Br'ga

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This page is a collection of notes. One day, I'll organise them.

Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.

Phonology

Vowels

IPA

i ɯ u
e ə ʏ o
a ɑ ɒ

Consonants

p b     t d     k g      
ʙ     r       ʀ    
  f s ʃ   x     h
               
  ʋ       j     w  
      l     ʟ      
      n            

Phonemic /n/ assimilates to the following consonant, even through a vowel. Phonemic /n/ without a following non-nasal consonant assimilates to the previous consonant, even through a vowel. Orthographically, /n/ is represented by n before apical sounds, ñ before laminal or dorsal sounds, and m before labial sounds.

Orthography

i ı u
e ʼ ə o
ä a å
p b     t d     k g      
br     dr       gr    
  f z s sh   x     h
        ch tj        
  v       y     w  
      l     ll      
      n            

Word Structure

Every word consists of noun.stem-verb.stem.

A noun-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a noun-class suffix or root.

A verb-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a verb-class suffix or root.

Affixes

Some example verb→verb suffixes are:

-lun makes an agent-focussed verb into a benefective-focussed verb, for instance learn→teach
-na the reverse of that action, for instance learn→forget