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| || '''Bilabial''' || '''Alveolar''' || '''Palatal''' || '''Velar''' | | || '''Bilabial/Labio-Dental''' || '''Alveolar''' || '''Palatal''' || '''Velar''' | ||
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| '''Plosive''' || p, b || t, d || || k, g | | '''Plosive''' || p, b || t, d || || k, g | ||
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| '''Fricative''' || | | '''Fricative''' || f, v || s || | ||
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| '''Nasal''' || m || n | | '''Nasal''' || m || n || || | ||
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| '''Liquid''' || w || l || j | | '''Liquid''' || w* || l || j || | ||
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| '''Flap''' || || ɾ | | '''Flap''' || || ɾ || || | ||
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* =Only in diphthongs beginning with /u/; for example, nuiso=/nwiso/. | |||
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|'''Root''' || | |'''Root''' || mandugr- (eat) | ||
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|'''+-o''' || mandugro "food" | |||
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|'''+-ero''' || mandugrero "eater" | |||
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|'''+- | |'''+-i''' || mandugri "I eat" | ||
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|'''+- | |'''+-uiso'''|| mandugruiso "Eat. (imp.)" | ||
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|'''+- | |'''+van-'''|| vancomi "I will eat" | ||
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|'''+- | |'''+ven-'''|| vencomi "I ate" | ||
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Overview
The language Lenguo De Yigo is a Nezo-Romance language spoken in the island of Yigó. The language utilizes a three-gender system, contrasting with the two-gender system other Romance languages use.
Origins
The language of Lenguo De Yigo originates from the Nezo-Romance branch, though no one knows when the split occured.
Phonology
| Bilabial/Labio-Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
| Plosive | p, b | t, d | k, g | |
| Fricative | f, v | s | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Liquid | w* | l | j | |
| Flap | ɾ |
* =Only in diphthongs beginning with /u/; for example, nuiso=/nwiso/.
| Front | Back | |
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a |
Grammar
Lenguo De Yigo's grammar includes roots that can take different suffixes to invoke meaning. For example:
| Root | mandugr- (eat) |
| +-o | mandugro "food" |
| +-ero | mandugrero "eater" |
| +-i | mandugri "I eat" |
| +-uiso | mandugruiso "Eat. (imp.)" |
| +van- | vancomi "I will eat" |
| +ven- | vencomi "I ate" |