| Taygrejiter Tēqregit Vrē | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | |||
| Fusional | |||
| Alignment | |||
| Head direction | |||
| Tonal | |||
| No | |||
| Declensions | |||
| Yes | |||
| Conjugations | |||
| Yes | |||
| Genders | |||
| No | |||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||
| Case | Number | ||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
| Voice | Mood | ||
| Person | Number | ||
| Tense | Aspect | ||
General Information
Taygrejiter (natively Tēqregit Vrē [ˈtɛ̝ɪ̯qɾɛdʒɪt ˈvɾɛ̝ɪ̯])
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ dʒ | ||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | χ | h | |
| Approximant | ɫ (l) | j | w | |||
| Flap | ɾ |
- /n/ becomes [ŋ] before /k/ and /g/.
- /ɫ/ becomes [l] word-initially.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | (i) iː | (u) uː | |
| Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Mid | ɛ | (ə) | ɔ |
| Low | æ | ɑː |
- Diphthongs are: [ɛ̝ɪ̯], [ɔ̝ɪ̯], [ɛ̝ʊ̯], [ɔ̝ʊ̯], [ɐɪ̯], and [ɐʊ̯].
- /æ/, /ɪ/, and /ʊ/ become [ə], [i], and [u] word-finally.
Stress
Stress is unpredictable.
Orthography
- <m>, <n>,<p>, <b>, <t>, <d>, <q>, <f>, <v>, <h>, and <w>, are their IPA equivalents.
- <ç>, <x>, <l>, <y>, and <r> are /ts/, /χ/, , /ɫ/, /j/, and /ɾ/, respectively.
- <mb> and <nd> lose their final consonant word-finally.
- <c>, <g>, <s>, and <z> represent /k/, /g/, /s/, and /z/ before <a>, <he>, <hi>, <o>, or <u> and represent /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ before <ä>, <e>, <i>, <ö>, or <ü>.
- <s> and <z> represent /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ syllable-finally. Whereas <sh> and <zh> represent /s/ and /z/ syllable-finally.