Morphology of babā
the structure of the words

This is a description of the structure of words within babā.
In effect, these are the rules that describe how sounds are allowed to be combined within this language.

Word Formation
An agglutinative language.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C) V (X).

X, or syllable coda, can be /dɻ/, /tɻ/, /r/, /ɻ/, /n/, /m/, /s/, /ʒ/, /ʎ/.

Stress
Features a pitch-accent system, strictly high-low.
The definitions of words may change depending on pitch-accent.

Sandhi
Sandhi are sound changes that occur at the boundaries of morphemes, or words.
Uses the liaison identically to French.

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