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Archiphoneme Guide
Vowels
- /A/ -> e, a
- /I/ -> i, ü, y, u
- /V/ -> any vowel
Consonants
- /N/ -> n, t, d
- /D/ -> t, d
- /L/ -> l, n, d, t
- /J/ or /Č/ -> ž, č
- /G/ -> k, g
- /K/ -> k, g, ğ
- /B/ -> b, p, v, m
- /Z/ -> s, z
Case
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
Genitive | /-NIŋ/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -tiŋ | -tüŋ | -tyŋ | -tuŋ | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||
After l | -diŋ | -düŋ | -dyŋ | -duŋ | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
After everything else | -niŋ | -nüŋ | -nyŋ | -nuŋ | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
Dative | /-KA/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ke | -ka | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
After voiced consonants | -ge | -ga | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||||
Accusative | /-NI/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ti | -tü | -ty | -tu | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||
After l | -di | -dü | -dy | -du | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
After everything else | -ni | -nü | -ny | -nu | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
Locative | /-DA/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -te | -ta | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
After everything else | -de | -da | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||||
Ablative | /-DAn/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ten | -tan | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||
After everything else | -den | -dan | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||||||
Directive I | /-Je/ | After voiced phonemes | -zhe | A&H 2.1.1.4 | ||||||
After unvoiced phonemes | -che | A&H 2.1.1.4 | ||||||||
Directive II | /-DIvA/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, <š</, k, č | -tive | -tüve | -tyva | -tuva | A&H 2.1.1.4 | |||
After everything else | -dive | -düve | -dyva | -duva | A&H 2.1.1.4 |
Nouns
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
Plural | /-LAr/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -ler | -lar | A&H 2.1.1.1 | |||||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -ner | -nar | A&H 2.1.1.1 | |||||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ter | -tar | A&H 2.1.1.1 | |||||||
After l | -der | -dar | A&H 2.1.1.1 | |||||||
First Person Singular Possessive | /-(I)m/ | After consonants | -im | -üm | -ym | -um | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||
After vowels | -m | A&H 2.1.1.5 | ||||||||
Second Person Singular Possessive | /-(I)ŋ/ | After consonants | -iŋ | -üŋ | -yŋ | -uŋ | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||
After vowels | -ŋ | A&H 2.1.1.5 | ||||||||
Third Person Singular Possessive | /-(z)I/ | After consonants | -i | -ü | -y | -u | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||
After vowels | -zi | -zü | -zy | -zu | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||||
First Person Plural Possesive | /-IvIs/ | -ivis | -üvüs | -yvys | -uvus | A&H 2.1.1.5 | ||||
Second Person Plural Possesive | /-IŋAr/ | -ŋer | -ŋar | Krueger | ||||||
-eŋer | -üŋer | -yŋar | -uŋar | A&H 2.1.1.5 | ||||||
Third Person Plural Possessive | /-(z)I/ | After consonants | -i | -ü | -y | -u | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||
After vowels | -zi | -zü | -zy | -zu | A&H 2.1.1.5 | |||||
Ordinal Numbers (infrequent) | /-GI/ | -ki | -kü | -ky | -ku | A&H 2.1.3 | ||||
-gi | -gü | -gy | -gu | A&H 2.1.3 | ||||||
Collective Numbers | /-AlAA(n)/ | -eleen | -alaan | A&H 2.1.3 | ||||||
-elee | -alaa | Krueger | ||||||||
Archaic Collective Number | /-AldIrzI/ | -eldirzi | -eldürzü | -aldyrzy | -aldurzu | A&H 2.1.3 |
Adjectives
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
