Harshen Mota wanda ake kira da (Pū) ita ce yaren Nicobarese mafi ko'ina a tsibirin Nicobar a cikin Bay na Bengal.[1]

Car language

Ko da yake memba ne na dangin harshen Austroasiatic, a zahiri ya fi kama da harsunan Austronesian kusa da su kamar Nias da Acehnese, waɗanda suke da yanki na harshe. [2]Mota harshe ne na VOS kuma yana da ɗan ƙarancin. [3]Akwai tsari mai sarkakkiya mai tare da wasu infixes, haka nan da mabanbantan lamurra da “tambayoyi” na sunaye da karin magana.[4]

Fassarar Sauti

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Wasulan Harshen Mota

Labial Alveolar/
Retroflex
Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Nasal Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Fricative Samfuri:IPA linkSamfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Tap Samfuri:IPA linkSamfuri:IPA link
Approximant Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
  • Ƙaƙƙarfan alveolar yawanci ana iya riga an dakatar da shi. Kafin baƙon murya mara sauti, pre-faɗin sa ba shi da murya kamar [ᵗɾ], da sauran wuraren ana kiransa {{IPA|[ᵈɾ]}
Front Central Back
Close Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Close-mid Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Open-mid Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link Samfuri:IPA link
Open (Samfuri:IPA link) Samfuri:IPA link

Paul Sidwell (2017)[5] published in ICAAL 2017 conference on Nicobarese languages.

Word Car proto-Nicobarese
hot taɲ *taɲ
four fɛːn *foan
child kuːn *kuːn
lip (minuh) *manuːɲ
dog ʔam *ʔam
night hatəːm *hatəːm
male koːɲ *koːɲ
ear naŋ *naŋ
one heŋ *hiaŋ
belly (ʔac) *ʔac
sun (tavuːj) -
sweet (pacaːka) -
overflow tareːci *roac
nose mɛh *moah
breast tɛh *toah
to cough ʔɛhɛ *ʔoah
arm kɛl *koal
in, inside ʔɛl *ʔoal
four feːn *foan
elbow sikɔŋ *keaŋ

Manazarta

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue
  2. http://email.eva.mpg.de/~cysouw/pdf/cysouwDGFS2005.pdf
  3. http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_nca
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_language#cite_ref-4
  5. Sidwell, Paul. 2017. "Proto-Nicobarese Phonology, Morphology, Syntax: work in progress". International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics 7, Kiel, Sept 29-Oct 1, 2017.