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||Stops, plain||'''b'''||''' | ||Stops, plain||'''b'''||'''dh'''||'''d'''||'''j'''||'''g''' | ||
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||Stops, aspirated||'''p'''||''' | ||Stops, aspirated||'''p'''||'''th'''||'''t'''||'''c'''||'''k''' | ||
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||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''sh''' | ||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''z'''||'''s'''||'''sh'''||'''h''' | ||
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||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''|| | ||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''|| | ||
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||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||''' | ||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''y'''|| | ||
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||Mid | ||Mid||'''e''' '''ee'''|| ||'''o''' '''oo''' | ||
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||Low|| ||'''a''' '''aa''' | ||Low|| ||'''a''' '''aa''' |
Revision as of 20:42, 13 November 2010
Plitnakya | |
Spoken in: | Scotland (Sxutlande) |
Conworld: | League of Lost Languages |
Total speakers: | ~2,000 |
Genealogical classification: | Atlantic
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Basic word order: | VSO |
Morphological type: | Polysynthetic |
Morphosyntactic alignment: | Active-Stative, Hierarchical |
Writing system: | |
Created by: | |
Taylor Selseth | 2010 C.E. |
Plitnakya [ˈpʰlitʰˌnakjə] 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 | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
Stops, plain | p | t̻ | t̺ | ʧ | k |
Stops, aspirated | pʰ | t̻ʰ | t̺ʰ | ʧʰ | kʰ |
Fricatives | f | θ | s | ʃ | x |
Nasals | m | n | |||
Liquids | w | l | j |
Front | Center | Back | |
High | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low | a aː |
Orthography
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
Stops, plain | b | dh | d | j | g |
Stops, aspirated | p | th | t | c | k |
Fricatives | f | z | s | sh | h |
Nasals | m | n | |||
Liquids | w | l | y |
Front | Center | Back | |
High | i ii | u uu | |
Mid | e ee | o oo | |
Low | a aa |