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| | The '''Keric languages''' are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles. |
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| ==Phonology== | | == Family tree == |
| Old Irish + Modern Irish gib with séimhiú dot = aspiration
| | * Keric |
| ===Consonants===
| | ** Ker/Qua |
| *'''b c d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t''' /b k d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t/ | | ** Danishmandi |
| *"Lenition": '''ḃ ċ ḋ ḟ ġ ṁ ṗ ṡ ṫ''' /bʰ kʰ dʰ fʰ gʰ mʰ pʰ sʰ tʰ/ | | ** Bri |
| *"Eclipsis": '''ᵐb ᵑc ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt''' /ᵐb ᵑk ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt/ | | ** Gloob |
| *Geminates: '''cc ll nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt''' /kː lː nː ŋː pː rː sː tː/ | |
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| ===Vowels=== | | == Phonology == |
| *'''a e i o u''' /a e i o u/
| | === Preinitial === |
| *'''á é í ó ú''' /aː eː iː oː uː/
| | Cə-, N- preinitials |
| *'''ai ei io oi ui'''
| | === Initials === |
| *'''ae ao ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú ói oí ua úi uí'''
| | p t ts c k ʔ |
| | b d dz ɟ g |
| | pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ |
| | m n ɲ |
| | ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ |
| | ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ |
| | w j |
| | ˀw ˀj |
| | ʰw ʰj |
| | θ s ɕ h |
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| All five short vowels '''a e i o u''' could occur in a word-final unstressed syllable.
| | === Medials === |
| | j? l r |
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| ==Morphology== | | === Nuclei === |
| :''Main article: [[Old Tíogall|Morphology]]''
| | i ə u e a o |
| Much of the morphology of [[Thensarian]] survives in Old Tíogall; on top of that, the Old Tíogall absolute-conjunct alternations add another layer of complexity to the morphology.
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| ==Syntax== | | Nuclei could be either modal or creaky |
| [[Category:Old Tigal]][[Category:Tigal]][[Category:Talmic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]]
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| | === Finals === |
| | p t k m n ŋ w j r ð |
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| | === Postfinals === |
| | -ʔ -s |