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-''...'' ("The Bushlark", 1958), a free-verse piece by the Rttirrian poet ... ..., who is credited with helping Rttirrian literature and poetry branch out from its long tradition of cynicism and darkness.
-::{|
-||'''English'''|| ||'''Rttirri''' || '''Gloss'''
+==Phonology==
+===Consonants===
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
 |-
-||As I strode through the forest,|| ||1SG.ABS-PST-walk-and-find-ANTIPASS-DRPAC forest-LOC
+!rowspan="2"|
+!colspan="2"|Labial
+!colspan="2"|Alveolar
+!colspan="2"|Palatal
+!rowspan="2"|Retroflex
+!colspan="2"|Velar
+!rowspan="2"|Uvular
 |-
-||I found a bushlark sitting on the ground.|| ||bushlark-DAT that 3SG.ABS-sit-DRPAC ground-LOC
+!Plain
+!Lab.
+!Plain
+!Lab.
+!Plain
+!Lab.
+!Plain
+!Lab.
 |-
-||She cooed to greet me|| ||3SG.ABS-PST-coo-DRPAC greet-GER-for 1SG.DAT
+! Plosive
+| '''pʼ''' /pˤ/<br>'''p''' /p/<br>'''b''' /b/
+| '''pwʼ''' /pʷˤ/<br>'''pw''' /pʷ/<br>'''bw''' /bʷ/
+| '''tt''' /tʼ/<br>'''tʼ''' /tˤ/<br>'''t''' /t/<br>'''d''' /d/
+| '''ttw''' /tʷʼ/<br>'''twʼ''' /tʷˤ/<br>'''tw''' /tʷ/<br>'''dw''' /dʷ/
+|
+|
+|
+| '''kk''' /kʼ/<br>'''g''' /g/
+| '''kkw''' /kʷʼ/<br>'''gw''' /gʷ/
+|
 |-
-||and lifted a limp wing to wave.|| ||and 3SG.CAUS-3SG.ABS-wave-wing
+! Fricative
+| '''f''' /f/<br>'''v''' /v/<br>'''vʼ''' /vˤ/
+|
+| '''s''' /s/<br>'''z''' /z/
+|
+| '''sh''' /ʃ/<br>'''zh''' /ʒ/<br>'''zhʼ''' /ʒˤ/
+|
+|
+| '''kh''' /x/<br>'''gh''' /ɣ/
+|
+|
 |-
-||"So morose is the cry of the birds of this area,"|| ||3SG.ABS-sad-GER-cry-GER word bird-PL-GEN here
+! Affricate
+|
+|
+| '''tts''' /t͡sʼ/<br>'''ts''' /t͡s/<br>'''dz''' /d͡z/
+| '''ttsw''' /t͡sʷʼ/<br>'''tsw''' /t͡sʷ/<br>'''dzw''' /d͡zʷ/
+| '''cch''' /t͡ʃʼ/<br>'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/<br>'''jʼ''' /d͡ʒ/<br>'''j''' /d͡ʒˤ/
+| '''cchw''' /t͡ʃʷʼ/<br>'''chw''' /t͡ʃʷ/<br>'''jwʼ''' /d͡ʒʷ/<br>'''jw''' /d͡ʒʷˤ/
+|
+|
+|
+|
 |-
-||I remarked to myself.|| ||1SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-remark-dummy-DRPAC
+! Lateral
+|
+|
+| '''l''' /l/<br>'''hl''' /ɬ/<br>'''lj''' /ɮ/<br>'''ljʼ''' /ɮˤ/
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
 |-
-||"Nay," she said! "I am happy.|| ||no 1SG.ABS-happy-GER-DRPAC 3SG.ERG-PST-say-dummy-DRPAC
+! Rhotic
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| '''r''' /ʐ/
+|
+|
+| '''rr''' /ʀ/
 |-
-||"My stomach cries for berries,|| ||3SG.ABS-HAB-cry-stomach-DRPAC berry-PL-for
+! Nasal
-|-
+| '''m''' /m/
-||"but I can answer it with beetles.|| ||but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC beetle-PL-INS
+| '''mw''' /mʷ/
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| '''ng''' /ŋ/<br>'''ngʼ''' /ŋˤ/
+| '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/<br>'''ngwʼ''' /ŋʷˤ/
+|
+|}
+===Vowels===
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;"
 |-
-||"My lungs cry for exercise of the wings,|| ||3PL.ABS-HAB-cry-lung-DRPAC exercise-for wing-PL-INS
+! |
+! Front
+! Central
+! Near-back
+! Back
 |-
-||"but I can answer them with a jog.|| ||but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC jog-GER-INS
+! High
+| '''i''' /i/<br>'''ui''' /y/
+| '''ie''' /ɨ/
+|
+|
 |-
-||"My heart cries for a man or a friend|| ||3PL.ABS-HAB-cry-heart-DRPAC man-for or friend-for
+! Near-high
+|
+|
+| '''u''' /ʊ/
+|
 |-
-||"of my own kind,|| ||1SG.POSS-species-GEN
+! High-mid
+| '''e''' /e/
+|
+|
+| '''o''' /o/
 |-
-||"anything for some pleasant conversation,|| ||or talk-GER-for pleasant any
+! Low-mid
+| '''oe''' /œ/
+|
+|
+|
 |-
-||"but I can answer it with you."|| ||but 1SG.ABS-HAB-respond-DRPAC 2SG-INS
+! Low
+|
+|
+|
+| '''a''' /ɑ/<br>'''ao''' /ɒ/
 |}
+===Phonotactics===
+Stress falls on the first syllable.
+Syllable structure is maximally CVN. There may only be one pharyngealized, ejective, or labialized consonant per root, although more may be added to a single word through compounding and affixation.
+==Grammar==
+===Nouns===
+===Syntax===
+==See also==
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