Proto-Kunnu-lūjungo
| Proto-Kunnurūjungo | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /-kunːu*ruːdʒuŋːo/ |
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| Species: | Human |
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| Typology | |
| Morphology: | Agglutinative |
| Morphosyntax: | Ergative |
| Word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Qwynegold |
| Created: | April 2010 |
Phonology
Phoneme inventory
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | |||||||||||||
| Plain Plosive | /p/ | [b] | /t/ | [d] | /k/ | [ɡ] | ||||||||||
| Asp. or Gem. Plosive | /pː/ | /pʰ/ | /tː/ | /tʰ/ | /kː/ | /kʰ/ | ||||||||||
| Plain Fricative | /f/ | /s/ | /z/ | /ʃ/ | /ʒ/ | /h/ | ||||||||||
| Long Fricative | /sː/ | |||||||||||||||
| Affricate | /ts/ | /tʃ/ | /dʒ/ | |||||||||||||
| Rhotic | /*r/1 | |||||||||||||||
| Lat. Approximant | [l] | |||||||||||||||
| Long Lat. Approximant | [lː] | |||||||||||||||
1The exact quality of the rhotic is unknown.
| Monophthongs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | |||||||||
| High | /i/ | /y/ | /u/ | /uː/ | ||||||
| Mid | /e/ | /ø/ | /o/ | /oː/ | ||||||
| Low | /ɑ/ | |||||||||
| Diphthongs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front-Front | Front-Back | Back-Front | Back-Back | |||||||
| High | /ju/ | /juː/ | /wi/ | /wy/ | /wuː/ | |||||
| Mid | /je/ | /jo/ | /joː/ | /we/ | /ue/ | /wø/ | /wo/ | |||
| Opening Low | /jɑ/ | /wɑ/ | ||||||||
| Closing Low | /ɑi/ | /ɑu/ | ||||||||
Allophony
The velar nasal is long if intervocalic, and short otherwise.
The short unvoiced plosives are voiced if intervocalic.
The liquid is a rhotic at the beginning of a word and before /w/, but [l] in other positions.
Phonological constraints
The syllable structure of Proto-Kunnurūjungo is (O)V(C) where C is any short consonant and V is any single vowel or diphthong. /j/ and /w/ do not count as consonants, but as a part of a diphthong.
The geminated or long consonant can only appear intervocalically, and count as being in two syllables at once. The onset of such a consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel preceding it, while the release of the consonant belong to the same syllable as the vowel following it.
Romanization
A a, B b, Ch ch, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, Kk kk, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Ng ng, Nn nn, O o, Ō ō, Ö ö, P p, Ph ph, Pp pp, R r, S s, Sh sh, Ss ss, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tt tt, U u, Ū ū, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
| Letter | Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|
| A a | ɑ | |
| B b | b | |
| Ch ch | tʃ | |
| D d | d | |
| E e | e | |
| F f | f | |
| G g | ɡ | |
| H h | h | |
| I i | i | |
| J j | dʒ | |
| K k | k | |
| Kh kh | kʰ | |
| Kk kk | kː | |
| L l | l | |
| Ll ll | lː | |
| M m | m | |
| N n | n | |
| Ng ng | ŋ | |
| Nn nn | nː | |
| O o | o | |
| Ō ō | oː | |
| Ö ö | ø | |
| P p | p | |
| Ph ph | pʰ | |
| Pp pp | pː | |
| R r | *r | |
| S s | s | |
| Sh sh | ʃ | |
| Ss ss | sː | |
| T t | t | |
| Th th | tʰ | |
| Ts ts | ts | |
| Tt tt | tː | |
| U u | u | |
| Ū ū | uː | |
| Ü ü | y | |
| W w | w | |
| Y y | j | |
| Z z | z | |
| Zh zh | ʒ |
The voiced plosives and the lateral are represented in the romanization, even though they are not phonemic.
