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Second Stage tonal phonotactics:
==New First Stage Description==
Like vowels contract to form long vowels: the combination high-low becomes high-falling, while the low-high becomes low-rising. High-falling tone is indicated by a circumflex above the vowel in the sequence, while low-rising is indicated by a grave accent above the second vowel in the sequence.


nú u 'wife' > nû 'wife'
Syllables with initial p, t, k, or q are high tone. Syllables with other initial consonants or no initial consonant are low tone and breathy voiced. Since tone, phonation, and initial consonant co-vary, there is no need in First Stage to explicitly mark tone.


su ú 'animal' > zù 'animal'
==Sample Grammar==


e é 'race' (Kingsmen vs. Transpositive Men vs. God-Men) > è 'human'
u - person


me é 'all kind' > wè 'hominid' (vs. animal)
qu - thing


ú u 'thing person' > û 'computer'
u nu - he is inside
 
nu u - wife (inside person)
 
nu qu - furniture
 
nunu da la - inside the house
 
(to) ro - far
 
tu ro - very far
 
to roro - farther
 
tu roro - farthest
 
u zu nu - he goes inside


==New adverbials==
==New adverbials==

Latest revision as of 22:53, 9 June 2014

Does the language feature stuttering? :P MilyAMD (talk) 07:11, 3 June 2014 (PDT)

Not unless you're a learner!

New First Stage Description

Syllables with initial p, t, k, or q are high tone. Syllables with other initial consonants or no initial consonant are low tone and breathy voiced. Since tone, phonation, and initial consonant co-vary, there is no need in First Stage to explicitly mark tone.

Sample Grammar

u - person

qu - thing

u nu - he is inside

nu u - wife (inside person)

nu qu - furniture

nunu da la - inside the house

(to) ro - far

tu ro - very far

to roro - farther

tu roro - farthest

u zu nu - he goes inside

New adverbials

ab- X thinks that

eb- X feels that

ib- X knows that (a ibi bo a - I know that you see me)

ub- X wants that

ag- adverbial for denial clause (aga bo u - no, I saw him)

eg- adverbial for explanatory clause

ig- politeness marker ( < perhaps you)

ug- it's possible that

ay- X says that

az- X does that

iz- It happens that (izu nû bo i - it happens that the wife saw the animal)

uz- X moves

gay- be silent

gar- nowhere

gaz- negative verb marker (clause initial)

gad- never

g