language
ol
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m n
t k
b d j g
b' d'
f s
r y
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i u
e øo
ɛę ɔǫ
aą
́ ̀ (that is, high and low tone (as well as unmarked, phonetically either mid or low))
<j b' d' y ø V̨> are /ɟ~d͡ʒ ɓ ɗ j ɵ Ṽ/ (well, midlow not midhigh for the mid nasals) everything else according to ipa
syllable structure is (C)V(sonorants | various mutators that if linearizable might be analyzed as segmental phonemes in some situations, primarily geminators) let's just say (C)V(S)
example sentences
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tɛbˀù utárę̀
tɛbˀù ut-́árę
*tebbu I-burn
note: infelicitous because practically impossible.
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fø̀sa ɔ́màrę
fø̀sa ɔ́m-árę
feusa III-burn
the feusa burns
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fø̀sa tárę
fø̀sa t-árę
squash XII-burn
the squash burns
tebbu: it means a large stone that is erected in the center of religiously-recognized settlements which is inscribed with major town events, from bottom to top. average stones are about 20dm high. larger ones can even reach up to 60dm!
feusa: a type of squat candle
classes I, III, and XII: long+rigid, short, edible plants respectively. verbs take agreement for the class of their most salient argument (modifiers to nouns take the same affixes, probably).
preliminary tonal shit: if there is a floating tone which the tbu it wishes to apply to already is toned, then this second tone migrates right. if there is more interference here move right more. after this is applied the set of rules
HH>HL LL>LH applies.