A language.
Design Concepts
- definite article, but no indefinite article
- inflecting prepositions
- VSO
- no grammatical gender
- no verb
to have
Orthography
| Letter |
Slender |
Broad |
| b |
b |
bʷ |
| bh |
v |
vʷ |
| c |
c |
k |
| ch |
ç |
x |
| d |
ʤ |
d |
| dh |
j |
w |
| f |
fʲ |
f |
| g |
ɟ |
g |
| gh |
(silent) |
(silent) |
| l |
lʲ |
l |
| m |
mʲ |
m |
| mh |
v |
vʷ |
| n |
nʲ |
n |
| p |
p |
pʷ |
| ph |
fʲ |
f |
| r |
r |
rʷ |
| s |
ʃ |
s |
| t |
ʧ |
t |
| th |
ç |
h |
| Vowel |
Pre-Palatalizing |
Pre-Velarizing |
Post-Pal |
Post-Vel |
| a |
eá |
- |
ái |
- |
| o |
eó |
- |
ói |
- |
| u |
iú |
- |
úi |
- |
| e |
- |
aé |
- |
éo |
| i |
- |
uí |
- |
ío |
Phonological Processes
Lenition
| Consonant |
Lenited |
| b |
bh |
| c |
ch |
| d |
dh |
| g |
gh |
| m |
mh |
| p |
ph |
| t |
th |
Eclipsis
| Consonant |
Eclipsed |
| b |
mb |
| c |
gc |
| d |
nd |
| g |
ng |
| p |
bp |
| t |
dt |
Grammar
Noun phrases are head-initial.
Modifiers that immediately follow their head noun are
lenited.