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title: Palæo-lizard
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"Palæo-lizard" is a placeholder name, obviously.
# Phonology
## Inventory
| | Linguolabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
|------------:|:------------:|:------:|:--------:|:---------:|:-------:|:-----:|:------:|:-------:|
| Plosive | #(t̼) | #(t̪) | #(t) | #(ʈ) | #(c) | #(k) | #(q) | #(ʔ) |
| Nasal | #(n̼) | #(n̪) | #(n) | #(ɳ) | #(ɲ) | | #(ɴ) | |
| Lateral | #(l̼) | #(l̪) | #(l) | #(ɭ) | | #(ʟ) | | |
| Flap | #(ɾ̼) | #(ɾ̪) | #(ɾ) | #(ɽ) | | | | |
| Trill | | | #(r) | #(ɽː) | | | #(ʀ) | |
| | Front | Back |
|---------:|:-----:|:----:|
| High | #(i) | #(ɯ) |
| Mid | #(e) | #(ɤ) |
| Low | #(a) | #(ɑ) |
Some syllables are marked with a high tone, indicated with an acute accent (#(́á)).
## Syllable structure
Syllable structure is CV(C), with the only restriction that #/h/ can't be in a consonant coda.
## Allophony
- Obstruents are voiced in between voiced sounds.
- Front vowels become central after retroflex, velar, and uvular consonants.
- Back vowels become central after linguolabial, dental, and palatal consonants.
# Pronouns
First person (singular) is #/n̪es/. Second person (any number) is #/qɑʀ/. Back references (below) are used instead of third person pronouns.
# Back references
CHANGE THESE
The form of adjacent back references alternate between vowel and consonant forms to form a short word. A single one on its own attaches to a dummy #/h/ in its vowel form.
Subscripts in glosses indicate what a given occurrence of a back reference points to.
| | Vowel | Consonant |
|--------:|:-----:|:---------:|
| #!REF1! | #(ɯ) | #(ɰ) |
| #!REF2! | #(i) | #(j) |
| #!REF3! | #(ᴇ) | #(r̪) |
| #!REF4! | #(ɑ) | #(q) |
| #!REF5! | #(a) | #(t̼) |
| #!REF6! | #(ɤ) | #(n) |
# Examples
```gloss
n̪ɛs cir jɯ ʔis ɾi jɯ t̼a
[n̪ɛs@a cir@b j@a-ɯ@b ʔis]@c ɾi@d j@c-ɯ@d t̼a
[1SG@a house@b REF2@a-REF1@b go_to]@c quick@d REF2@c-REF1@d do
I go to the house quickly
```
# Word list
- \#/cir/: house
- \#/ɾi/: quick
- \#/t̼a/: do
- \#/ʔis/: go to
- \#/ʔɑs/: go into