| Attributive adjectives precede the noun and take the same mutation as the noun. Examples:
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| *''an gò gaoì'' 'the tall tree' (nominative)
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| *''an n-gò dtrù'' 'the long book' (nominative)
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| ====Indefinite mutations====
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| ====Definite mutations====
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| {{col-begin}}
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Masculine definite mutations
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | h-prothesis || lenition
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | eclipsis || h-prothesis
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | lenition || eclipsis
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| {{col-break}}
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Feminine definite mutations
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | lenition || eclipsis
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | h-prothesis || lenition
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | eclipsis || h-prothesis
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | Neuter definite mutations
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| ! style="width: 90px;" |
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | eclipsis || h-prothesis
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | lenition || eclipsis
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | h-prothesis || lenition
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ''gaoì'' 'tree' - masculine
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''an '''g'''aoì'' || ''na '''gh'''aoì''
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''an '''ng'''aoì'' || ''na '''g'''aoì''
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''an '''gh'''aoì'' || ''na '''ng'''aoì''
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ''crûaigh'' 'thought' - feminine
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''an '''chr'''ûaigh'' || ''na '''gcr'''ûaigh''
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''an '''cr'''ûaigh'' || ''na '''chr'''ûaigh''
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''an '''gcr'''ûaigh'' || ''na '''cr'''ûaigh''
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| {| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
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| ! colspan="3" | ''trùn'' 'book' - neuter
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| ! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
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| ! Def. nom.
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| | ''an '''dtr'''ùn'' || ''na '''tr'''ùn''
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| ! Def. acc.
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| | ''an '''thr'''ùn'' || ''na '''dtr'''ùn''
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| ! Def. gen.
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| | ''an '''tr'''ùn'' || ''na '''thr'''ùn''
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| ===Verb phrase===
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| Verbs do not inflect for subject agreement or tense; however, preverbal tense/discourse/connective markers trigger mutations on the verb. Unusually, connectives come immediately after the verb.
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| Tense:
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| *present: no marker
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| **''sèin'' = 'dies', ''eic'' /ʔɛk/ = 'buys'
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| *past: ''scuil'' + lenition
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| **''scuil shèin'' = 'died', ''scuil eic'' = 'bought'
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| *future: ''ngê'' + h-prothesis
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| **''ngê sèin'' = 'will die', ''ngê h-eic'' 'will buy'
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| *infinitive: ''go'' + lenition (from ''ge-'')
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| **''go shèin'' = 'to die'
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| Connectives:
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| *''geár'': 'when'
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| *''daoìgh'' + eclipsis: 'because' (< AW ''deichen'')
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| *''fàl'': 'but, however'
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| ===Derivational morphology===
| | ''ph th kh bh dh gh'' = /pʰ tʰ kʰ bʰ dʰ gʰ/ |
| *''ba-'' + lenition: verbalizer
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| **''ba-thì'': 'nasalize' < ''tì'' 'nose'
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| *''go-'' + lenition (from ''ge-''): nominalizer
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| **also ''cor-''
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| *''inn-'': increments a verb's valency
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| *''sar-'': decrements a verb's velency
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| ==Phrases==
| | ''np nt nk nb nd ng'' /mp nt ŋk mb nd ŋg/ |
| *Thank you = ''Gôr-má thà gad!''
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| ==Sample texts==
| | ''nph nth nkh nbh ndh ngh'' /mpʰ ntʰ ŋkʰ mbʰ ndʰ ŋgʰ/ |
| ===UDHR, Article 1===
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| :''Scuil shéibh bî-bî na fà go thúa mâ dè bân chor-stuid thàn creó dè thàn chor-cing. Séibh mî go [endowed with reason and conscience], dè [they should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood].''
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