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* '''k''' - /k/ >> /kʰ/
* '''k''' - /k/ >> /kʰ/
* '''kw''' - /kʷ/
* '''kw''' - /kʷ/
=== Nasals ===
* '''m''' - /m/ >>
* '''n''' - /n/ >>
* '''ny''' - /ɲ/


== Vowels ==
== Vowels ==

Revision as of 07:50, 15 January 2020



Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Stops

  • t - /t/ >> /tʰ/
  • k - /k/ >> /kʰ/
  • kw - /kʷ/

Nasals

  • m - /m/ >>
  • n - /n/ >>
  • ny - /ɲ/

Vowels

There are only three phonemic vowels: /a e o/. They can be long or short and be one of three tones. Length can be lexical, but tone is strictly phonemic.

Tones

Phonemic tones...

  • level "˧"
  • rising "˨˦"
  • falling "˥˩"

Morphosyntax

Derivation

Nominalization

Lexicon

affixes

roots

  • nyom

Phrases