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== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: ''a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z'' - and both the single-quote ('' ' '') and double-quote ('' " '') symbols to represent the sounds.  In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: ''á í ú''.
Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: ''a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z'' - and both the single-quote ('' ' '') and double-quote ('' " '') symbols to represent the sounds.  In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: ''á í ú''.
=== Consonants ===


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| x || - /ʃ/
| x || - /ʃ/
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| h || - /ʜ/, /x/ before 'l' or 'w', /ç/ before  'y'
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|-
| g || - /ɦ/  
| g || - /ɦ/  
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| q" || - /ʀ̥/
| q" || - /ʀ̥/
|}
|}
=== Vowels ===
{|
| '''i''' || /i/
|-
| '''í''' || /i↑/ , /i↘/
|-
| '''ií''' || /i↗/
|-
| '''a'''  || /æ/
|-
| '''á''' || /æ↑/ , /æ↘/
|-
| '''aá''' || /æ↗/
|-
| '''o''' || /ʊ/
|-
| '''ú''' || /ʊ↑/ , /ʊ↘/
|-
| '''uú''' || /ʊ↗/
|-
| '''e''' || /ə/
|-
| '''ou'''  || /ʷɔˑ/
|-
| '''r''' || /ɚ/
|-
|}
== Syllable and Word Structure ==
== Sentence Structure==
== Root Morphology ==

Revision as of 09:27, 13 September 2010


Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

labial dental alveolar palatal velar post-velar glottal
plosives: tz ʈ kʷ kʲ q ʔ
ejectives: p (pʼ) c (cʼ)
aspirates:
fricative: f (ʰɸ) (ð) s ʃ (x) ʜ ɦ
liquids: w l j
trills: ʙ̥ ʀ̥
nasals: m (n̪) (n) ɲ
implosives: ɓ (ʘ) ǃ

Vowels

i ʊ
ʷɔˑ
ə ɚ
æ


Orthography

Transcription of the draga language uses 25 characters of the Roman alphabet: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,ñ,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,w,x,y,z - and both the single-quote ( ' ) and double-quote ( " ) symbols to represent the sounds. In addition, the acute accent is used to represent pitch-accenting: á í ú.


Consonants

p - /pʼ/, /p/
t - /tʰ/
t' - /tʼ/
ty - /ʈ/
c - /cʼ/, /c/
q -/q/
ph - /pʰ/
ch - /cʰ/
qh - /qʰ/
f - /f/; /ʰɸ/ before 'w': fw /ʰɸw/
s - /s/
m - /m/
ñ - /ɲ/; /n̪/ before 'd': ñd /n̪ð/
w - /w/; /ʘ/ following initial syllabic 'm': mw /mʘ/
l - /l/
y - /j/
d - /t̪/ initially, /d̪/ medially, /ð/ after 'ñ': ñd /n̪ð/
j - /tz/
x - /ʃ/
h - /ʜ/, /x/ before 'l' or 'w', /ç/ before 'y'
g - /ɦ/
b - /ɓ/
z - /ǃ/
p" - /ʙ̥/
t" - /r̥/
q" - /ʀ̥/


Vowels

i /i/
í /i↑/ , /i↘/
/i↗/
a /æ/
á /æ↑/ , /æ↘/
/æ↗/
o /ʊ/
ú /ʊ↑/ , /ʊ↘/
/ʊ↗/
e /ə/
ou /ʷɔˑ/
r /ɚ/

Syllable and Word Structure

Sentence Structure

Root Morphology