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Regal Dòn Proper

A language spoken by Hashka, hyena people. Big tone inventory, serial verb construction, more words for smells than colours, any noun or adjective may be inflected as a verb.

phonology

Consonant inventory

BilabialAlveolarVelar
PlainLabialised
Nasalmnŋ
Plosivep, bt, dk, gkʷ, gʷ
Affricatet͡ʃ, d͡ʒ
Fricativeɸs, ʃx
Liquidr, l, ɬ

    Vowel inventory

    FrontCentralBack
    Closei, i:ɯᵝ, ɯ:
    Mide, e:ə, ə:ɤᵝ, ɤ:
    Opena, a:

      Tone inventory

      Numerical notationIPA notationOrtho
      ShortLow1˩a
      High4˦á
      LongLow11˩aa
      High44˦áa
      Light rising23˨˧
      Light falling31˧˩àa
      Heavy rising35˧˥áá
      Heavy falling52˥˨àà
      Glottalised rising35ˀ˧˥ˀaʼá
      Glottalised falling52ˀ˥˨ˀàʼa
      Convex253˨˥˧áà
      Concave314˧˩˦àá

        words

        in family

        translations