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.
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| words | 1 |
| translations | 5 |
phonology
Consonant inventory
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | ||
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| Plain | Labialised | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |
| Plosive | p, b | t, d | k, g | kʷ, gʷ |
| Affricate | t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s, ʃ | x | |
| Liquid | r, l, ɬ | |||
Tone inventory
| Numerical notation | IPA notation | Ortho | ||
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| Short | Low | 1 | ˩ | a |
| High | 4 | ˦ | á | |
| Long | Low | 11 | ˩ | aa |
| High | 44 | ˦ | áa | |
| Light rising | 23 | ˨˧ | aá | |
| Light falling | 31 | ˧˩ | àa | |
| Heavy rising | 35 | ˧˥ | áá | |
| Heavy falling | 52 | ˥˨ | àà | |
| Glottalised rising | 35ˀ | ˧˥ˀ | aʼá | |
| Glottalised falling | 52ˀ | ˥˨ˀ | àʼa | |
| Convex | 253 | ˨˥˧ | áà | |
| Concave | 314 | ˧˩˦ | àá | |
words
in family
translations
- Tomorrow Ngaáro hléébí óró hcoo.
- Samatvam — Equanimity Hkodv́raábí ngùu hceʼénv́ngv́gí hngál rv̀v̀; Kòokv́bí dáshín nv́nvgí kòokv́ numailv rv̀v̀. Kòokv́bí dáshín nv́nvdeé hceʼénv́ngv́doó jíihruú ngùu; Kòokv́bí
- I speak my own language! Díro don hàanììkììn.
- Perhaps Bv́shí bè'esu ngosu gwar ciíjí rv̀v̀—moóbí foró!
- This is the first day Beʼébí, beʼé pvv nóó uun; jíìbí beéjígí sùunduushin dv̀v̀, tv́ngiílvbí càaraá!
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