!ha-Barikií

[Shemtov]

Phonology:
/p t̪ k/ <p t k>
/pʰ t̪ʰ kʰ/ <ph th kh>
/ɓ ɗ̪ ɠ/ <b d g>
/m n̪ ɲ/ <m n nh>
/ɸ s x/ <f s h>
/pɸ ts cç/ <pf ts c>
/β̪ ɹ j/ <v r y>
/ʙ r ʀ/ <br rr gr>
/ʘ ǀ ǂ/ <ʘ ! ǂ>
/ʘʰ ǀʰ ǂʰ/ <ʘh !h ǂh>
/ᶢʘ ᶢǀ ᶢǂ/ <gʘ g! gǂ>

/a~æ~ɒ i~y o~ø/ <a i o>
/a o/ become /æ ø/ respectively after palatals. /a i/ become /ɒ y / respectively after Labials.

/˥ ˧/ (High tone marked with acute accent)
Vowels can come together to produce contour tones.

Phonotactics:
(C)V

Nouns:
There are 5 noun classes, with four ways of forming plurals:
CLASS I: Intelligent beings. Plural formed by suffix /-ki/
(The other classes are semantically residue classes)
CLASS II: Plurals formed the same way as Class II.
CLASS III: Plurals formed by reduplication: óomi "spear" óomi-óomi "Spears"
CLASS IV: Always have a short vowel in first syllable. Plurals formed by lengthening first syllable with rising tone and reduplicating the unchanged version of that syllable to the front: Cagrigǂá "tree" Cacaágrigǂá "Trees"
Class V: Plurals unmarked.

Sandhi:
The verbal system is highly polysynthetic, so before I get into it I want to talk about the vowel sandhi, when multiple vowels smash into each other The regular vowel allyphony is neutralized by sandhi.
/a/+/i/=/ɛ:/

/a/+/ii/=/ɪ:/

/aa/+/i/=/æɪ/

/aa/+/ii/=/ɛɪ/

/a/+/o/=/ɔ:/

/a/+/oo/=/ʊ/

/aa/+/o/=/ʌʊ/

/aa/+/oo/=/ɔʊ/

/o/+/a/=/wa/

/oo/+/a/=/wɔ/

/o/+/aa/=/wa:/

/oo/+/aa/=/wʌ/

/o/+/i/=/ɯ:/

/oo/+/i/=/wɯ/

/o/+/ii/=/ɯj/

/oo/+/ii/=/ʉ:/

/i/+/a/=/jæ/

/ii/+/a/=/je/

/i/+/aa/=/ja/

/ii/+/aa/=/jɛ/

/i/+/o/=/jɒ̝/

/ii/+/o/=/jœ/

/i/+/oo/=/jo/

/ii/+/oo/=/jø/

Tone sandhi:
˥˧+˧˥=˥˦˥
˧˥+˥˧=˦˥˦
Homorganic contours have the (second element of the) vowel created by the sandhi repeated with a glottal stop inserted, each with the same tone. Thus:
<toóií> /to:˧˥i:˧˥/ is realized as [twɯ˧˥ʔɯ˧˥]

Verbs:
Part 1: Intransitive Verbs
The Verb in !ha-Barikií is templatic.
The template for Intransitive Verbs:
Slot 1: The Negative Marker: yíi

Slot 2: Mood Marker.
The following Moods exist, with their markers:
Indicative: ∅
Imperative: saʘho
Dubitative: oó
Hypothetical: aapfí
Potential: pho
Subjunctive (used for all other irrealis moods): khácáa

Slot 3: The Subject marker:
CLASS I, 1st person : aána
CLASS I, 1st person plural: noo
CLASS I 2p: di
CLASS I 2p plural: darií
CLASS I 3p: !áa
CLASS I 3p plural: !ho
CLASS II: kóphaa
CLASS II plural: hiici
CLASS III: bog!aá
CLASS III Plural: googró
CLASS IV: aa
Class IV Plural: hoo
CLASS V: !hii
CLASS V plural rríibi

Slot 4: Aspect:
Perfective: ∅
Momentane: gǂasi
Progressive: bo
Stative: opfa
Gnomic: hoóvi
Inceptive: tidó
Termanative: gʘo

Slot 5: Tense
Present: ∅
Past: a
Future: tsí

Slot 6: the root


Example:
<Oóaagʘoakhíphaá cagrigǂá >
/o:˧˥a:ᶢʘoakʰi˥pʰa˧˥ cçaʀiᶢǂa˥/
[wʌ˧˥˧ᶢʘwakʰi˥pʰɒ˧˥ cçæʀiᶢǂa˥]

Oó-aa-gʘo-a-khíphaá cagrigǂá
DUB-CLASSIV-TERM-PAST-fall tree
"I guess the tree must have finished falling"

[Vardelm]

So far so good!

/ᶢʘ ᶢǀ ᶢǂ/ <gʘ g! gǂ>

What exactly are these sounds? I haven't seen the ᶢ before.

[8Deer]

/ᶢʘ ᶢǀ ᶢǂ/ <gʘ g! gǂ>

What exactly are these sounds? I haven't seen the ᶢ before.

Its just the IPA symbol for a voiced click. Also, seems interesting Shemtov, I always like langs with clicks.