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*{{IPA|[aɪ~aɪ:]}} - '''ai''' | |||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 23 November 2010
Pronunciation
- Where ~ appears, it indicates free variation between phonemes.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i~i: (i) | u~u: (u) | |
| Mid | e~e: (e) | o~o: (o) | |
| Open | a~a: (a) |
Diphthongs
falling
- [aɪ~aɪ:] - ai
- [aʊ~aʊ:] - ao
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labial | ||||
| Nasal | m (m) | n (n) | ɲ (ny) | ||||
| Plosive | p~b (p) | t~ (t) | k~g (k) | kʷ~gʷ (ku) | ʔ (') | ||
| Fricative | s (s) | ʃ (s) | |||||
| Affricate | ts (ts) | tɬ (tl) | tʃ (ts) | ||||
| Approximant | l (l) | j (y) | w (u) | ||||
Writing System
See: Moya
Word Order
Sentence
- Basic word order is SOV.
-
- (subject) - (object) - (verb)
- tlaka (ke) naka anya
- man (TOP) woman see
- The man sees the woman.
-
- (subject) - (verb)
- nahi apuaye
- girl sing-PAST
- The girl sang. / The girl did sing.
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- (subject) - (complement) - (verb)
- ke ina manka a
- TOP food cold COP
- The food is cold.
