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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.  
Below are approximate tables of the Proto-Choogo's phoneme and allophone inventory.  
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| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod. ||colspan=2| Dental ||colspan=2| Alveolar ||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal
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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>
|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> || <nowiki><b></nowiki> || || || || || <t> || <d> || || || || <j> || <k> || <g>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <pp> || <nowiki><b></nowiki> || || || || || <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> || || || || <nowiki><s></nowiki> || <z> || <sh> || || <h(y)> || || || || <h>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || <f> || || || || <nowiki><s></nowiki> || <z> || <sh> || || <h(y)> || || || || <h>
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricates || || || || || || || {{IPA|[ts]}} || || {{IPA|[]}} || {{IPA|[dʲʒ]}} || ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricates || || || || || || || {{IPA|/ts/}} || || {{IPA|//}} || {{IPA|/dʲʒ/}} || ||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || || <ts> || || <ch> || <j>
|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>
|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>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || || || <l>
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| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
| ||colspan=2| Front ||colspan=2| Near-front ||colspan=2| Central ||colspan=2| Near-back ||colspan=2| Back
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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%;"| || <nowiki><i></nowiki> || || || || || || || || <nowiki><u></nowiki> || <nowiki><u></nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <nowiki><i></nowiki> || || || || || || || || <nowiki><u></nowiki> || <nowiki><u></nowiki>
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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%;"| || || || <nowiki><i></nowiki> || || || || || <nowiki><u></nowiki>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || <nowiki><i></nowiki> || || || || || <nowiki><u></nowiki>
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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>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <e> || || || || || || || || <o> || <o>
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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>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || <e>
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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>
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| || || || || || || <a> || || || <a>

Revision as of 07:44, 26 September 2009

Proto-Choogo
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:
Proto-Choogo
Basic word order:
Morphological type: synthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Writing system:
Created by:
Qwynegold

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 and allophone inventory.

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> <b> <t> <d> <j> <k> <g>
Fricatives /f/ /s/ /z/ /ʃ/ [ç] /h/
<f> <s> <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/
<i> <u> <u>
Near-high [ɪ] [ʊ]
<i> <u>
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 . 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).