Denoting Posession of the Noun or its Qualities | /-LIg/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -lig | -lüg | -lyg | -lug | A&H 2.1.4 | |||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -nig | -nüg | -nyg | -nug | A&H 2.1.4 | |||||
After l | -dig | -düg | -dyg | -dug | A&H 2.1.4 | |||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -tig | -tüg | -tyg | -tug | A&H 2.1.4 | |||||
/-KI/ | -ki | -kü | -ky | -ku | A&H 2.1.4 | |||||
-gi | -gü | -gy | -gu | A&H 2.1.4 | ||||||
Augmentative | /-zImAAr/ | -zimeer | -zümeer | -zymaar | -zumaar | A&H 2.1.4 | ||||
Augmentative | /-Il(dIr)/ | A&H 2.1.4 | ||||||||
Intensity Augmentative | /-(Iŋ)kIr/ | -kir | -kür | -kyr | -kur | A&H 2.1.4 | ||||
-iŋkir | -üŋkür | -yŋkyr | -uŋkur | A&H 2.1.4 |
Nominal Categorizers
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
/-Ig/ | -ig | -üg | -yg | -ug | ||||||
/-čI/ | -chi | -chü | -chy | -chu | ||||||
/-KčI/ | -kchi | -kchü | -kchy | -kchu | ||||||
-gchi | -gchü | -gchy | -gchu | |||||||
/-(I)IškIn/ | -ishkin | -üshkün | -yshkyn | -ushkun | Krueger | |||||
-iishkin | -üüshkün | -yyshkyn | -uushkun | A&H | ||||||
/-KI(I)š/ | -kish, -kiish | -küsh, -küüsh | -kysh, -kyysh | -kush, -kuush | ||||||
-gish, -giish | -güsh, -güüsh | -gysh, -gyysh | -gush, -guush | |||||||
/-(I)m/ | -im | -üm | -ym | -um | -m | |||||
/-čIn/ | -chim | -chüm | -chym | -chum | ||||||
/-lgA/ | -lge | -lga | ||||||||
/-mAl/ | -mel | -mal | ||||||||
-imel | -ümel | -ymal | -umal | Krueger /-ImAl/ | ||||||
/-ldA/ | Krueger /-IldA/ | -ilde | -ülde | -ylda | -ulda | Krueger /-IldA/ | ||||
........ | -lde | -lda | ||||||||
-l | ||||||||||
/-čIgAš/ | -chigesh | -chügesh | -chygash | -chugash | ||||||
/-čAk/ | -chek | -chak | ||||||||
/-čIk/ | -chik | -chük | -chyk | -chuk | ||||||
/-Ak/ | -ek | -ak | ||||||||
/-BAy/ | ........... | -bej | -baj | |||||||
........ | -mej | -maj | ||||||||
........ | -pej | -paj | ||||||||
......... | -vej | -vaj |
Verbs
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
First Person Singular | /-(I)m/ | -im | -üm | -ym | -um | -m | ||||
Second Person Singular | /-(I)ŋ/ | -iŋ | -üŋ | -yŋ | -uŋ | -ŋ | ||||
First Person Plural | /-(I)vIs/ | ....... | -ivis | -üvüs | -yvys | -uvus | ||||
.......... | -vis | -vüs | -vys | -vus | ||||||
Second Person Plural | /-(I)ŋAr/ | ....... | -ŋer | -ŋar | ||||||
......... | -iŋer | -üŋer | -yŋar | -uŋar | ||||||
Third Person Plural | /(-LAr)/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -ler | -lar | ||||||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -ner | -nar | ||||||||
After l | -der | -dar | ||||||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ter | -tar | ||||||||
Definite Past | /-GAn/ | ............ | -ken | -kan | ||||||
After voiced consonants | -gen | -gan | ||||||||
Indefinite Past | /-DI/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -ti | -tü | -ty | -tu | ||||
After everything else | -di | -dü | -dy | -du | ||||||
Present-Future | /-Vr/ | After vowels | -r | |||||||
/-Ir/ | -ir | -ür | -yr | -ur | ||||||
/-Ar/ | -er | -ar | ||||||||
Converb | /-Ip/ | -ip | -üp | -yp | -up | &nsbp; | ||||
Iterative Aspect | /-KIlA/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -kile | -küle | -kyla | -kula | ||||
After voiced consonant stems | -gile | -güle | -gyla | -gula | ||||||
Perfective Aspect | /-IvIt/ | -ivit | -üvüt | -yvyt | -uvut | |||||
Resultative (past rhetorical) Aspect | /-ČIk/ | After nasals, l, and unvoiced consonants | -chik | -chük | -chyk | -chuk | ||||
After sonants r, g, j | -zhik | -zhük | -zhyk | -zhuk | ||||||
Unaccomplished Aspect | /-GAlAk/ | After voiced consonant stems | -gelek | -galak | A&H | |||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -kelek | -kalak | A&H | |||||||
After vowels? | -eelek | -aalak | Krueger | |||||||
Cessative Aspect | /-BAstA-/ | ........... | -beste | -basta | ||||||
