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This lesson explains pronunciation in Ijasamo.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 13 Jan 2023, 21:28.
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1. Pronunciation
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Here's how pronunciation works in this language:
Firstly, the way a word is mostly written is how it's pronounced in the IPA, with leeway for allophones. However, when a word starts with a vowel, it's pronounced with a glottal stop before it.
ina u amasi.
[ˈʔina ˌʔu ˌʔaˈmasi]
1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate woman
I am a woman.
Secondly, 'short' particles, such as u and ni, always have secondary stress. However, 'long' particles, such as banli or ugada always have penultimate stress, meaning that the stress is on the second-to-last syllable.
banli, ami idabu u ni suna?
[ˈbanli, ˈʔami ˌʔiˈdabu ˌu ˈsuna]
YNYes-no question (mood)
interrogative requiring yes or no answer, 2Second person (person)
addressee (you) REFLReflexive (valency)
argument acts on itself COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate NEGNegative (polarity)
not see
Did you not see yourself?
Thirdly, nouns/verbs/adjectives usually have penultimate stress, but can change depending on syllable weight, e.g. nujan (to drink) is pronounced [nuˈjan].
This concludes the first lesson for Ijasamo.
See you at the next lesson!
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