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| '''Plosive''' || p, b || t, d || || k, g | | '''Plosive''' || p, b || t, d || || k, g | ||
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| '''Fricative''' || f, v || s | | '''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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Revision as of 21:02, 29 April 2025
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 |
| 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 | com- (eat) |
| +-o | como "food" |
| +-ero | comero "eater" |
| +-i | comi "I eat" |
| +-uiso | comuiso "Eat. (imp.)" |
| +vas- | vascomi "I will eat" |
| +vov- | vovcomi "I ate" |