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Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar
Nasal	m	n		ŋ	ŋ͡m
Plosive	p	t d	t̠͡ʃ	k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
Fricative		s z	ʃ ʝ
Approximant		l
Trill		r

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i
Mid	e	o
Open		ɒ

All vowels can also be long, nasalised, or both

Phonotactics

Syllables are structured C(A)V(C2)

C: any consonant

A: /l/, /r/, /ʝ/

V: any vowel

C2: any consonant with the exception of any plosives

no A can be in first position while another is in second, excepting the cases of /rj/ and /lj/.

Allophony

in second position:

ʝ > j

after an alveolar:

l > ɬ~ɮ (voiceless alveolar~voiced)

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns are inflected for number, case, and (to a degree) gender.

Verbs

Verbs take mandatory affixes for tense/aspect and pronominal constructions

Tense & Aspect

	PST	PRS	FUT
IMPF	-nę	-jo	-ka
PFV	-r	Ø	-ċe

Use cases:

imperfective is used for progressive and/or repetitive actions

perfective is used for non-repetitive completed or instant actions (such as blinking)

Pronominal constructions

Reflexive: -(j)į̄r

Reciprocal: -ņo

Passive: -(ę)n

Syntax

Sentences are structured Verb-Subject-Object

Romanisation

Consonants

All consonants excepting those listed below are romanised in correspondance with the IPA transcription:

k - c

ŋ - ņ

ʃ - ș

t̠͡ʃ - ċ

ʝ - j

k͡p - q

ɡ͡b - b

ŋ͡m - ɱ

Vowels

Vowels /i e o/ are romanised as they are transcribed here.

ɒ - a

Nasalisation is represented with an ogonek, hence <ą į ę ǫ>

Length is represented with a macron, hence <ā ī ē ō>

Sample

Two men were fishing at night, and while they were so engaged a piece of wild sugar-cane floated into the net, where it became entangled.

Iņmalnę slǫɱ glīņo așgels, bi laņ ōtrelnę odējątē irriljinċ, bi irriljinr qį.

/iŋˈmɒl.ne sl̥õŋ͡m ˈɡliː.ŋo ˈɒs.ɡel.s̩ ɡ͡bi lɒŋ ˈoːt.rel.nẽ oˈdeː.ʝɒˌteː ˈir.rilˌʝin.t̩͡ʃ ɡ͡bi ˈir.rilˌʝin.r̩ k͡pĩ/