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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
'''Gnűcwik̦''' (or Gnutzish to non-Natives) has __ distinct consonants in its inventory and has __ vowel phonemes.
'''Gnűcwik̦''' ({{GNU|ngue}}{{GNU|c}}{{GNU|wi}}{{GNU|kh}} or Gnutzish to non-Natives) has 21 distinct consonants in its inventory and has 4 vowel phonemes (each of which has a flattened allophone when in the environment of "pharyngeal" consonants). There are also an additional two marginal phonemes, both of which are syllabic consonants, which only appear as the final sound of a word. These are allophones of the coronal nasal and liquid.


=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border: none; background: none"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border: none; background: none"
| style="border: none; background: none;" |  
! width="125px" | High !! width="125px" | Unrounded !! width="125px" | Front !! width="125px" | Back
|-
! width="125px" | Plain
! width="125px" | Plain
| '''i''' /i/ || '''ű''' /y(ː)/ || '''e''' /ɛ/ || '''u''' /u/
| width="125px" | '''i''' /i/ || width="125px" | '''ű''' /y(ː)/ || width="125px" | '''e''' /ɛ/ || width="125px" | '''u''' /u/
|-
|-
! Flat
! Flattened
| '''ı''' [ə] || '''ő''' [ø(ː)] || '''a''' [ɑ] || '''o''' [o]
| '''ı''' [ə] || '''ő''' [ø(ː)] || '''a''' [ɑ] || '''o''' [o]
|}
|}
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|-
|-
! width="125px" | Consonant
! width="125px" | Consonant
| '''-n''' /n̩/ and '''-l''' /l̩/
| '''-n''' [n̩] and '''-l''' [l̩]
|}
|}


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=== Allophony ===
=== Allophony ===
* If a pre-nasalized stop phoneme (e.g. '''ng''') falls in the initial position of a word, it is instead a post-nasalized stop (in this case, '''gn''').
* Whenever a vowel precedes or follows a pharyngeal consonants ('''t’''',  '''c’''', '''q''', '''’''', '''ț’''', '''s’''', '''r''' or sometimes '''k̦'''), it is expressed as its flattened equivalent.
** '''K̦''' only causes non-front vowels to flatten: '''u''' and '''ű'''.
* Should '''l''' or '''n''' appear as the last segment of a word, and is preceded by a C, then the syllabic allophone is used instead.


== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==
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== Writing & Script ==
== Writing & Script ==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border: none; background: none;"
! p !! t !! c !! k !! ’ !! ț !! s !! k̦
|-
| width="64px" | {{GNU|p|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|t|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|c|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|k|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|'|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|th|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|s|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|kh|48px}}
|-
! !! t’ !! c’ !! q !! !! ț’ !! s’ !!
|-
|  || {{GNU|t'|48px}} || {{GNU|c'|48px}} || {{GNU|q|48px}} ||  || {{GNU|th'|48px}} || {{GNU|s'|48px}} ||
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border: none; background: none;"
! mb !! nd !! nz !! ng !! width="64px" | w  !! n !! l !! r
|-
| width="64px" | {{GNU|mb|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|nd|48px}} || width="64px" |{{GNU|nz|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|ng|48px}} || {{GNU|w|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|n|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|l|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|r|48px}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; border: none; background: none;"
! i/ı !! u/o !! e/a !! ű/ő !! width="64px" | ∅ !! -n !! -l !! ◌ː
|-
| {{GNU|0i|48px}} || {{GNU|0u|48px}} || {{GNU|0e|48px}} || {{GNU|0ue|48px}} || rowspan="2"| {{GNU|0|48px}} || width="64px" rowspan="2" | {{GNU|nn|48px}} || width="64px" rowspan="2" | {{GNU|ll|48px}} || width="64px" rowspan="2" | {{GNU|!|48px}}
|-
| width="64px" | {{GNU|i|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|u|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|e|48px}} || width="64px" | {{GNU|ue|48px}}
|}


== Lexicon ==
== Lexicon ==
:—''For the current list of words in Gnutzish, see: [[/Lexicon|Lexicon]].''
:—''For the current list of words and roots in Gnutzish, see: [[/Lexicon|Lexicon]].''


== Creator Comments==
== Creator Comments==

Latest revision as of 17:56, 7 March 2018


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Gnutzish
Gnűcwik̦
Pronounced: Native: /ɡŋyːt.vix/
Anglicized: /njut.zɪʃ/
Timeline and Universe: Alternate Earth
Species: Human
Spoken: Carnassus
Writing system: "Abjad"
Genealogy: Language Isolate
Typology
Morphological type: Triconsonantal Root (Unknown)
Morphosyntactic alignment: Unknown
Basic word order: Unknown
Credits
Creator: Thrice Xandvii | ✎
Created: February 2018

Phonology

Gnűcwik̦ (GNU-ngue.pngGNU-c.pngGNU-wi.pngGNU-kh.png or Gnutzish to non-Natives) has 21 distinct consonants in its inventory and has 4 vowel phonemes (each of which has a flattened allophone when in the environment of "pharyngeal" consonants). There are also an additional two marginal phonemes, both of which are syllabic consonants, which only appear as the final sound of a word. These are allophones of the coronal nasal and liquid.

Consonants

  Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Nasal n /n/
Plosive PreN mb /mb/ nd /nd/ nz /nd͜z/ ng /ŋɡ/
Plain p (b) /b/ t /t/ and t’ /tˁ/ c /t͜s/ and c’ /t͜sˁ/ k /k/ and q /q/ ’ /ʕ/ ~ [ʢ̞]
Fricative w /v/ ~ [ʋ] ț /θ/ and ț’ /θˁ/ s /s/ and s’ /sˁ/ k̦ /x/
Liquid l /l/ r /ʁ/

Vowels

Plain i /i/ ű /y(ː)/ e /ɛ/ u /u/
Flattened ı [ə] ő [ø(ː)] a [ɑ] o [o]
  Syllabic
Consonant -n [n̩] and -l [l̩]

Phonotactics

The general description of the syllable unit in Gnűcwik̦ is the following: {INSERT HERE}.

Allophony

  • If a pre-nasalized stop phoneme (e.g. ng) falls in the initial position of a word, it is instead a post-nasalized stop (in this case, gn).
  • Whenever a vowel precedes or follows a pharyngeal consonants (t’, c’, q, ’, ț’, s’, r or sometimes k̦), it is expressed as its flattened equivalent.
    • K̦ only causes non-front vowels to flatten: u and ű.
  • Should l or n appear as the last segment of a word, and is preceded by a C, then the syllabic allophone is used instead.

Grammar

Pronouns

Writing & Script

p t c k ’ ț s k̦
GNU-p.png GNU-t.png GNU-c.png GNU-k.png GNU-'.png GNU-th.png GNU-s.png GNU-kh.png
t’ c’ q ț’ s’
GNU-t'.png GNU-c'.png GNU-q.png GNU-th'.png GNU-s'.png
mb nd nz ng w n l r
GNU-mb.png GNU-nd.png GNU-nz.png GNU-ng.png GNU-w.png GNU-n.png GNU-l.png GNU-r.png
i/ı u/o e/a ű/ő ∅ -n -l ◌ː
GNU-0i.png GNU-0u.png GNU-0e.png GNU-0ue.png GNU-0.png GNU-nn.png GNU-ll.png GNU-!.png
GNU-i.png GNU-u.png GNU-e.png GNU-ue.png

Lexicon

—For the current list of words and roots in Gnutzish, see: Lexicon.

Creator Comments

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