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Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Stops

t - /t/ >> /tʰ/
k - /k/ >> /kʰ/
kw - /kʷ/

Nasals

In anyomo each nasal consonant has a geminate counterpart, and gemination is lexically contrastive.

m - /m/ >> /mː/
n - /n/ >> /nː/
ny - /ɲ/ >> /ɲː/

Approximants

h - /ɦ/
w - /w/
y - /j/

Vowels

There are only three phonemic vowels: /a e o/. They can be long or short and be one of three tones. Length can be lexical, but tone is strictly phonemic.

Tones

Phonemic tones...

level "˧"
rising "˨˦"
falling "˥˩"

Morphosyntax

anyomo is an agglutinative language, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.

Derivation

Nominalization

Lexicon

affixes

roots

nyom
h - walk; go (away); run; move (of vehicle); visit; leave

Phrases

Kalo