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/a i u/. /a/ could be considered non-phonemic, since this is a CV language and therefore any /a/ can be elided in fast speech. e.g. the name /hasʷaraba/ can be analyzed as /hsʷrb/ since it cannot be anything else. However the vowrel â, respresenting a sequence of two /a/'s, cannot be ommitted. It could be just as well treated as a conosnants, though, such as /ʕ/, and so can intiial /a/. | /a i u/. /a/ could be considered non-phonemic, since this is a CV language and therefore any /a/ can be elided in fast speech. e.g. the name /hasʷaraba/ can be analyzed as /hsʷrb/ since it cannot be anything else. However the vowrel â, respresenting a sequence of two /a/'s, cannot be ommitted. It could be just as well treated as a conosnants, though, such as /ʕ/, and so can intiial /a/. Likewise /apapupa/ "border, frence" is /ʕppup/. | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 21 June 2015
Haswaraba is a language family located at the northern edge of Outer Poswob territory on the large tropical island of Nī. Its speakers have bled out into Paleo-Andanese lands and influences have gone in bhoth directions. Haswaraba is the name of the parent language; its descendants are called Haswarabic languages.
Phonlogy
Haswaraba is notable for the collapse of all short vowels (which were much more commonm than long vowels) into /a/ and the loss of length distinctions. Haswaraba had three major vowels: /a i u/, of which /a/ was far more common than the other two, and some marginal vowels: /â/ (seen as /aa/), and /wo/ (which comes from POP3 /oo/).
Consonants
The consonants systsem is very asymmetrical. /p b bʷ m mʷ w t d dʷ n nʷ l r s sʷ č š ñ ć ś j k gʷ h hʷ/
Vowels
/a i u/. /a/ could be considered non-phonemic, since this is a CV language and therefore any /a/ can be elided in fast speech. e.g. the name /hasʷaraba/ can be analyzed as /hsʷrb/ since it cannot be anything else. However the vowrel â, respresenting a sequence of two /a/'s, cannot be ommitted. It could be just as well treated as a conosnants, though, such as /ʕ/, and so can intiial /a/. Likewise /apapupa/ "border, frence" is /ʕppup/.
