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Revision as of 07:24, 1 February 2017

Fádallan
Páadtal
Pronunciation[fɐ̀:tɐl]
Ethnicitynative Fádallan and those of Fádallan descent in other countries
Native speakers~10,000  (2013 census)
Language family
Theweric
  • Proto-Theweric
    • Proto-Dhweran
      • Ancient Dhwer
        • Fádallan
Early forms:
Old Fádallan
  • Fádallan
Writing systemFádallan script, a derivative of the Dulic script
Official status
Official language inFádalh
CWS codeFDL

Background

Phonology

Consonants

Fádallan phonology has 11 consonant phonemes.

Consonant phonemes
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ
Stop t k
Fricative f s x
Approximant j w
Lateral l

Vowels

The Fádallan vowel inventory is fairly large, consisting of 20 vowel phonemes.

Vowel phonemes of Japanese
Front Central Back
Close i ʉ
Mid e o
Open ɐ

All vowels have phonemic length (long vs. short) and tone (low vs. mid) contrasts, resulting in 4 forms for each basic vowel phoneme, e.g. /ʉ ʉ: ʉ̀ ʉ̀:/ for /ʉ/. Compare the following contrasting pairs:

ko /ko/ 'mouth, chin,' vs. kooa /ko:/ 'wet, submerged'
ódc /o/ 'arm' vs. odc /ò/ 'father'
kaca /kɐ/ 'first, primary' vs. kaadc /kɐ̀:/ 'I' (1SG.NOM)

Phonotactics

Orthography

Grammar

Morphology

Syntax