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! Description
! Description
! Diacritic
! Diacritic
! Example
! Sample vowel
|-
|-
| '''ngang'''   'level'
| '''Nan'''   'level'
| mid level
| mid level
| align="center" | <small>(no mark)</small>
| align="center" | <small>(no mark)</small>
| ''ma'' &nbsp;'ghost'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi ngang tone.ogg|a}}
|-
|-
| '''huyền''' &nbsp; 'hanging'
| '''Ùen''' &nbsp; 'hanging'
| low falling (often breathy)
| mid falling
| align="center" | '''`''' ([[grave accent]])
| align="center" | '''`'''  
| ''mà'' &nbsp;'but'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi huyen tone.ogg|à}}
|-
|-
| '''sắc''' &nbsp; 'sharp'
| '''''' &nbsp; 'sharp'
| high rising
| mid rising
| align="center" | '''´''' ([[acute accent]])
| ''má'' &nbsp;'cheek, mother (southern)'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi sac tone.ogg|á}}
|-
|-
| '''hỏi''' &nbsp; 'asking'
| '''Ôi''' &nbsp; 'asking'
| mid dipping-rising
| mid dipping-rising
| align="center" | '''&nbsp;̉''' ([[hook (diacritic)|hook]])
| align="center" | '''&nbsp; '''^'''
| ''mả'' &nbsp;'tomb, grave'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi hoi tone.ogg|ả}}
|-
| '''ngã''' &nbsp; 'tumbling'
| high breaking-rising
| align="center" | '''˜''' ([[tilde]])
| ''mã'' &nbsp;'horse (Sino-Vietnamese), code'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi nga tone.ogg|ã}}
|-
| '''nặng''' &nbsp; 'heavy'
| low falling constricted (short length)
| align="center" | '''&nbsp;̣''' ([[dot (diacritic)|dot below]])
| ''mạ'' &nbsp;'rice seedling'
| align="center" | {{Audio|Vi nang tone.ogg|ạ}}
|}
|}



Revision as of 21:51, 4 March 2009


Gìdago
Pronounced: /gi˧˥dago/
Timeline and Universe: none
Species: Human
Spoken: Gimá
Total speakers: 13 million
Writing system: Latin
Genealogy: Gan Language Family

 North Ganic
  Soskra
   Gìdago

   
Typology
Morphological type: Agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: ILuvEire
Created: February 2009

Gìdago is a daughter of the first language (Soskra) to really split off from Ginhtköl. Therefore it has the most simplified and changed grammar and phonology.

Phonology

If you compare this phonology with the phonology of Ginhtköl, you'll see MANY changes.

Consonants


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Velar
Nasal m n ŋng
Plosive b d g
Fricative v ð z ʒj
Trill r
Lateral Approximant l

In the chart, I wrote in the orthography, where it's different from IPA.

Vowels


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
High-mid e o
Low a

Tones

Name Description Diacritic
Nan   'level' mid level (no mark)
Ùen   'hanging' mid falling `
  'sharp' mid rising
Ôi   'asking' mid dipping-rising   ^

Verbs

Pronouns

First Conjugation

Second Conjugation

Irregular Verbs

Negation

Nouns

First Declension

Second Declension

Numbers

Honorifics

Extras

Using Do

Forming Questions

Emphasis