......... | -meste | -masta | ||||||||
........ | -peste | -pasta | ||||||||
........... | -veste | -vasta | ||||||||
Conditional Mood | /-ZA/ | .......... | -se | -sa | ||||||
......... | -ze | -za | ||||||||
Concessive Mood | -daa | |||||||||
Conciliatory (Voluntative) Mood | /-GAy/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -kej | -kaj | ||||||
After voiced consonants | -gej | -gaj | ||||||||
Desiderative Mood | /-ksA/ | -kse | -ksa | |||||||
Evidential Mood | /-DIr/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -tir | -tür | -tyr | -tur | ||||
After everything else | -dir | -dür | -dyr | -dur | ||||||
Negation | /-BA/ | -pe | -pa | |||||||
-be | -ba | |||||||||
-ve | -va | |||||||||
-me | -ma | |||||||||
Present-Future Negation | /-BAs/ | -bes | -bas | |||||||
-mes | -mas | |||||||||
-pes | -pas | |||||||||
-ves | -vas | |||||||||
Negative Converb | /-BAyn/ | -pejn | -pajn | |||||||
-mejn | -majn | |||||||||
-bejn | -bajn | |||||||||
-vejn | -vajn |
Verbal Categorizers
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
/-LA/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -le | -la | |||||||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -ne | -na | ||||||||
After l | -de | -da | ||||||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -te | -ta | ||||||||
/-A/ | -e | -a | ||||||||
/-IrgA/ | -irge | -ürge | -yrga | -urga | ||||||
/-ZIrA/ | -sire | -süre | -syra | -sura | ||||||
-zire | -züre | -zyra | -zura | |||||||
/-Ar/ | -er | -ar | ||||||||
/-rA/ | -re | -ra | ||||||||
/-Gar/ | -kar | |||||||||
-gar | ||||||||||
/-sI/ | -si | -sü | -sy | su | ||||||
/-šI/ | -shi | -shü | -shy | -shu | ||||||
/-čI/ | -chi | -chü | -chy | -chu | ||||||
/-ksA/ | -kse | -ksa | ||||||||
-t | ||||||||||
/-DIrt/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -tirt | -türt | -tyrt | -turt | |||||
After everything else | -dirt | -dürt | -dyrt | -durt | ||||||
/-GIs/ | -kis | -küs | -kys | -kus | ||||||
-gis | -güs | -gys | -gus | |||||||
Reciprocal Action | /-Iš/ | -ish | -üsh | -ysh | -ush |
Verbal Modifiers
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
Converb | /-(I)p/ | -ip | -üp | -yp | -up | -p | ||||
/-A/ | -e | -a | ||||||||
/-y/ | -y | |||||||||
Past Converb | /-GAš/ | -kesh | -kash | |||||||
-gesh | -gash | |||||||||
"Since" Converb | /-GAlA/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -kele | -kala | ||||||
After voiced consonants | -gele | -gala | ||||||||
Durative Converb | /-BIšaan/ | -pishaan | -püshaan | -pyshaan | -pushaan | |||||
-bishaan | -büshaan | -byshaan | -bushaan | |||||||
-vishaan | -vüshaan | -vyshaan | -vushaan | |||||||
-mishaan | -müshaan | -myshaan | -mushaan |
Clitics, Particles, etc.
Name | Archiphoneme | Environment | Vowel Harmony | No Vowel Harmony | Reference | |||||
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Front | Back | |||||||||
No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | No Round Harmony | Round Harmony | |||||||
Unround | Round | Unround | Round | |||||||
Emphatic Marker | /+LA/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -le | -la | ||||||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -ne | -na | ||||||||
After l | -de | -da | ||||||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -te | -ta | ||||||||
Equative Marker | /-LA/ | After a vowel or r, g, j | -le | -la | ||||||
After nasals n, m, ŋ | -ne | -na | ||||||||
After l | -de | -da | ||||||||
After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -te | -ta | ||||||||
Emphatic Focus Marker | =daa | |||||||||
Instrumentive Marker | =bile | |||||||||
Interrogative & Deictic Particle | /-(I)l/ | -il | -ül | -yl | -ul | -l | ||||
Assertive or Evidential or Copula | /-DIr/ | After voiceless consonants t, p, s, š, k, č | -tir | -tür | -tyr | -tur | ||||
After everything else | -dir | -dür | -dyr | -dur | ||||||
Interrogative Particle | be |