Classical Diūn

Also know as Djuun, Dyuun, Classical Djūn. Intellectual Property of Samuel Martinez also known as "Mezzo" and "Sæm"

Phonology

Plosive /p b t d t` d` k g/ /p b t d ʈ ɖ k g/ <p b t d th dh c,k g>

Nasal /m n n`/ /m n ɳ/ <m n nh>

Fricative /f v s z s` z` h/ /f v s z ʂ ʐ h/ <f,ph v,bh s z sh zh h>

Affricate /ts tS/ /ts tʃ/ <cc,ċ ch>

Approximant /r\ j/ /ɹ j/ <r j,y>

Lateral Approximant /l/ /l/ <l>

Close /i u/ /i u/ <ī ū>

Close Lax /I U/ /ɪ ʊ/ <i u>

Close-Mid /e o/ /e o/ <ē ō>

Mid Lax /@/ /ə/<ë>

Open-Mid /E O/ /ɛ ɔ/ <e o>

Open Lax /{/ /æ/ <ā>

Open /A/ /ɑ/ <a>

short /I U E O A/ <i u e o a>

long /i u e o {/ <ī ū ē ō ā>

neutral /@/ <ë>

Diphthongs /OI aI aU/ <oi ai au>

Syllable Structure

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CV(C)

Stress is on the first syllable

Allophones

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All plosives become aspirated at the end of a word

[N] occurs at the end of words as an allophone of /n/

[J] occurs as an allophone of /n/ word medial

[dZ] is an allophone of /g/ that occures medially

[T] is an allophone of /t/ between two vowels

[D] is an allophone of /d/ between two vowels

Phonotactics

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No consonant clusters consisting of only fricatives,plosives or approximants

No consonant clusters involving nasals

The coda and onset cannot consist of more than two consonant sounds

There can be no double vowels sounds. vowels are either between two consonants or are diphthongs.

Approximants cannot begin a word. Approximants also have to have a Plosive or only the following fricatives /f v s z h/.

/r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g/

retroflex consonants can only come at the end of a word

Morphology

Djūn nouns are inflected for case and whether the noun carrys the definite article or not

Djūn is an Ergative_Absolutive Language. The Ergative case marks the subject of a transative verb.

the suffix -(ō)m is added to the noun to mark the Ergative case while no suffix is needed to mark the Absolutive case.

Example:

Vinidōm va cīdjī mū

Boy.PLUR-ERG 2PS.ABS have.3P future-particle

Boys will have you

the infix -(i)d marks the plural. It comes before the ergative suffix and after the root.

The suffix (though not present in the above sentence) -(ō)n marks that the root carries the definite article. When the word is marked for Ergativity the definite article is not marked. So our above sentence could be translated as "The Boys will have you" or "Boys will have you"