wI: Phonology
a) Consonants (IPA)
|
Labial |
Dental |
Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal |
| Nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
ng [ŋ] |
|
| Stop |
p, b |
|
t |
|
k, g |
|
| Fricative |
f |
|
s |
sh [ɕ] |
x |
h |
| Affricate |
|
|
c [ts] |
|
|
|
| Liquid |
yü [ɥ] |
l |
r [ɾ] |
y [j] |
w |
|
| Nonpulmonic |
p’ |
! [ |
] |
t’ |
|
k’ |
b) Vowels
|
Front |
Central |
Back |
| High |
i, ü [y] |
|
u |
| Mid |
e |
|
ō [o] |
| Low |
|
a |
o [ɑ] |
II: Phonotactics
a) Syllable: (C)(C)V(C2)
b) Idk
- Sh [ɕ] can only be used preceding i/ī and ü
III: Features
Fixed stress system: Always 1st syllable- Penultimate syllable (i.e 2nd to last syllable) is stressed
- Unless marked otherwise by an accent
- Very few consonants as codas
- Generally, VSO but can be free word order too
- Head-initial
- Noun, then adjective
- Noun-like adjectives (e.g “brown fox” → “fox [brown thing]”)
- Preposition, then noun
- Verb-like prepositions (e.g “over the dog” → “[leaps] dog”)
- Possessee, then possesser
- Adjective-like possession (e.g “John’s dog” → “dog John’s”)
- Auxiliary, then verb