Draga

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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