Br'ga
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 | s̪ | s | ʃ | x | h | ||||
tʃ | cç | ||||||||
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 |