Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages: Difference between revisions

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 == Phonology ==
-p p' b t t' d k k' g m n ŋ l r w y s
+=== Consonants ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+! colspan="2" |
+! | Labial
+! | Coronal
+! | Palatal
+! | Velar
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Nasal
+| '''m''' /m/
+| '''n''' /n/
+|
+| '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
+|-
+! rowspan="3" | Stop
+! | plain
+| '''p''' /p/
+| '''t''' /t/
+|
+| '''k''' /k/
+|-
+! | voiced
+| '''b''' /b/
+| '''d''' /d/
+|
+| '''g''' /g/
+|-
+! | ejective
+| '''pʼ''' /pʼ/
+| '''tʼ''' /tʼ/
+|
+| '''kʼ''' /kʼ/
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Fricative
+|
+| '''s''' /s{{ret}}/
+|
+|
+|-
+! colspan="2" | Resonant
+|
+| '''r''' /r/, '''l''' /l/
+| '''y''' /j/
+| '''w''' /w/
+|}
+=== Vowels ===
 ă a e i o u
-s is retracted
 No diphthongs; hiatus is permitted
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 Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial, but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case.
-(Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has an Estonian-like grammar is an exception.)
+(Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Finnic-like grammar is an exception.)
 === Nouns and adjectives ===
 Nouns inflect for case and number, and adjectives agree with nouns in case and number.
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 * direct: -0
 * indirect: -ăl
-* genitive: -ăŋ
+* genitive: -ăm
 ==== Possessive suffixes ====