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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Average
/p, t, k, b, d, ɡ, f, s, x, v, z, ɣ, m, n, ŋ, l, ɹ̠, ɬ, ʃ, w, j, ʍ, ç, h/.
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Small (2-4)
/i, u, ɛ, ɑ/. There also phonetic diphthongs, /eɪ, oʊ, aɪ, ɑʊ/, which act as phonological long vowels.
Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Moderately high
6.0
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS In both plosives and fricatives
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants WALS None
Glottalized Consonants WALS No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/ and lateral obstruent
Has /ɬ/.
The Velar Nasal WALS Initial velar nasal
Front Rounded Vowels WALS None
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS Initial
Weight-Sensitive Stress WALS Fixed stress
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems WALS No weight
Rhythm Types WALS Trochaic
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS None

Nominal Categories

Number of Genders WALS Two
Animate and inanimate.
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems WALS Non-sex-based
Systems of Gender Assignment WALS Semantic
Coding of Nominal Plurality WALS Plural suffix
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality WALS All nouns, always obligatory
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS Person-number stem + nominal plural affix
Definite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns WALS Inclusive/exclusive
Person Marking on Adpositions WALS No person marking
Number of Cases WALS 5 cases
Absolutive, ergative, locative, allative, ablative.
Position of Case Affixes WALS Prepositional clitics

Lexicon

Hand and Arm WALS Different
Finger and Hand WALS Different
Numeral Bases WALS Other base
Rhabhawa uses a duodecimal base.
M-T Pronouns WALS No M-T pronouns
N-M Pronouns WALS No N-M pronouns
Tea WALS Others

Other

Writing Systems WALS Alphabetic

Conlang-specific

Conlang type Artlang

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