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Teru is the main language of the Teru people in the nation of Teru, in Lahan. It has approximately XXX speakers | Teru is the main language of the Teru people in the nation of [[Teru]], in Lahan. It has approximately XXX speakers | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== |
Revision as of 15:31, 30 October 2019
Teru | |
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Theru | |
Language family | Lahiri
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CWS code | – |
Teru is the main language of the Teru people in the nation of Teru, in Lahan. It has approximately XXX speakers
Classification
History
Phonology
Phonemes
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio-velar | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | m m: | n n: | [ŋ]1 [ŋ:]2 | |||
Plosive | p p: pʰ b b: bʰ | t t: tʰ d d: dʰ | k k: kʰ g g: gʰ | Ɂ | ||
Fricative | x x: | h h: | ||||
Affricate | t͡s | |||||
Approximant | ɹ ɹ: | j j: | ʍ ʍ: w w: |
(1) Allophone of /n/ before /g(ʰ)/, /k(ʰ)/
(2) Allophone of /n/ before /g(ʰ)/, /k(ʰ)/
Vowels | Front | Back |
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Close | i i: i:: y y: | u u: |
Close-mid | e e: ø ø: | |
Near-open | æ æ: |
Diphthongs | aɪ | eɪ | øɪ |
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Orthography
Teru is written in the XXX script, but can be romanised as below
Phonotactics
Morphology and syntax
Nouns
Animacy
Nouns in Teru fit within an animacy hierarchy, which affects the way they decline and the way the fit into the sentence. This hierarchy has 13 points and is as follows:
- Religious
- Sentient creatures
- Large Animals
- Small Animals
- Modern Technology
- Liquids
- Fruit-bearing Plants
- Large Plants
- Small Plants
- Constructed Inanimates
- Inanimates
- Diseases, Insects, etc.
- Ideas and Concepts
A noun with a higher animacy comes earlier in the sentence.
Numbers
decline to three numbers: singular, paucal and plural.
Vocabulary
The Teru vocabulary is mostly derived from Proto-Lahiri and its daughters, with loans also from the other Insular Lahiri languages, Jutean and various other languages.