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== Anthropology == | == Anthropology == | ||
{{Main|Folksprak/Anthropology}} | {{Main|Folksprak/Anthropology}} | ||
The language can easily be understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 110 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English which is nearly-Germanic) without much teaching. For example, a native speaker of German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language, can understand a sentence like {{Rune|ᛁᛣᛣ ᚻᚪᚹ ᛋᛣᚱᛁᚹᛏ ᛖᚾ ᛞᛖ ᛒᚢᛣ}}/Ik hav skrivt en de buk with little or no thought. | The language can easily be understood by any speaker of a Germanic language (a group numbering over 110 million native speakers with an additional 300 to 900 million speaking English which is nearly-Germanic) without much teaching. For example, a native speaker of German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish or some other Germanic language, can understand a sentence like {{Rune|ᛁᛣᛣ ᚻᚪᚹ ᛋᛣᚱᛁᚹᛏ ᛖᚾ ᛞᛖ ᛒᚢᛣ}}/'''Ik hav skrivt en de buk''' with little or no thought. | ||
Design goals include | Design goals include | ||
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! Unvoiced Stop | ! Unvoiced Stop | ||
| /p/ || /t/ || | | /p/ || /t/ || || /k/ || | ||
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! Voiced Fricative | ! Voiced Fricative | ||
| /v/ || */z/ || || || | | /v/ || */z/ || */θ~ð/ || || | ||
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! Unvoiced Fricative | ! Unvoiced Fricative | ||
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! Approximant | ! Approximant | ||
| || <tt>/r/</tt>|| /j/ | | || <tt>/r/</tt>|| /j/ || || | ||
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! Lateral | ! Lateral | ||
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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
There are twelve vowels, six short and six long. All vowels raise when they lengthen, except'''a''', which moves further back. A vowel is long when it is: | There are twelve vowels, six short and six long. All vowels raise when they lengthen, except '''a''', which moves further back. A vowel is long when it is: | ||
# stressed '''''and''''' | # stressed '''''and''''' | ||
# followed by no more than a single consonant | # followed by no more than a single consonant | ||
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! Low | ! Low | ||
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| <tt>/ | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| <tt>/ä/ /aː/</tt> {{Rune|ᚪ}} | ||
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see also [[Folksprak/Swadesh]] | see also [[Folksprak/Swadesh]] | ||
{{Aquatiki}} | |||
[[Category:Folksprak]] | [[Category:Folksprak]] | ||
[[Category:Universal Languages]] | [[Category:Universal Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||