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title: Palæo-lizard
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"Palæo-lizard" is a placeholder name, obviously.
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# Phonology
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## Inventory
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| | Dental | Postalv. | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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|----------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:----------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------:|
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| Plosive | #(d tʰ tʼ) | | #(ɟ cʰ cʼ) | #(ɡ kʰ kʼ) | #(qʰ qʼ) | #(ʔ) |
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| Affricate | #(dz tsʰ tsʼ) | #(dʒ tʃʰ tʃʼ) | | | | |
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| Fricative | #(ð z θ s) | #(ʒ ʃ) | #(ʝ ç) | #(ɣ x) | #(χ) | #(h) |
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| Nasal | #(n) | | #(ɲ) | | #(ɴ) | |
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| Lateral | #(l) | | #(ʎ) | #(ʟ) | | |
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| Flap | #(ɾ) | | | | | |
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| Trill | #(r rː rːː) | | | | #(ʀ ʀː ʀːː) | |
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| | Front | Back |
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|---------:|:-----:|:----:|
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| High | #(i) | #(ɯ) |
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| Mid | #(e) | #(ɤ) |
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| Low | #(a) | #(ɑ) |
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Some syllables are marked with a high tone, indicated with an acute accent (e.g. «á»).
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## Syllable structure
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```ebnf
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word = {syll}+.
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syll = onset, vowel, [coda].
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onset = consonant
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```
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## Allophony
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- Obstruents are voiced in between voiced sounds.
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- Front vowels become central after linguolabial, alveolar, and uvular consonants.
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- Back vowels become central after dental and palatal consonants.
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<!--
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- phrase boundaries marked by tone in some way
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- 3-way length distinction?
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- stress counting from the beginning of the word
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- a weird number base system (mixed base 8/4/...?)
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- grammatical metathesis?
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- ergative, also in word order (XVS / AXVP)
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-->
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