User:'my stomahc hurting/language
Appearance
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/
Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ | ŋ ⟨ng⟩ | |
| geminated | mː ⟨mm⟩ | nː ⟨nn⟩ | ɲ ⟨ññ⟩ | ŋ ⟨nng⟩ | ||
| Plosive/
Affricate |
plain | p | t | tʃ ⟨c⟩ | k | ʔ ⟨q⟩ |
| geminated | pː ⟨pp⟩ | tː ⟨tt⟩ | tʃː ⟨cc⟩ | kː ⟨kk⟩ | ||
| Fricative | plain | s | ʃ ⟨x⟩ | x ⟨j⟩ | ɦ ⟨h⟩ | |
| geminated | sː ⟨ss⟩ | ʃː ⟨xx⟩ | xː ⟨jj⟩ | ɦː ⟨hh⟩ | ||
| Approximant | j ⟨y⟩ | w | ||||
Geminates can only occur in medial positions except [pː tː tʃː kː] (can occur in initial and medial positions).
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | ɪ ⟨i⟩ | iː ⟨ii⟩ | ʊ ⟨u⟩ | uː ⟨uu⟩ | ||
| Mid | ɛ ⟨e⟩ | eː ⟨ee⟩ | ə ⟨^⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ | oː ⟨oo⟩ | |
| Open | ɑ ⟨a⟩ | aː ⟨aa⟩ | ||||
Nouns
[edit]| Plain | Possessive | Locative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural |
| (C)VCVCaa | (C)VCVCuu | (C)VCVCee | (C)VCVCoo | (C)VCVCaayi | (C)VCVCuuyi |
Verbs
[edit](C)VCV
Adjectives
[edit](C)VCV
Pronouns
[edit]| Pronouns | Possessive pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Singular | Plural | Person | Singular | Plural |
| 1st | ma | mu | 1st | mee | moo |
| 2nd | ya | yu | 2nd | yee | yoo |
| 3rd | na | nu | 3rd | nee | noo |
Phrases
[edit]| Phrase | ? |
|---|---|
| Welcome | |
| Hello | |
| How are you? | |
| Reply to 'How are you?' | |
| What's your name? | |
| My name is ... | |
| Where are you from? | |
| I'm from ... | |
| Good morning (Morning greeting) | |
| Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) | |
| Good evening (Evening greeting) | |
| Good night | |
| Goodbye (Parting phrases) | |
| Good luck! | |
| Yes | |
| No | |
| Maybe | |
| Excuse me | |
| Sorry | |
| Please | |
| Thank you | |
| Reply to thank you |