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Revision as of 21:25, 26 February 2006
This page is a collection of notes. One day, I'll organise them.
Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.
The Alphabet
Vowels
IPA
i | ɯ | u | |||
e | ə | ʏ | o | ||
a | ɑ | ɒ |
Orthographic
i | ı | u | |||
e | ʼ | ə | o | ||
ä | a | å |
Consonants
Orthographic | IPA |
b | b |
br | ʙ |
ch | tʃ |
d | d |
dr | r |
f | f |
g | g |
gr | ʀ |
h | h |
k | k |
l | l |
ll | ʟ |
n | n |
p | p |
s | s |
sh | ʃ |
t | t |
tj | cç |
v | ʋ |
w | w |
x | x |
y | j |
z | s̪ |
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.
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 |