Hlotderb

Hlotderb (/ɬoʈ.ɛʁb/) is the language spoken in Pôkingajikastan (/pɔ.kiŋ.æ.ʒi.kæ.stæn/). It is believed to be a language isolate, but with heavy influence from Turkic and Altic languages. The name Hlotderb is derived from Hlotde(/ɬoʈ.ɛ/), the largest Hloterb-speaking city in the world as well as the larest city in Pôkingajikistan.

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Phonology

• Consonants: /tˁ dˁ kˁ gˁ t p b d k g n ŋ m v f ʒ ʃ z s ç ʝ ɬ ɭ l r̝ ʣ ʤ ʂ ʐ ʈ ɖ/
  • Romanized As:
  • Exceptions:
    • /tˁ dˁ kˁ gˁ/ are marked as <t' d' k' g'> before <hl>
    • /kg/ is impossible, but /k.g/ is marked as <k.g> to avoid confusion with <kg>, /ʝ/
• Allophones:
  • /t d k g p b/ become [tʰ dʰ kʰ gʰ pʰ bʰ/ initially
  • /l/ becomes [ʁ] after /ʂ ʐ ʈ ɖ/

	Bilabial	Labio-Dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stops	p  b		t  d			ʈ  ɖ		k  g
Emphatic Stops			tˁ  dˁ					kˁ  gˁ
Nasals	m							ŋ
Fricatives		f  v		s  z	ʃ  ʒ	ʂ  ʐ	ç  ʝ
Approximants			r̝	ɬ		ɭ			ʁ
Affricates			ʣ	ʤ

• Vowels: /e i ɛ æ ə ɑ ɔ o u/
  • Romanized As: <e i eh aa y a ô o u>
    • Differentiation:
      • /e/ proceding a /K/ is denoted by <e'l> instead of <eh>, /ɪ/
• Phonological Constraints: (S or F)(S or F)(N)(A)V(N)(A)(F)(P)
  • Where S=stop, F=fricative, A=approximant, N=nasal, and V=vowel
  • Also with identical voicing and usually similar point of articulation

Pronouns

Nominative:

	Singular	Plural
First Person, Exclusive	ghrö (/gˁʁo/)	bim (/bim/)
First Person, Inclusive	-	bij (/biʒ/)
Second Person	dja (/ʤɑ/)	ssae (/ʃe/)
Third Person, Animate	cuÿ (/çuʝ/)	tcöm (/tçom/)
Third Person, Cultural	cöss (/çoʃ/)	cotd (/çɔʈ/)
Third Person, Natural	cosz (/çɔʂ/)	cotd (/çɔʈ/)