Silōs

Silōs [-]
Timeline/Universe	-
Period	2012–
Spoken in	Republic of Cœlophyce
Total speakers	~5
Writing system	Latin script
Classification	-
Typology
Basic word order	SVO
Morphology	Isolating
Alignment	-
Credits
Created by	Clayton Williams & Jack Bevolo

The Silōs language is an a priori natlang spoken exclusively within the First Cœlophycian Republican Kingdom. It is largely an isolating language, with occasional productive affixes and compound words. Silōs belongs to the Cari-Loic language family, therefore related to the Carichendan and Sinushyeinametiniq languages, moreso to the former.

Phonology

The phonology of Silōs is simple, indeed very limited, having no velar consonants, no secondary articulation, and no phonemic voicing besides for the labiodental fricative. There are five phonemic vowels. In total, this makes for only 15 distinct phonemes, not counting the palatal approximant, which is considered a mere allophone of the vowel /i/.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal
Nasal	m		n
Plosive	p		t
Fricative		f  v	s	ʒ *<z>
Flap			ɾ <r>
Approximant			l		(j <i>)

• *This is standard notation. <jh> and <ʒ> are recognized alternative notations.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o <ō>
Open		a

In addition, allophones of this system are few: phonemes are rarely realized with a different voicing, despite their free variation. The postalveolar fricative, moreover, mainly occurs in onomatopoeia (though not always).

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