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'''Plitnakya''' is a highly endangered language isolate spoken by about 2,000 people in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland It has a complex, polysythetic morphology that is very unusual for Europe and is likely a relic of the first people to populate Britain after the Pleistocene Glaciation. | '''Plitnakya''' is a highly endangered language isolate spoken by about 2,000 people in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland It has a complex, polysythetic morphology that is very unusual for Europe and is likely a relic of the first people to populate Britain after the Pleistocene Glaciation. | ||
=Phonology= | |||
==IPA== | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular | |||
|- | |||
||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''ʧ'''||'''k'''||'''q''' | |||
|- | |||
||Stops, ejective||'''pʼ'''||'''tʼ'''||'''ʧʼ'''||'''kʼ'''||'''qʼ''' | |||
|- | |||
||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''ʃ'''|| | |||
|- | |||
||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''|| | |||
|- | |||
||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''j'''|| ||'''ʁ''' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Front||Back | |||
|- | |||
||High||'''i''' '''iː'''||'''o''' '''oː''' | |||
|- | |||
||Low||'''e''' '''eː'''||'''a''' '''aː''' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Orthography== | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular | |||
|- | |||
||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''c'''||'''k'''||'''q''' | |||
|- | |||
||Stops, ejective||'''b'''||'''d'''||'''j'''||'''g'''||'''x''' | |||
|- | |||
||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''sh'''|| | |||
|- | |||
||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''|| | |||
|- | |||
||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''j'''|| ||'''r''' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
{| | |||
|| ||Front||Back | |||
|- | |||
||High||'''i''' '''ii'''||'''o''' '''ou''' | |||
|- | |||
||Low||'''e''' '''ee'''||'''a''' '''aa''' | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
[[Category:LLL]] | [[Category:LLL]] | ||
Revision as of 23:06, 12 November 2010
| Plitnakya | |
| Spoken in: | Scotland (Squtlanta) |
| Conworld: | League of Lost Languages |
| Total speakers: | ~2,000 |
| Genealogical classification: | Atlantic
|
| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Morphological type: | Polysynthetic |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Active-Stative, Hierarchical |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| Taylor Selseth | 2010 C.E. |
Plitnakya is a highly endangered language isolate spoken by about 2,000 people in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland It has a complex, polysythetic morphology that is very unusual for Europe and is likely a relic of the first people to populate Britain after the Pleistocene Glaciation.
Phonology
IPA
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
| Stops, plain | p | t | ʧ | k | q |
| Stops, ejective | pʼ | tʼ | ʧʼ | kʼ | qʼ |
| Fricatives | f | s | ʃ | ||
| Nasals | m | n | |||
| Liquids | w | l | j | ʁ |
| Front | Back | |
| High | i iː | o oː |
| Low | e eː | a aː |
Orthography
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
| Stops, plain | p | t | c | k | q |
| Stops, ejective | b | d | j | g | x |
| Fricatives | f | s | sh | ||
| Nasals | m | n | |||
| Liquids | w | l | j | r |
| Front | Back | |
| High | i ii | o ou |
| Low | e ee | a aa |
