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'''Flafi''' | '''Flafi''' | ||
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|colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC | |colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" |'''Created by:''' | ||
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||[[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]]||2006 | ||[[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]]||2006 | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only | Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only two consonants and two vowels. | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| | {| | ||
|| ||Labial || | || ||Labial ||Alveolar | ||
|- | |- | ||
||Voiceless | ||Voiceless fricative ||'''f''' || | ||
|- | |- | ||
||Voiced lateral || ||'''l''' | ||Voiced lateral || ||'''l''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
The only allowed consonant | The only allowed consonant cluster, besides the geminates '''ff''' and '''ll''', is '''fl''', which, unlike the geminates, may occur initially. No final clusters or geminates. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| | {| | ||
|| | || ||Front ||Central | ||
|- | |- | ||
||Low ||'''a''' | ||High ||'''i''' || | ||
|- | |||
||Low || ||'''a''' | |||
|} | |} | ||
Both vowels are unrounded. | |||
===Syllable structure=== | ===Syllable structure=== | ||
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Flafi is entirely isolating. Word order is OSV. | Flafi is entirely isolating. Word order is OSV. | ||
==Sample text== | |||
'''Flafi lilaf flafi.''' -- ''Lilaf speak language.'' | |||
'''Lilaf falaialal al fali.''' -- ''Lilaf live on (the) planet.'' | |||
==Vocabulary== | |||
'''al''' locative particle; in, on. | |||
'''falaialal''' n. land, planet. | |||
'''fali''' v. exist, live. | |||
'''flafi''' v. speak; n. language. | |||
'''lilaf''' n. lilaf (a small furry being). | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:01, 16 June 2010
| Flafi | |
| Spoken in: | unknown, by small furry beings |
| Timeline/Universe: | unknown |
| Total speakers: | unknown |
| Genealogical classification: | Language isolate (non-human)
Flafi |
| Created by: | |
| Jörg Rhiemeier | 2006 |
Flafi is a funlang by Jörg Rhiemeier. It is meant to be spoken by an unspecified race of small furry beings.
Phonology
Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only two consonants and two vowels.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | |
| Voiceless fricative | f | |
| Voiced lateral | l |
The only allowed consonant cluster, besides the geminates ff and ll, is fl, which, unlike the geminates, may occur initially. No final clusters or geminates.
Vowels
| Front | Central | |
| High | i | |
| Low | a |
Both vowels are unrounded.
Syllable structure
Maximally, CCVC.
Morphosyntax
Flafi is entirely isolating. Word order is OSV.
Sample text
Flafi lilaf flafi. -- Lilaf speak language.
Lilaf falaialal al fali. -- Lilaf live on (the) planet.
Vocabulary
al locative particle; in, on.
falaialal n. land, planet.
fali v. exist, live.
flafi v. speak; n. language.
lilaf n. lilaf (a small furry being).
