Bemé: Difference between revisions

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! Bemé orthography !! IPA !! Examples !! English approximation

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| y, ey || ei̯ || sk'''y''' || m'''ay'''

| ey || ei̯ || sk'''ey''' || m'''ay'''

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| oi || oi̯ || w'''oi'''w'''oi''' || j'''oy'''

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| colspan=2 | [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]]

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There are only three possible diphthongs in Bemé: /ei̯ oi̯ ou̯/, written ⟨y, oi, ow⟩ respectively. However, although these diphthongs may roughly match with similar English diphthongs /eɪ̯ oɪ̯ oʊ̯/, these diphthongs rarely match; diphthongs in general are rare in Bemé, but even with words derived from English words with diphthongs, the diphthongs are often replaced with monophthongs, e.g. ''sh'''e'''k'' [[Help:IPA|[ʃek]]], compared to English sh'''a'''ke /[[w:Help:IPA/English|ˈʃeɪ̯k]]/. In ''kriyal'' varieties diphthongs may be entirely replaced by monophthongs, so words like ''sk'''y''''' [[Help:IPA|[skei̯]]] become ''sk'''eh''''' [[Help:IPA|[skɛ]]].

There are only three possible diphthongs in Bemé: /ei̯ oi̯ ou̯/, written ⟨ey, oi, ow⟩ respectively. However, although these diphthongs may roughly match with similar English diphthongs /eɪ̯ oɪ̯ oʊ̯/, these diphthongs rarely match; diphthongs in general are rare in Bemé, but even with words derived from English words with diphthongs, the diphthongs are often replaced with monophthongs, e.g. ''sh'''e'''k'' [[Help:IPA|[ʃek]]], compared to English sh'''a'''ke /[[w:Help:IPA/English|ˈʃeɪ̯k]]/. In ''kriyal'' varieties diphthongs may be entirely replaced by monophthongs, so words like ''sk'''y''''' [[Help:IPA|[skei̯]]] become ''sk'''eh''''' [[Help:IPA|[skɛ]]].

/ɛ/ only appears in word-final open syllables; elsewhere, /ɛ/ is neutralised with /e/. However, there is a tendency of native speakers in Cassim Po to shift initial /e/ to /ɛ/, leading to alternative spellings such as '''''eh'''nga''(standard ''enga'' / ''nga'' "or") which break Bemé orthographic rules. In other dialects, /ɛ/ may be neutralised with /e/ in ''all'' positions, leading to pronunciations such as /beme/ or /bɛmɛ/ for ''bemeh'' "Bemé".

==Grammar==

Bemé does not mark ~~either~~ grammatical [[w:Grammatical number|number]], [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] or [[w:Grammatical case|case]].

Bemé does not mark grammatical [[w:Grammatical number|number]], [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] or [[w:Grammatical case|case]].

===Personal pronouns===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"

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! possessive

| ~~''wy kri'',~~ ''wey kri'' || ~~''wy'',~~ ''wey''

| ''wey kri'' || ''wey''

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! rowspan=2 | 2nd

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|cloud=kelow

|fog=greh na si ting

|sky=~~sky~~

|sky=skey

|wind=leyu

|snow=hashij

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 ! Bemé orthography !! IPA !! Examples !! English approximation
 |-
-| y, ey || ei̯ || sk'''y''' || m'''ay'''
+| ey || ei̯ || sk'''ey''' || m'''ay'''
 |-
 | oi || oi̯ || w'''oi'''w'''oi''' || j'''oy'''
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 | colspan=2 | [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
 |}
-There are only three possible diphthongs in Bemé: /ei̯ oi̯ ou̯/, written ⟨y, oi, ow⟩ respectively. However, although these diphthongs may roughly match with similar English diphthongs /eɪ̯ oɪ̯ oʊ̯/, these diphthongs rarely match; diphthongs in general are rare in Bemé, but even with words derived from English words with diphthongs, the diphthongs are often replaced with monophthongs, e.g. ''sh'''e'''k'' [[Help:IPA|[ʃek]]], compared to English sh'''a'''ke /[[w:Help:IPA/English|ˈʃeɪ̯k]]/. In ''kriyal'' varieties diphthongs may be entirely replaced by monophthongs, so words like ''sk'''y''''' [[Help:IPA|[skei̯]]] become ''sk'''eh''''' [[Help:IPA|[skɛ]]].
+There are only three possible diphthongs in Bemé: /ei̯ oi̯ ou̯/, written ⟨ey, oi, ow⟩ respectively. However, although these diphthongs may roughly match with similar English diphthongs /eɪ̯ oɪ̯ oʊ̯/, these diphthongs rarely match; diphthongs in general are rare in Bemé, but even with words derived from English words with diphthongs, the diphthongs are often replaced with monophthongs, e.g. ''sh'''e'''k'' [[Help:IPA|[ʃek]]], compared to English sh'''a'''ke /[[w:Help:IPA/English|ˈʃeɪ̯k]]/. In ''kriyal'' varieties diphthongs may be entirely replaced by monophthongs, so words like ''sk'''y''''' [[Help:IPA|[skei̯]]] become ''sk'''eh''''' [[Help:IPA|[skɛ]]].
 /ɛ/ only appears in word-final open syllables; elsewhere, /ɛ/ is neutralised with /e/. However, there is a tendency of native speakers in Cassim Po to shift initial /e/ to /ɛ/, leading to alternative spellings such as '''''eh'''nga''(standard ''enga'' / ''nga'' "or") which break Bemé orthographic rules. In other dialects, /ɛ/ may be neutralised with /e/ in ''all'' positions, leading to pronunciations such as /beme/ or /bɛmɛ/ for ''bemeh'' "Bemé".
 ==Grammar==
-Bemé does not mark either grammatical [[w:Grammatical number|number]], [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] or [[w:Grammatical case|case]].
+Bemé does not mark grammatical [[w:Grammatical number|number]], [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] or [[w:Grammatical case|case]].
 ===Personal pronouns===
 {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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 |-
 ! possessive
-| ''wy kri'', ''wey kri'' || ''wy'', ''wey''
+| ''wey kri'' || ''wey''
 |-
 ! rowspan=2 | 2nd
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 |cloud=kelow
 |fog=greh na si ting
-|sky=sky
+|sky=skey
 |wind=leyu
 |snow=hashij