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{{Infobox|name=Korce | {{Infobox|name=Korce | ||
|pronounce=/'koɹ. | |pronounce=/'koɹ.ʧe/ | ||
|tu= theoretically this universe, future | |tu= theoretically this universe, future | ||
|species=Humanoid | |species=Humanoid | ||
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Vowels - /a e i o u/ | *Vowels - /a e i o u/ | ||
**Diphthongs - /ai au/ | |||
*Phonotactics - (C)V(X)(Y), where X is any non-plosive and Y is any plosive | |||
==Allophony== | ==Allophony== | ||
*/s z/ assimilate in terms of voicing and point of articulation when followed by a plosive | |||
*/c ɟ/ and /k g/ merge to [c ɟ] prior to /i e/ | |||
*/c ɟ/ and /k g/ merge to [k g] prior to /u/ | |||
*/ʧ ʤ/ and /t d/ merge to [t d] prior to /o u/ | |||
*/ŋ ɴ/ merge to /ŋ/ medially | |||
*/ʎ ʟ/ merge to [ʟ] and /ɲ ŋ/ merge to [ŋ] initially | |||
*/ɹ/ is [r] medially | |||
*unstressed /a e i o u/ are realized as [ɒ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ] | |||
*stressed plosives are aspirated | |||
==Orthography== | |||
*/a e i o u ai au/ | |||
**<a e i o u ai au> | |||
*/ʈ ɖ t̪ d̪ p b t d ʧ ʤ c ɟ k g q ɢ/ | |||
**<t' d' th dh p b t d c j ky gy k g q gg> | |||
*/m n ɲ ŋ ɴ/ | |||
**<m n ñ ŋ nn> | |||
*/l ʎ ʟ/ | |||
**<l ll ł> | |||
*/ʋ ɹ ɻ j w/ | |||
**<v r r' y w> | |||
*/z s/ | |||
**<z s> unless followed by a plosive, in which case both are <h> | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
[[Korce Lexicon]] | |||
[[Category: Conlangs]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:15, 17 July 2011
| Korce | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /'koɹ.ʧe/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | theoretically this universe, future |
| Species: | Humanoid |
| Spoken: | south-central Lheinead |
| Total speakers: | ~ half of one million |
| Writing system: | Romanized Equivalent |
| Genealogy: | unknown |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Humancadaver101 aka Schwhatever aka Buckfush530 |
| Created: | August 2007 |
Korce is a language spoken in a few isolated areas of the great plains of Lheinead. Korce speakers generally constitute minorities or enclave majorities inside of predominantely Kang-Eur settlements, which speak a seperate language Sezara. The Korce speakers are believed to have spread from the northeast onto the plains and to have occupied small sections of the pre-existing cultures.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t̪ d̪ | t d | ʧ ʤ | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | k g | q ɢ |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||
| Fricative | s z | |||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | w | |||
| Lateral Flap | l | ʎ | ʟ |
- Vowels - /a e i o u/
- Diphthongs - /ai au/
- Phonotactics - (C)V(X)(Y), where X is any non-plosive and Y is any plosive
Allophony
- /s z/ assimilate in terms of voicing and point of articulation when followed by a plosive
- /c ɟ/ and /k g/ merge to [c ɟ] prior to /i e/
- /c ɟ/ and /k g/ merge to [k g] prior to /u/
- /ʧ ʤ/ and /t d/ merge to [t d] prior to /o u/
- /ŋ ɴ/ merge to /ŋ/ medially
- /ʎ ʟ/ merge to [ʟ] and /ɲ ŋ/ merge to [ŋ] initially
- /ɹ/ is [r] medially
- unstressed /a e i o u/ are realized as [ɒ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ]
- stressed plosives are aspirated
Orthography
- /a e i o u ai au/
- <a e i o u ai au>
- /ʈ ɖ t̪ d̪ p b t d ʧ ʤ c ɟ k g q ɢ/
- <t' d' th dh p b t d c j ky gy k g q gg>
- /m n ɲ ŋ ɴ/
- <m n ñ ŋ nn>
- /l ʎ ʟ/
- <l ll ł>
- /ʋ ɹ ɻ j w/
- <v r r' y w>
- /z s/
- <z s> unless followed by a plosive, in which case both are <h>
