Talk:Náŋifi Fasúxa

I know that the syllable structure and length is a little engelang-ish, but the inherent instability is intentional. There will be a vulgar NF from which the daughter languages will be derived - but I have to finish the standard language first.

8/26: Given Greenberg's Linguistic Universal number 16, perhaps auxiliary verbs before the main verb transform the main verb into an subordinate adverb, thus honoring LU15 and LU16. Any thoughts?

Hmm, that would preserve the basic structure. I like the idea. --LinguarumMagister 18:07, 13 August 2012 (PDT)

Allophones

If Na'ŋifi Fasu'xa had not already possessed an orthography, the phonetic transcription would be quite different. A dearth of phonemes indicates a wealth of allophones. /n/ [n] becomes [l] before a following consonant /antuni/ [alduni] Here's a possible revision of NF phonology: [m] > [+homorganic nasal]/_C [n] > [l]/_C [ŋ] > [ʔ]/#_C [x] > [h]/#_C, C_ (except /x_/) [+cons -vc] > [+vc]/_[+cons +vc] [+cons -vc] > [+vc]/V_V This last is a bit more complex - 'fa.su.xa > 'fɔ.zo.ɣa, fa.'su.xa > fɔ.'so.ɣa, fa.so.'xa > fɔ.so.'xa Vowel patterns: Bivocalic: a i > ɛ i a u > ɔ u i a > e a i i > i i i u > i u u a > o a u i > u i u u > u u Trivocalic: a a a > a a a a a i > a ɛ i a a u > a ɔ u a i a > ɛ e a a i i > ɛ i i a i u > ɛ i u a u a > ɔ o a a u i > ɔ u i a u u > ɔ u u i a a > e a a i a i > e ɛ i i a u > e ɔ u i i a > i e a i i i > i i i i i u > i u u u a a > o a a u a i > o ɛ i u a u > o ɔ u u i a > u e a u i i > u i i u i u > u i u u u a > u o a u u i > u u i u u u > u u u Should I add u i > ɯ i and i u > y u? --LinguarumMagister 18:07, 13 August 2012 (PDT)