| Bothiban B'wâthb | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Agglutinative | ||||||||||||
| Alignment | Tripartite | ||||||||||||
| Head direction | Final-Mixed | ||||||||||||
| Tonal | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Conjugations | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Genders | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||||||||||||
| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||||||||||||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||||||||||||
| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
| Person | Number | ||||||||||||
| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
| Meta-information | |||||||||||||
| Progress | 29% | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | [[User:|]] | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects[]
B'wâthb as (/ˈɓwɒθb/) is a G'hbwa-id language
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
B'wâthb consonants are:
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Epiglottal | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p / b | t / d | tlh (c) | k | g (ɢ) | |||||||
| Fricative | f | th (θ) | s / z | c (ʃ) / j (ʒ) | j (ç) | h | ||||||
| Affricate |
tc (tʃ) / ɋ (dʒ) |
tlhj (cç) | ||||||||||
| Approximant | w | lh (j) | l (ɰ) | |||||||||
| Trill | hh (ʢ) | |||||||||||
| Flap or tap | r (ɽ) | |||||||||||
| Lateral app. | ł (ʎ) | |||||||||||
| Implosive | b' (ɓ) | d' (ɗ) | g' (ʛ) |
Vowels[]
B'wâthb vowels are:
| Front | Near-front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | î (ɨ) | u | |
| High-mid | e | û (ɤ) | ||
| Low-mid | er (ɛ) | o (ɔ) | ||
| Low | â (ɒ) |
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Tonemes[]
| LOW | MID | HIGH | E-HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|
| ˨ | |||
| ˨ ˩ | |||
| ˩ | |||
| ˩ ˧ ˨ | |||
| ˧ ˩ | |||
Writing System[]
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Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Verbs[]
Syntax[]
Equality:
Adjectives of equality some English-like words have occurs to going (equal) within the phrase (g'łab).