Nowkl
I. Phonology
I.1 Vowels
| Practical Orthography | X-Sampa |
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I.2 Consonants
The consonants are standard p,t,k,b,d,g,l,r,f,s,x,z,m,n,j with
x = /x/,
r = /r/,
j = /N/.
I.3 Remarks
- The syllable canon is (C)V(C), with Onsets preferred to Codas.
- Stress is lexical; í,ú,é,á
denote the stressed versions of i,u,e,a, respectively.
II. Morphology
- xa-
- singular/'one'
- sa-
- dual/'two'
- la-
- plural/'many'
- -fi
- distributive
- ga-
- definite
- zi-
- negative
- -mi
- past
- -du
- future
- -k
- completed
- -ru
- iterative
- -t
- semelfactive
- -u
- indicative
- li-
- 1st person
- se-
- 2nd person
- a-
- 3rd person
- -s
- transitive
- -f
- intransitive
- -x
- stative
- -ubu
- ergative/agent
- -ji
- dependent
III. Syntax
Basic SOV word order.
IV. Examples
- gakáf anésxu (> gakáf anéšu)
= the coffee is good
- ganés akáfxu = the good one is coffee
- gáxa akáfxu = this is coffee
- galíxaubu gakáf lienéssmik
(> galíxobu gakáf lienétsmik)
= I improved the coffee
VI. Sample Lexicon
- kaf
- coffee
- nes
- good
- fz
- up
- vr
- down
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