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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Etimri is dechticaetiative, meaning direct objects of monotransitive verbs are in the same case as direct objects for ditransitive verbs. | Etimri is dechticaetiative, meaning direct objects of monotransitive verbs are in the same case as direct objects for ditransitive verbs. | ||
==Stress and Pitch== | |||
Stress usually falls on the second syllable. Accompanying this is a pitch system. Stressed syllables and syllables immeadiately following stressed syllables have a high pitch. Syllables immeadiately preceding the stressed syllable have low pitch. All other syllables have medium pitch. Thus: | |||
ted-RO-gez-e | |||
L-H-H-M | |||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 18 October 2006
| Faranit | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /ɛ-tɪ-mʁɪ/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | theoretically this universe, future |
| Species: | Humanoid |
| Spoken: | Trovog penninsula and coast southeast of there |
| Total speakers: | ~3 million |
| Writing system: | Faranih and Romanized Equivalent |
| Genealogy: | believed to be related to Hungarian, but very little evidence |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | inflecting |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Humancadaver101 aka Schwhatever aka Buckfush530 |
| Created: | August 2006 |
Etimri is a language spoken on and southeast of the Timeritah or Trovog penninsula on the continent of Lhined. The language contains several Faranit loan words, but shows very little, if any, linguistic relation.
Phonology and Orthography
- "General" Consonants: /d b p t k g ɦ j ʁ ç ʃ ʒ m n ŋ s z f ʋ/
- Romanized As: <d b p t k g h j r c sh zh m n ng s z f v>
- Affricatives: /ʦ ʣ p-f b-v ʧ ʤ/
- Romanized As: <ts dz pf bv tsh dzh>
- Vowels: /ɑ e ɛ ɪ o u ø/
- Romanized As: <a ai e i o u ou>
- Vowel Length is contrasted in forming plurals.
- Only two lengths are used, however: long (regular plural nouns) and short (everything else)
- Phonological Constraints: (C)(approximant)V(C)
- Exception: Approximant+Approximant+V(+C) is not allowed
- Exception: (C)(C)Vj is not allowed
Allophones
/ʋ/ shifts to /v/ when at the end of a syllable.
Phonology Chart
| Bilabial | Labio-Dental | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | f | s z | ʃ ʒ | ç | ɦ | |||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ʁ | |||||
| Affricative | p-f b-v | ʦ ʣ | ʧ ʤ |
Pronouns, Conjugations, and Declensions
Etimri pronouns, Etimri Conjugations and Etimri Declensions
Syntax
Etimri is dechticaetiative, meaning direct objects of monotransitive verbs are in the same case as direct objects for ditransitive verbs.
Stress and Pitch
Stress usually falls on the second syllable. Accompanying this is a pitch system. Stressed syllables and syllables immeadiately following stressed syllables have a high pitch. Syllables immeadiately preceding the stressed syllable have low pitch. All other syllables have medium pitch. Thus:
ted-RO-gez-e L-H-H-M
Adjectives
Adjectives decline for gender. The masculine ending is <-d> while feminine adjectives end in <-f>. There are few irregular adjectives.
Articles
Only two articles exist, zhi and hjo. Zhi is definite (specifies one of the object) and hjo is indefinite (does not specify as one particular object. There are no plural forms. There demonstratives, quantities, or numbers are used. In many instances the articles are omitted.
