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== Orthography == | == Orthography == | ||
Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: ''a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z'' - and both the single-quote ('' ' '') and double-quote ('' " '') symbols to represent the sounds. In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: ''á í ú''. | Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: ''a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z'' - and both the single-quote ('' ' '') and double-quote ('' " '') symbols to represent the sounds. In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: ''á í ú''. | ||
=== Consonants === | |||
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| x || - /ʃ/ | | x || - /ʃ/ | ||
|- | |||
| h || - /ʜ/, /x/ before 'l' or 'w', /ç/ before 'y' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| g || - /ɦ/ | | g || - /ɦ/ | ||
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| q" || - /ʀ̥/ | | q" || - /ʀ̥/ | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Vowels === | |||
{| | |||
| '''i''' || /i/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''í''' || /i↑/ , /i↘/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''ií''' || /i↗/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''a''' || /æ/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''á''' || /æ↑/ , /æ↘/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''aá''' || /æ↗/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''o''' || /ʊ/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''ú''' || /ʊ↑/ , /ʊ↘/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''uú''' || /ʊ↗/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''e''' || /ə/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''ou''' || /ʷɔˑ/ | |||
|- | |||
| '''r''' || /ɚ/ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
== Syllable and Word Structure == | |||
== Sentence Structure== | |||
== Root Morphology == | |||
Revision as of 10:27, 13 September 2010
Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
| labial | dental | alveolar | palatal | velar | post-velar | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plosives: | t̪ | tz ʈ | kʷ kʲ | q | ʔ | |||
| ejectives: | p (pʼ) | tʼ | c (cʼ) | |||||
| aspirates: | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | qʰ | ||||
| fricative: | f (ʰɸ) | (ð) | s | ʃ | (x) | ʜ ɦ | ||
| liquids: | w | l | j | |||||
| trills: | ʙ̥ | r̥ | ʀ̥ | |||||
| nasals: | m | (n̪) | (n) | ɲ | ||||
| implosives: | ɓ (ʘ) | ǃ |
Vowels
| i | ʊ | |||||||||||
| ʷɔˑ | ||||||||||||
| ə | ɚ | |||||||||||
| æ |
Orthography
Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z - and both the single-quote ( ' ) and double-quote ( " ) symbols to represent the sounds. In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: á í ú.
Consonants
| p | - /pʼ/, /p/ |
| t | - /tʰ/ |
| t' | - /tʼ/ |
| ty | - /ʈ/ |
| c | - /cʼ/, /c/ |
| q | -/q/ |
| ph | - /pʰ/ |
| ch | - /cʰ/ |
| qh | - /qʰ/ |
| f | - /f/; /ʰɸ/ before 'w': fw /ʰɸw/ |
| s | - /s/ |
| m | - /m/ |
| ñ | - /ɲ/; /n̪/ before 'd': ñd /n̪ð/ |
| w | - /w/; /ʘ/ following initial syllabic 'm': mw /mʘ/ |
| l | - /l/ |
| y | - /j/ |
| d | - /t̪/ initially, /d̪/ medially, /ð/ after 'ñ': ñd /n̪ð/ |
| j | - /tz/ |
| x | - /ʃ/ |
| h | - /ʜ/, /x/ before 'l' or 'w', /ç/ before 'y' |
| g | - /ɦ/ |
| b | - /ɓ/ |
| z | - /ǃ/ |
| p" | - /ʙ̥/ |
| t" | - /r̥/ |
| q" | - /ʀ̥/ |
Vowels
| i | /i/ |
| í | /i↑/ , /i↘/ |
| ií | /i↗/ |
| a | /æ/ |
| á | /æ↑/ , /æ↘/ |
| aá | /æ↗/ |
| o | /ʊ/ |
| ú | /ʊ↑/ , /ʊ↘/ |
| uú | /ʊ↗/ |
| e | /ə/ |
| ou | /ʷɔˑ/ |
| r | /ɚ/ |
