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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
* Syllable Structure: (C)V(C) | * Syllable Structure: (C)V(C), probably CV(C) | ||
* voiced plosives, affricates, fricates other than /s/, glides and /ʋ/ don't end a syllable. | * voiced plosives, affricates, fricates other than /s/, glides and /ʋ/ don't end a syllable. | ||
* /ɨ/ is the weak vowel and is often dropped in fast speech. | * /ɨ/ is the weak vowel and is often dropped in fast speech. | ||
* The glottal stop /ʔ/ becomes [h] between vowels. | |||
* Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable, and falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the vowel of the penultimate syllable is /ɨ/. | * Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable, and falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the vowel of the penultimate syllable is /ɨ/. | ||
* Words starting with vowels might actually start with a glottal stop /ʔ/. | |||
===Transcription=== | ===Transcription=== | ||
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*Y - /j/ | *Y - /j/ | ||
*Z - /ʦ/ | *Z - /ʦ/ | ||
*' - /ʔ/ | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== |
Revision as of 16:23, 13 July 2017
Seto language | |
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Seto Ka'Palo | |
Region | Baredina |
Native speakers | 0(extinct) (no date) |
Language family | Palawe
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CWS code | – |
The Seto Language is an extinct language once spoken in North Baredina, it was the main language of the Palavozlo Kingdom.
Despite being called Seto Ka'Palo by some, it is not certain if Seto Ka'Palo was the real name of the Seto language when it was used.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | ||||||||
Fricative | s | x | h | |||||||||
Affricate | ʦ | |||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | w | |||||||||
Trill | (r) | |||||||||||
Flap or tap | ɾ | |||||||||||
Lateral fric. | ɬ~tɬ | |||||||||||
Lateral app. | l | |||||||||||
Lateral flap |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
Near-close | |||||
Close-mid | |||||
Mid | e | o | |||
Open-mid | |||||
Near-open | |||||
Open | a |
Phonotactics
- Syllable Structure: (C)V(C), probably CV(C)
- voiced plosives, affricates, fricates other than /s/, glides and /ʋ/ don't end a syllable.
- /ɨ/ is the weak vowel and is often dropped in fast speech.
- The glottal stop /ʔ/ becomes [h] between vowels.
- Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable, and falls on the antepenultimate syllable if the vowel of the penultimate syllable is /ɨ/.
- Words starting with vowels might actually start with a glottal stop /ʔ/.
Transcription
- A - /a/
- B - /b/
- D - /d/
- E - /e/
- F - /f/
- G - /g/
- H - /x/
- I - /i/
- (Ï - /ɨ/)
- K - /k/
- L - /l/
- M - /m/
- N - /n/
- O - /o/
- P - /p/
- R - /r~ɾ/
- S - /s/
- T - /t/
- TL - /ɬ~tɬ/
- U - /u/
- V - /ʋ/
- W - /w/
- Y - /j/
- Z - /ʦ/
- ' - /ʔ/
Grammar
Morphology
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Word Order
- Basic Word Order: Subject-Verb-Object(SVO)
- Adpositions are prepositions
- Adjectives, Demonstratives, Numerals, Relative clauses, Possessors follow the noun they modify.