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Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.
Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.


'''The Alphabet'''
=Phonology=
 
''Vowels''
 
IPA


{|
{|
| i || || || ɯ || u
| i || || || || ɯ || u
|-
|-
| || e || || ʏ || o
| || e || || ə ||ʏ || o
|-
|-
| || || | a || ɑ || ɒ
| || || | a || || ɑ || ɒ
|}
|}
''Consonants''


{|
{|
| i || || || ı || u
| p b
|  
|  
| t d
|  
|  
| k g
|  
|  
|  
 
|-
| ʙ
|  
|  
| r
|  
|  
|  
| ʀ
|  
|  
 
|-
|  
| f
| s̪
| s
| ʃ
|  
| x
|  
|  
| h
 
|-
|  
|  
|  
|  
| tʃ
| cç
|  
|  
|  
|  
 
|-
|-
| || e || || ə || o
|  
| ʋ
|  
|  
|  
| j
|  
|  
| w
|  
 
|-
|-
| || || | ä || ɑ || å
|  
|  
|  
| l
|  
|  
| ʟ
|  
|  
|  
 
|-
|  
|  
|  
| n
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
 
|}
|}


Phonemic /n/ assimilates to the following consonant, even through a vowel. Phonemic /n/ without a following non-nasal consonant assimilates to the previous consonant, even through a vowel. Orthographically, /n/ is represented by n before apical sounds, ñ before laminal or dorsal sounds, and m before labial sounds.
=Orthography=


{|
| i || || || || ı || u
|-
| || e || || ʼ || ə || o
|-
| || || | ä || || a || å
|}
{|
| p b
|  
|  
| t d
|  
|  
| k g
|  
|  
|  
|-
| br
|  
|  
| dr
|  
|  
|  
| gr
|  
|  
|-
|  
| f
| z
| s
| sh
|  
| x
|  
|  
| h
|-
|  
|  
|  
|  
| ch
| tj
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
|  
| v
|  
|  
|  
| y
|  
|  
| w
|  
|-
|  
|  
|  
| l
|  
|  
| ll
|  
|  
|  
|-
|  
|  
|  
| n
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|}
=Word Structure=
Every word consists of noun.stem-verb.stem.
A noun-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a noun-class suffix or root.
A verb-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a verb-class suffix or root.
===Affixes===
Some example verb→verb suffixes are:
{|
| -lun || makes an agent-focussed verb into a benefective-focussed verb, for instance learn→teach
|-
| -na || the reverse of that action, for instance learn→forget
|}


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Latest revision as of 06:46, 12 March 2007

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Last major org was Feb 17, 2006.

Phonology

Vowels

IPA

i ɯ u
e ə ʏ o
a ɑ ɒ

Consonants

p b     t d     k g      
ʙ     r       ʀ    
  f s ʃ   x     h
               
  ʋ       j     w  
      l     ʟ      
      n            

Phonemic /n/ assimilates to the following consonant, even through a vowel. Phonemic /n/ without a following non-nasal consonant assimilates to the previous consonant, even through a vowel. Orthographically, /n/ is represented by n before apical sounds, ñ before laminal or dorsal sounds, and m before labial sounds.

Orthography

i ı u
e ʼ ə o
ä a å
p b     t d     k g      
br     dr       gr    
  f z s sh   x     h
        ch tj        
  v       y     w  
      l     ll      
      n            

Word Structure

Every word consists of noun.stem-verb.stem.

A noun-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a noun-class suffix or root.

A verb-stem is any root followed by any sequence of zero or more suffixes that ends with a verb-class suffix or root.

Affixes

Some example verb→verb suffixes are:

-lun makes an agent-focussed verb into a benefective-focussed verb, for instance learn→teach
-na the reverse of that action, for instance learn→forget