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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
Millennish is written with the Latin script. | |||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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|+ Consonants | |||
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! !! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]] !! [[w:Glottal consonant|Glottal]] | |||
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! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Voiceless palatal stop|c]] || [[w:Voiced palatal stop|ɟ]] || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| [[w:Voiceless labiodental fricative|f]] || [[w:Voiced labiodental fricative|v]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]] || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]] [[w:Voiceless alveopalatal fricative|ɕ]] || [[w:Voiced postalveolar fricative|ʒ]] [[w:Voiced alveopalatal fricative|ʑ]] || [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]] || || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] | |||
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! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] [[w:Voiced palatal lateral approximant|ʎ]] | |||
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! [[w:Trill|Trill]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]] | |||
|} | |||
*/x/ is in free variation with [χ]. | |||
*/r/ is in free variation with [ʁ]. | |||
*/h/ is realized as [ɦ] intervocalically. | |||
*/l/ is realized as [ɫ] in coda. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Unrounded vowel|unrounded]] !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Rounded vowel|rounded]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] || [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || [[w:Open-mid front rounded vowel|œ]] || [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]] || || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑː]] | |||
|} | |||
*Unstressed /i,y,u,{e,a},o/ are realized as [ɪ,ʏ,ʊ,ə,ɔ]. | |||
**[ə]-sonorant and [ə]-voiced fricative sequences are realized as syllabic consonants. | |||
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|+ Diphthongs | |||
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| iə ɪə || uə | |||
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| eə || oə | |||
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| ɛi || œy | |||
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| ai ɑːi || au ɑːu | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Stress is variable but predominantly initial. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Millennish maximal syllables are CCCVCCC. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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===Noun and verb phrases=== | ===Noun and verb phrases=== | ||
Possessors, numerals, and adjectives precede their head. Genitives and adverbs follow their head. | |||
===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
Dependent clauses directly follow their head. | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1=== | ===Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1=== | ||
'''All fulk fśa enn eliek in wyt enn rechten eburen. Je ešenkez miz fresteit enn weitech enn aich in broteršepes anz hannel anty. | |||
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|All fulk fśa enn eliek in wyt enn rechten eburen. | |||
|all person.PL free and alike in worth and right-PL bear.PASS | |||
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<br> | |||
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|Je ešenkez miz fresteit enn weitech enn aich in broteršepes anz hannel anty. | |||
|3PL.N endow.PASS with reason and conscience and ought in brothership-GEN spirit handle.INF other | |||
||display-messages=no|italics1=yes|italics2=no|italics3=no}} | |||
===Linguifex-hosted translations=== | ===Linguifex-hosted translations=== | ||
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==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
[https://cals.info/language/millennish/ CALS] | *[https://cals.info/language/millennish/ CALS] | ||
*[[Millennish/Swadesh]] | |||
[[Category:Millennish language]] | [[Category:Millennish language]] | ||