User:H. H. P. M. P. Cole/Primitive vowel systems

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H. H. P. M. P. Cole/Primitive vowel systems (native name bi5 zo1 zo2 gu4) is a language spoken in Angai.

Phonology

Initials w y g z r l th s n tw b tr qu f /w j g z r l t s n tw b tl kw f/

Vowels a e i o u /a ɛ i ɔ u/

Tones 0 (313) 1 (11) 2 (24) 3 (33) 4 (42) 5 (55) 6 (353) 7 (33 + breathy)

CVT phonotactics

Morphology

Bizozogu is VSO and analytic. The problem is that there are only 560 possible syllables, so each morpheme consists of two syllables.

Scratchpad

zo1 bi7 bi4 yo1

ru5 ru4 tri3 yo2

tri6 ru3 a1 gu3

lo4 lo3 ru2 yo1 yo2