Nother/Dunamy
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Dunamy Martian | |
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Pronounced: | /ˈdunəmi/ |
Timeline and Universe: | Nother |
Species: | Humans and demihumans |
Spoken: | 5th c. A.M. Mars |
Total speakers: | [no data] |
Writing system: | Latin alphabet |
Genealogy: | Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian Modern English Martian English Dunamy |
Typology | |
Morphological type: | Inflecting |
Morphosyntactic alignment: | Accusative |
Basic word order: | VSO |
Credits | |
Creator: | Muke Tever | ✎ |
Created: | 2001 |
Dunamy is the English name for the characteristic speech of Dunamy Town, the second-oldest settlement on Mars.
Phonology
Vowels
Vowels | ||||||||||
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Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |||||||
High | i | u | ||||||||
Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
High-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Low-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||||
Near-low | æ | |||||||||
Low | ɑ |
Vowels may be short or long.
Consonants
Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
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Bilabial | Labiod. | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | |||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
Approximants | (w) | j | ||||||||||||||
Tap | r | |||||||||||||||
Lateral Approximant | l |
- I'm not entirely sure about w outside of diphthongs.
Orthography
Dunamy spelling is regular. Long vowels are spelled double. Hiatus is indicated by an apostrophe. Some letters (marked here by †) are part of the alphabet but not part of standard spelling. Not all the letter names are finalized yet.
Letter | Name | IPA | |
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A a | aa-šoožú | /ʌːʃɔːˈʒu/ | [ʌ] |
Ä ä | tårt šoožú (i.e. dotted šoožú) |
/tɑrt ʃɔːˈʒu/ | [æ] |
Å å | åå-šoo'å | /ɑːʃɔːˈɑ/ | [ɑ] |
B b | bí | /bi/ | [b] |
C c | sí or cí | /si/ | † |
D d | dí | /di/ | [d] |
E e | ee-šoo'e | /ɛːʃɔːˈɛ/ | [ɛ] |
É é | éé-låyé | /eːlɑjˈe/ | [e] |
F f | ef | /ɛf/ | [f] |
G g | — | [ɡ] | |
H h | — | † | |
I i | ii-šoo'i | /ɪːʃɔːˈɪ/ | [ɪ] |
Í í | íí-låyí | /iːlɑjˈi/ | [i] |
J j | — | † | |
K k | — | [k] | |
L l | el | /ɛl/ | [l] |
M m | em | /ɛm/ | [m] |
N n | en | /ɛn/ | [n] |
O o | blín låyó (i.e. plain låyó) |
/blin lɑjˈo/ | [ɔ] |
Ó ó | óó-låyó | /oːlɑjˈo/ | [o] |
P p | — | [p] | |
Q q | — | † | |
R r | åår | /ɑːr/ | [ɾ] |
S s | — | [s] | |
Š š | — | [ʃ] | |
T t | — | [t] | |
U u | blín låyžú (i.e. plain låyžú) |
/blin lɑjˈʒu/ | [ʊ] |
Ú ú | úú-låyžú | /uːlɑjˈʒu/ | [u] |
V v | — | [v] | |
W w | — | [w] (?) | |
X x | eks | /ɛks/ | † |
Y y | — | [j] | |
Z z | — | [z] | |
Ž ž | — | [ʒ] |