Pataari
| Pataari | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | [pɑdɑːɹɪ] |
| Timeline and Universe: | NS |
| Species: | Human |
| Spoken: | Various Tribes as a lingua franca |
| Total speakers: | ??? |
| Writing system: | Latin |
| Genealogy: | Jevakki Hinono Faxo-Pataari |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Agglunative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Tripartite |
| Basic word order: | topic-focus |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Ulan / Dave S |
| Created: | Fall 2009 |
Consonants
Asterisks mark sounds not fully represented with the orthography, brackets show how sounds are represented
| labial | dental | alveolar | post-alveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stops | p|p| b* | t<t> d* | k<k> g* | (ʔ) | |||
| fricatives | ɸ* β* | θ<3> ð* | s"s" z* | ʃ<ş> ʒ* | x<x> ɣ* | h<h> | |
| nasals | m<m> | n<n> | ŋ* | ||||
| liquids | ɹ* l<l> | ||||||
| glides | w<w> | y<y> |
[p t k x ʃ s l θ t͡s t͡ʃ] → [β d g ɣ ʒ z ɹ ð d͡z d͡ʒ] In between vowels, when a consonant is before the final vowel of a word, it is often devoiced allowing possibilities like [ɸ]. After nasals and liquids [p] just become [b], rather than [β].
Vowels
Brackets show how sounds are written, asterisks show sounds that usually only follow after velar consonants
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| long | short | long | short | long | short | |
| Close | iː<ii> | ɪ"i" | uː<uu>* | ʊ"u"* | ||
| Mid | ɛː <ee> | ɛ<e> | ɔː<oo> | ɔ<o> | ||
| Open | ɑː<aa> | ɑ<a> | ||||
Dipthongs: [ei] [ɔu] [ie] and [ai] shown as <ei, ou, ie, ai>
Prosody and Stress
A heavy syllable is defined as one with a diphthong, long vowel, or one that closes with a consonant. There are no superheavy syllables (though, there are some rare exceptions) within Pataari, as in one that has a diphthong or long vowel and closes with a consonant. So, with VV beeing a diphthong, the sylable structure follows as:
V | CV
VV | CVV
VC | CVV
A word must at least have two light syllables or one heavy one, and never end with a consonant. Stress is marked by a higher pitch on either the first heavy syllable or first light syllable if there are no heavy syllables are within the word. Every following heavy syllable carries secondary stress after that, or every other light syllable -- the final light syllable is never stressed.
