Features for Simpified japanese

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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Large
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Average (5-6)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Moderately high
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 Uvular stops and continuants
Syllable Structure WALS Complex
Tone WALS Complex tone system
Weight-Sensitive Stress WALS Unbounded: Stress can be anywhere
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems WALS Lexical stress
Rhythm Types WALS Undetermined
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS None

Nominal Categories

Number of Genders WALS Four
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems WALS Sex-based
Systems of Gender Assignment WALS Semantic and formal
Coding of Nominal Plurality WALS Plural tone
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality WALS All nouns, always optional
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS Person-number stem + pronominal plural affix
Definite Articles WALS Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles WALS Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns WALS 'We' the same as 'I'
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Verbal Inflection WALS Inclusive/exclusive
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives WALS Related by gender markers
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS In 3rd person + 1st and/or 2nd person
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns WALS Multiple politeness distinctions
Indefinite Pronouns WALS Mixed
Person Marking on Adpositions WALS Pronouns and nouns

Nominal Syntax

Obligatory Possessive Inflection WALS Exists
Possessive Classification WALS Two classes

Comments:

  1. On May 18, 2011, 9:39 p.m., eujay wrote:
    Is this language written with the Latin alphabet? I can't remember the name of it, and a quick internet search didn't turn up anything, but perhaps you're aware of a prior attempt at simplifying Japanese? I've never been able to find any info on it (beyond the name, which I've forgotten), but perhaps you already know more. My understanding is that, strictly speaking, Japanese is a 'pitch' rather than 'tonal' language. Furthermore, Japanese prosody is actually pretty consistent. Yet you have it here listed as having a 'complex tone system'. How do you figure? Also, the open CV syllable structure of Japanese is surely not 'complex'. Right? Almost comparable to Hawaiian! Will you have a website where we can learn more? I think that a simplified Japanese is a great idea, and I would like to see more of your language.