Br'ga

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Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.

Phonology

Vowels

IPA

i				ɯ	u
	e		ə	ʏ	o
		a		ɑ	ɒ

Consonants

p b			t d			k g
ʙ			r				ʀ
	f	s̪	s	ʃ		x			h
				tʃ	cç
	ʋ				j			w
			l			ʟ
			n

Phonemic /n/ assimilates to the following consonant, even through a vowel. Phonemic /n/ without a following non-nasal consonant assimilates to the previous consonant, even through a vowel. Orthographically, /n/ is represented by n before apical sounds, ñ before laminal or dorsal sounds, and m before labial sounds.

Orthography

i				ı	u
	e		ʼ	ə	o
		ä		a	å

p b			t d			k g
br			dr				gr
	f	z	s	sh		x			h
				ch	tj
	v				y			w
			l			ll
			n

Word Structure

Every word consists of noun.stem-verb.stem.

A noun-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a noun-class suffix or root.

A verb-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a verb-class suffix or root.

Affixes

Some example verb→verb suffixes are:

-lun	makes an agent-focussed verb into a benefective-focussed verb, for instance learn→teach
-na	the reverse of that action, for instance learn→forget