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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
Below are approximate tables of the Proto-Choogo's phoneme inventory. Sounds in parenthesis only exist as allophones.
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasals || || {{IPA|m}} || || || || || || {{IPA|n}} || || || || || || {{IPA|(ŋ)}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasals || || {{IPA|m}} || || || || || || {{IPA|n}} || || || || || || {{IPA|(ŋ)}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || <m> || || || || || || <n> || || || || || || <n>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosives || {{IPA|(p)}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || {{IPA|(ɟ)}} || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|ɡ}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosives || {{IPA|(p)}} || {{IPA|b}} || || || || || {{IPA|t}} || {{IPA|d}} || || || || {{IPA|(ɟ)}} || {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|ɡ}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <pp> || <b> || || || || || <t> || <d> || || || || <j> || <k> || <g>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricatives || || || {{IPA|f}} || || || || {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|z}} || {{IPA|ʃ}} ||  || {{IPA|(ç)}} || || || || {{IPA|h}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricatives || || || {{IPA|f}} || || || || {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|z}} || {{IPA|ʃ}} ||  || {{IPA|(ç)}} || || || || {{IPA|h}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || <f> || || || || <s> || <z> || <sh> || || <h(y)> || || || || <h>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricates || || || || || || || {{IPA|ts}} || || {{IPA|tʃ}} || {{IPA|dʲʒ}} || ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricates || || || || || || || {{IPA|ts}} || || {{IPA|tʃ}} || {{IPA|dʲʒ}} || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || || <ts> || || <ch> || <j>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants || || || || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|j}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || || || || || || || <j>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || {{IPA|l}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || || || <l>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || || || || || || || || {{IPA|(ɯ)}} || {{IPA|u}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || || || || || || || || {{IPA|(ɯ)}} || {{IPA|u}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <i> || || || || || || || || <u> || <u>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || {{IPA|(ɪ)}} || || || || || {{IPA|(ʊ)}} || ||  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-high || || || {{IPA|(ɪ)}} || || || || || {{IPA|(ʊ)}} || ||  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || <i> || || || || || <u>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|(ɤ)}} || {{IPA|o}} ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || {{IPA|e}} || || || || || || || {{IPA|(ɤ)}} || {{IPA|o}} ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <e> || || || || || || || <o> || <o>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || || || || || ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Mid || || || || || || || || || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || {{IPA|(ɛ)}} || || || || || || || || ||  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || {{IPA|(ɛ)}} || || || || || || || || ||  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <e>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || ||  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || || ||  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || || {{IPA|ä}} || || {{IPA|(ɑ)}} || ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || || {{IPA|ä}} || || {{IPA|(ɑ)}} || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || <a> || || <a>
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Proto-Choogo has phonemic length for all vowels and the consonants {{IPA|m}}, {{IPA|n}}, {{IPA|t}}, {{IPA|s}}, {{IPA|ʃ}}, {{IPA|ts}} and {{IPA|tʃ}}. Both {{IPA|/bː/}} and {{IPA|/hː/}} are realized as {{IPA|[pː]}}. Nasalization contrast also exists for all vowels.
The syllable structure is (C)V(V)(V)(V)(C).

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Proto-Choogo
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:
Proto-Choogo
Basic word order:
Morphological type: synthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Writing system:
Created by:
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Proto-Choogo is an a posteriori language based on Japanese. It is the parent language of Shochakbẽ, Teekaabẽ, Ũlyuubẽ, Tosamabẽ, Linkōbẽ, Akabẽ, Tôbẽ, Seebẽ and Yōbẽ.

Phonology

Consonants

Below are approximate tables of the Proto-Choogo's phoneme inventory. Sounds in parenthesis only exist as allophones.

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasals m n (ŋ)
<m> <n> <n>
Plosives (p) b t d (ɟ) k ɡ
<pp> <t> <d> <j> <k> <g>
Fricatives f s z ʃ (ç) h
<f> <z> <sh> <h(y)> <h>
Affricates ts tʃ dʲʒ
<ts> <ch> <j>
Approximants j
<j>
Lateral Approximant l
<l>

Vowels


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i (ɯ) u
Near-high (ɪ) (ʊ)
High-mid e (ɤ) o
<e> <o> <o>
Mid
Low-mid (ɛ)
<e>
Near-low
Low ä (ɑ)
<a> <a>

Proto-Choogo has phonemic length for all vowels and the consonants m, n, t, s, ʃ, ts and tʃ. Both /bː/ and /hː/ are realized as [pː]. Nasalization contrast also exists for all vowels.

The syllable structure is (C)V(V)(V)(V)(C).

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