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'''Sarim''' is one of the larger languages of the Ke:tic family. It is a strongly head-initial, largely isolating language. | '''Sarim''' (Sarim: '''sarimengo''' 'our language', '''Sarima nawei''' is one of the larger languages of the Ke:tic family. It is a strongly head-initial, largely isolating language. | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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===Syllable Structure=== | ===Syllable Structure=== | ||
Sarim has a (C)(C)V(C) syllable structure. Onset clusters are made up of one of /p t k pʰ tʰ kʰ θ s h/ + /r/. Only /p t k θ s h l/ can occur in coda position. Note that word-internally coda /θ/ merges with /s/. Note that long vowels do not occur in long syllables. | Sarim has a (C)(C)V(C) syllable structure. Onset clusters are made up of one of /p t k pʰ tʰ kʰ θ s h/ + /r/. Only /p t k m n θ s h l/ can occur in coda position. Note that word-internally coda /θ/ merges with /s/. Note that long vowels do not occur in long syllables. | ||
===Allophony=== | ===Allophony=== | ||
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- Unstressed short /i ɐ u/ are realised as [ɪ ə ʊ]. | - Unstressed short /i ɐ u/ are realised as [ɪ ə ʊ]. | ||
===Stress and Prosody=== | ===Stress and Prosody=== | ||
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Sarim is a mora-timed language: syllables take up a certain amount of time based on their nucleus. Open syllables with a short vowel take up one mora; closed syllables with a short vowel, and open syllables with a long vowel or diphthong, take up two morae, whilst closed syllables with a diphthong take up three morae. | Sarim is a mora-timed language: syllables take up a certain amount of time based on their nucleus. Open syllables with a short vowel take up one mora; closed syllables with a short vowel, and open syllables with a long vowel or diphthong, take up two morae, whilst closed syllables with a diphthong take up three morae. | ||
Stress falls on the syllable containing the | Stress falls on the syllable containing the penultimate mora. | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 6 April 2009
Sarim (Sarim: sarimengo 'our language', Sarima nawei is one of the larger languages of the Ke:tic family. It is a strongly head-initial, largely isolating language.
Phonology
Phoneme Inventory
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Plosive/Affricate | b /p/ p /pʰ/ | d /t/ t /tʰ/ | g /k/ k /kʰ/ | |||
| Fricative | th /θ/ | s /s/ | hy /ç/ | h /h/ | ||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ny /ɲ/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | ||
| Liquid | r /ɾ/ l /l/ | y /j/ | w /w/ |
Vowels
| i /i/ ī /i:/ | u /u/ ū /u:/ | ||||||
| e /ɛ/ ē /e:/ | o /ɒ/ ō/o:/ | ||||||
| a /ɐ/ ā /ɐ:/ |
Sarim also has the dipthongs ai au ei eu oi ou /ai au ei eu oi ou/, all falling.
Syllable Structure
Sarim has a (C)(C)V(C) syllable structure. Onset clusters are made up of one of /p t k pʰ tʰ kʰ θ s h/ + /r/. Only /p t k m n θ s h l/ can occur in coda position. Note that word-internally coda /θ/ merges with /s/. Note that long vowels do not occur in long syllables.
Allophony
- /n/ assimilates to the point of articulation of any following consonant, e.g. /np/ [mp]. Note that /m ŋ/ do not assimilate to the same point of articulation as the following consonant. (Note that /ŋ/ is written as n before a velar consonant.
- /k kʰ/ may be realised as [ʧ ʧʰ] before front vowels.
- /h/ often strengthens to [x] between vowels.
- /r/ is realised as a tap [ɾ] word-initially and in onset clusters, and as an approximant [ɻ] between vowels.
- Unstressed short /i ɐ u/ are realised as [ɪ ə ʊ].
Stress and Prosody
Sarim is a mora-timed language: syllables take up a certain amount of time based on their nucleus. Open syllables with a short vowel take up one mora; closed syllables with a short vowel, and open syllables with a long vowel or diphthong, take up two morae, whilst closed syllables with a diphthong take up three morae.
Stress falls on the syllable containing the penultimate mora.
