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Seŋoŋ is a language spoken by approximately | '''Seŋoŋ''' is a language spoken by approximately 600,000 people on [[Migqeżk Island|Migqeżk]], the southernmost island of the nation of [[Xjetjeŋ]]. Seŋoŋ is the most spoken language belonging to the Seufaŋ language family. According to linguist [[Noki Pedhatsusuri]] (1977), it has the smallest phonology out of any known natural language, with there being only 10 phonemes and 13 phones. | ||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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* /w/ is always pronounced as /b/ when it is followed by /ɔ/. | * /w/ is always pronounced as /b/ when it is followed by /ɔ/. | ||
* /h/ and /ħ/ are in free variation between speakers. Younger speakers seem to tend towards /ħ/, with older speakers mostly tend to pronounce it as /h/. | * /h/ and /ħ/ are in free variation between speakers. Younger speakers seem to tend towards /ħ/, with older speakers mostly tend to pronounce it as /h/. | ||
Contrary to linguist Noki Pedhatsusuri's analysis, [placeholder] reports the existence of upwards of 12 phonemes in certain dialects - according to them, the dialect spoken in Hewŋeo contains two extra nonfricative consonants - /t/ and /l/. | |||
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|+Vowel phonemes | |+Vowel phonemes | ||
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/ɔ/ | /ɔ/ | ||
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It appears that in all circumstances, /ũ/ receives "light to moderate nasalization". | |||
== Morphology == | |||
Seŋoŋ follows an ergative morphological alignment, and has 5 noun cases. It follows a SOV word order. | |||