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dhoklang Scratchpad (NP: Algonquitut?)
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Rebooting, now with more Algonquian. Phonology:
Additionally, two phonemes /ɸ/ and /ɲ/ disappeared shortly before the advent of writing and can be reconstructed from modern dialects.
Stress is light and on the first syllable. Syllable structure is (C)V(n h t k q). When a stop geminate would occur mid-word, you instead get an ejective: micīq + qa -> micīq'a.
Nouns
are inflected for possession, number and obviation. They may be inanimate or animate. They also have locative and instrumental forms and may take a variety of adjective-like prenouns:
Plain stops/affricates: /p t ts tʃ k kʷ/ <p t c č k q>
Ejectives: /p' t' ts' tʃ' k' kʷ'/ <p' t' c' č' k' q'>
Nasals: /m n ŋ/ <m n ŋ>
Fricatives: /θ s ʃ h/ <θ s š h>
Liquids: /w ɾ l j/ <w r l y>
Additionally, two phonemes /ɸ/ and /ɲ/ disappeared shortly before the advent of writing and can be reconstructed from modern dialects.
Vowels: /i e a o i: e: a: o:/ <i e a o ī ē ā ō>
Stress is light and on the first syllable. Syllable structure is (C)V(n h t k q). When a stop geminate would occur mid-word, you instead get an ejective: micīq + qa -> micīq'a.
Nouns
are inflected for possession, number and obviation. They may be inanimate or animate. They also have locative and instrumental forms and may take a variety of adjective-like prenouns:
micīq an "land"
micīq'a (obviation with -qa) "land"
ahko-micīq (adjectivization with ahko-) "holy land'
mi-micīq (reduplicated plural) 'lands'
micīq-ek (locative) 'in the land'
micīq-ayak (instrumental) 'by means of the land'
θi-micīq 'my land'
θi-micīq-ta 'our land'
ahko-θi-mi-micīq-ta-qa 'our holy lands (obviated)'
micī-ni-q ' little land' (diminutive'
micī-yama-q 'the large land' (augmentative)
nōh-micīq 'three lands'