Sarim

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Sarim (Tanemantin: Sāyin, Gretę: Zorę) is a now-extinct Ke:tic language, from which modern Tanemantin, Gretę, and Haheri, amongst others, are descended. It was a strongly head-final, agglutinating, ergative language.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/Affricate p /p/ t /t/ ts /ʦ/ k /k/
Fricative f /f/ θ /θ/ s /s/ x /ɕ/ h /h/
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Liquid w /w/ r /ɾ/ l /l/ y /j/


Vowels

/i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ i e ɛ a ɔ o u


Syllable Structure

Sarim had a (C)(r,y,w)V(n,ʔ) structure, where ʔ represents a gemination of any following consonant.