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||Lateral || ||'''l''' ||
||Lateral || ||'''l''' ||
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The lateral can be syllabic.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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||Low  ||'''ä''' ||'''a''' ||'''å'''
||Low  ||'''ä''' ||'''a''' ||'''å'''
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The back vowels are rounded, the others unrounded.
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
====Number====
Nouns in Gobldi Guk are not inflected for number.
====Case====
Nouns in Gobldi Guk take the following case endings:
{|
||Absolutive || -Ø
|-
||Ergative || '''-nä'''
|-
||Genitive || '''-di'''
|-
||Locative || '''-bo'''
|}
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Revision as of 08:50, 20 February 2006

Gobldi Guk
Spoken in: various countries, by goblins
Timeline/Universe:
Total speakers: unknown
Genealogical classification: Language isolate

 Gobldi Guk

Created by:
Jörg Rhiemeier 2006

Gobldi Guk (which means 'language of the Goblins') is a language spoken by Goblins.

Phonology

Consonants

Labials Alveolars Velars
Voiceless stops p t k
Voiced stops b d g
Lateral l

The lateral can be syllabic.

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i y u
Mid e @ o
Low ä a å

The back vowels are rounded, the others unrounded.

Morphology

Nouns

Number

Nouns in Gobldi Guk are not inflected for number.

Case

Nouns in Gobldi Guk take the following case endings:

Absolutive
Ergative -nä
Genitive -di
Locative -bo