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Revision as of 06:02, 16 September 2015

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t c1 k
Nasal m n
Fricative f s
Approximant w j r2 h
  1. Realized variably as a palatal plosive, or an affricate [tʃ] or [ts]. Occurs only in onset position or word-finally.
  2. Can be realized as any rhotic depending on the speaker.

Vowels

Front Back
Close i o
Mid e~ɛ
Open a

Phonotactics

Syllable structure is (C)V(C#). V may be made up of a single vowel or a combination of two vowels (e can only form diphthongs with o).

Syntax

Isolating language, right-branching (SVO).

Verbal Grammar

Past-tense particle, preceding the verb, is ta.

Negative

Lexicon

Numbers

1 pi
2 te
3 oci
4 ma
5 nina
6 afe
7 soso
8 awa
9 jai
10 ren
54 nina-ren-ma

Mood Particles

Mood particles are sentence-initial.

Int. ka
Pot. mai
Sub. ofi

Prepositions

Open Class