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Grammatical article is a word type which is used with noun phrases, and there are two types of articles in Jembesa: definite and indefinite/partitive articles. Definite Article (i/j') Definite article is used to refer to a particular thing which has already been mentioned, or is known commonly. In Jembesa, articles is placed initially in a … Continue reading Part of Speech (Article)
Enclitic An enclitic is added onto a word to fulfil some meanings. Jembesa has 7 enclitics: -lla, -llä, -t, -?et This enclitic simply means 'too'. -lla or -llä is used for nominative case; while -t is used for the cases ending with a vowel, and -?et is used for the cases ending with a consonant. (Question … Continue reading Enclitic
tugesHave a Good Sunday Phonology is 'the branch of linguistics which deals with systems of sounds within a language.' In this chapter, I will mention the phonological features of Jembesa. Bon Voyage! 🙂 Consonants In Jembesa, there are 13 consonant phonemes, and they are shown in the table below: Consonant Phonemes of Jembesa /b/, /d/, … Continue reading Phonology
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