Teru Language
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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 | ||||||
Plosive | ||||||
Fricative | ||||||
Approximant |
Vowels | Front | Back |
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Close | ||
Close-mid | ||
Near-open |
Orthography
Teru is written in two scripts: a script related to the Adzo-Neviric script and the native Teru script. It 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 XXX points and is as follows:
A noun with a higher animacy comes earlier in the sentence.
Numbers
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.