Features for Thȧtareni

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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Moderately small

There are 17 consonants:

<B,b> ==== /b/

<D,d> ==== /d/

<F,f> ==== /pf/

<H,h> ==== /χ/

<J,j> ==== /ʒ/

<K,k> ==== /k/

<L,l> ==== /ɭ/

<M,m> ==== /m/

<N,n> ==== /ɲ~n/

<P,p> ==== /p/

<Pb,pb> === /p'/

<Q,q> ==== /k'/

<R,r> ==== /ʀ/

<S,s> ==== /z/

<T,t> ==== /t/

<Th,th> === /θ/

<Z,z> ==== /ʃ/

Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Large (7-14)

There are 8 vowels:

<A,a> ==== /e̞/

<Ȧ,ȧ> ==== /ä/

<E,e> ==== /ɪ/

<Ee,ee> === /ɶ/

<I,i> ==== /ɛ/

<Ii,ii> === /i/

<O,o> ==== /ɞ/

<u> ==== /ɶ/

<u> never occurs at the beginning of a word, therefore no majuscule is necessary.

Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Low

There are 17 consonants and 9 vowels

C/VQ = Consonant-Vowel Ratio

17 / 9 = 1.889

Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS No voicing constrast
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS Missing /g/
Uvular Consonants WALS Uvular continuants only
Glottalized Consonants WALS Ejectives only
Lateral Consonants WALS No /l/, but lateral obstruents
The Velar Nasal WALS No velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS None
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS No fixed stress
Weight-Sensitive Stress WALS Not predictable
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems WALS No weight
Rhythm Types WALS No rhythmic stress
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS 'Th' sounds

Morphology

Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology WALS Strongly suffixing
Reduplication WALS No productive reduplication
Case Syncretism WALS No syncretism

Nominal Categories

Number of Genders WALS Five or more
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems WALS Sex-based
Systems of Gender Assignment WALS Semantic
Coding of Nominal Plurality WALS Mixed morphological plural
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality WALS All nouns, always obligatory
Definite Articles WALS Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles WALS Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS 3rd person singular only
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns WALS Binary politeness distinction
Indefinite Pronouns WALS Generic-noun-based
Number of Cases WALS 5 cases

There are 5 cases:

Feminine - Expresses feminine qualities and is living

General - Expresses neither feminine nor masculine qualities and is intangible in nature

Inanimate - Expresses neither feminine nor masculine qualities, is tangible in nature, and is non-living

Masculine Expresses masculine qualities and is living

Neuter - Expresses either both masculine and feminine qualities or is unknown and is living

Verbal Categories

The Future Tense WALS Inflectional future exists

Word Order

Order of Subject, Object and Verb WALS SOV
Order of Subject and Verb WALS SV
Order of Object and Verb WALS OV
Order of Genitive and Noun WALS No dominant order
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions WALS Initial interrogative phrase

Simple Clauses

Passive Constructions WALS Absent
Antipassive Constructions WALS No antipassive
Negative Morphemes WALS Negative affix

The suffix of <-ii> is added to both verbs and nouns rendering them either negative or more severe in consequence.

Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation WALS Mixed behaviour

indefinite pronouns never co-occur with predicate negators.

Lexicon

Hand and Arm WALS Different
Finger and Hand WALS Different
Numeral Bases WALS Other base

Utilizes a duodecimal (base 12) system.

Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories WALS 6
Green and Blue WALS None
Red and Yellow WALS None
Tea WALS Others

Sign Languages

Irregular Negatives in Sign Languages WALS None
Question Particles in Sign Languages WALS None

Other

Writing Systems WALS Alphabetic
			      /e̞/			      <হ> 				
<Ȧ,ȧ>			      /ä/			      <ই> 
			      /ɪ/			      <আ> 
				    /ɶ/			      <উ> 
			      /ɛ/			      <চ> 
				    /i/			      <ব> 
			      /ɞ/			      <অ>			        /ɶ/			      <ঊ>
Para-Linguistic Usages of Clicks WALS Other or none

Conlang-specific

Conlang type Other

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