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| + | # Compounds elide word-final codas. | ||
| + | # Compounds may alter the last syllable of the word to better fit the target word-class. | ||
== Lexicon == | == Lexicon == | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 19 May 2017
A naming language because I wanted one with the non-cardinal vowels instead.
Phonology
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
| 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
- Syllables are always CV, except word final syllables allow a sonorant coda.
- There are no consonant clusters or vowel sequences (diphthongs).
- Stress is on the first syllable.
Grammar
- Nouns precede adjectives.
- Verbs precede adverbs.
- Verbs precede noun objects.
- Compounds elide word-final codas.
- Compounds may alter the last syllable of the word to better fit the target word-class.
Lexicon
- bha'ce • physically strong, unbreakable — adjective
- bha'cull • unbroken — participle
- chudhi • blue; of night — adjective
- dhahzunn • to breathe — verb
- ghawi • childlike, young — adjective
- ghuwi • ashy, burnt — adjective
- lawhull • missed — participle
- lhiwa • speech — noun
- hewerh • to walk; to ride forth; to travel — verb
- hliwe • beautiful — adjective
- medung • flower; blossom — noun
- nyuni • yellow — adjective
- 'peng • boy
- ta'la • road — noun
- 'taki'ra • broomflower — noun
- vhang • girl
Names
- Hewechudha • Night Traveler
- Hliwavha • Beautiful Girl
- Hliwa'pa • Beautiful Boy
- Medunyuna • Yellow Flower
