Dhámhè
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Phonology
Consonants
- p t ʈ c k /p t ṭ c k/
- pʰ tʰ ʈʰ cʰ kʰ /ph th ṭh ch kh/
- b d ɖ ɟ g /b d ḍ j g/
- bʰ dʰ ɖʰ ɟʰ gʰ /bh dh ḍh jh gh/
- p͡f t͡s ʈ͡ʂ c͡ç k͡x /pf ts ṭṣ cċ kx/
- p͡fʰ t͡sʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ c͡çʰ k͡xʰ /pfh tsh ṭṣh cċh kxh/
- b͡v d͡z ɖ͡ʐ ɟ͡ʝ g͡ɣ /bv dz ḍẓ jy gḥ/
- b͡vʰ d͡zʰ ɖ͡ʐʰ ɟ͡ʝʰ g͡ɣʰ /bvh dzh ḍẓh jyh gḥh/
- f θ̠ ʂ ç h /f s ṣ ċ h/
- v ð̞ ʐ ʝ ɣ /v z ẓ y ḥ/
- m n ɳ ɲ ŋ /m n ṇ ny ŋ/
- mʰ nʰ ɳʰ ɲʰ ŋʰ /mh nh ṇh nyh ŋh/
- r ɾ r͡ɽ ɽ /rr r ṛṛ ṛ/
- l ɭ /l ḷ/
Vowels
- iː uː /í ú/
- eː oː /é ó/
- ɛː ɔː /ê ô/
- äː /a/
- ɪ ʊ /i u/
- ɘ ɵ /e o/
- ɜ ɞ /è ò/
- ä /a/
Phonotactics
(C)(C)V(ː)(R/F)(C)
C = any consonant
R = any resonantal consonant
F = any fricative
V = any vowel
Accent
- Acute accent on first syllable of root, morphologically unchanged.
Grammar
Nouns
- nominative-accusative alignment with marked nominative
- 3A secundative alignment (S/A = Nominative, D = Pegative, P/R = Accusative, T = Instrumental)
- 8 cases (suffixal): Nominative, Pegative, Accusative, Instrumental, Genitive, Ablative, Allative, Benefactive
- noun class system (suffixal): Animate, Inanimate
- number combined with noun class: singular, paucal, plural
- definiteness (articles): Gnomic, Indefinite, Definite proper, Definite distant
- nominal tense (suffixal): past, present, future
Verbs
- aspects (suffixal): Perfective-Imperfective + Frequentative, Momentane
- voices (infixal): Direct-Inverse based on subjugating hierarchy
- "maked" causative vs "persuaded" causative (suffixal)
- three subjective and objective persons
- three moods (cliticized): Indicative, Conditional, Subjunctive
Adjectives
- three degrees of comparison
Pronouns
- three persons
- subjugating hierarchy
Adpositions
- prepositions
Syntax
- SOV
- head-final