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# There are no consonant clusters or vowel sequences (diphthongs).
 
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== Lexicon ==
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# dhahzunn • to breathe — verb
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# lawhull • missed — participle
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# lhiwa • speech — noun
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# hliwe • beautiful — adjective
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# medung • flower — noun
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# nyuni • yellow — adjective
  
 
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Revision as of 12:56, 19 May 2017

A naming language because I wanted one with the non-cardinal vowels instead.

Phonology

Vowels

Phonemic Vowels
front back
near-close ɪ (i) ʊ (u)
open-mid ɛ (e) ʌ (a)

The back vowels are retracted in velar- or uvular-adjacent positions to u and ɑ.

Romanization in parentheses.

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Post-Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal glottalized ˀm ('m) ˀn ('n) ˀŋ ('ng)
voiced m (m) n (n) ɳ (nr) ɲ (ny) ŋ (ng) (ɴ̟) (nn)
breathy m̤ (mh) n̤ (nh) ɳ̤ (nrh) ɲ̤ (nyh)
Obstruent glottalized ˀp ('p) ˀt ('t) ˀc ('cy) ˀk ('k) ˀq ('q)
voiceless p (p) t (t) ʈ (rt) c (c) k (k) q (q) ʔ (')
breathy b̤ (bh) d̤ (dh) ɖ̤ (rdh) ɟ̤ (hc) kxʱ (xh) qχʱ (qh)
Fricative voiceless f (f) s (s) ʃ (sh) ɕ (ch) x (x)
breathy v̤ (vh) z̤ (hz) ʒ̤ (hj) ʎ̝ʱ (hl) ɣ̤ (gh) ɦ (h)
Approximant voiced w (w) l (l) ɻ (r) j (y) ʟ (ll)
breathy w̤ (wh) l̤ (lh) ɻ̤ (rh) j̤ (yh) ʟ̤ (llh)
Tap glottalized ˀɺ ('l) ˀɾ ('r)

Glottalization can be realized as creaky voice, pre-glottalization, or post-glottalization.

Romanization in parentheses.

Phonotactics

  1. Syllables are always CV, except word final syllables allow a sonorant coda.
  2. There are no consonant clusters or vowel sequences (diphthongs).
  3. Stress is on the first syllable.

Lexicon

  1. dhahzunn • to breathe — verb
  2. lawhull • missed — participle
  3. lhiwa • speech — noun
  4. hliwe • beautiful — adjective
  5. medung • flower — noun
  6. nyuni • yellow — adjective