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X-3
Spoken in:	n.a.
Timeline/Universe:	n.a.
Total speakers:	n.a.
Genealogical classification:	a priori experimental language
Basic word order:	VSO, free
Morphological type:	fusional
Morphosyntactic alignment:	fluid-S
Created by:
Jörg Rhiemeier	2006

X-3 is an experimental language by Jörg Rhiemeier. It is a speedtalk-style language with a huge phoneme inventory allowing for very short words.

The phoneme inventory of X-3 is very large: it contains 250 consonants and 40 vowels, which means that there are as many as 10,000 CV syllables.

There are 10 basic vowel qualities:

Each of these ten vowels can be short or long and plain or nasalized, making a total of 40 vowels.

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 '''X-3''' is an [[X-languages|experimental language]] by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]].  It is a [[briefscript|speedtalk]]-style language with a huge phoneme inventory allowing for very short words.
+==Phonology==
+The phoneme inventory of X-3 is very large: it contains 250 consonants and 40 vowels, which means that there are as many as 10,000 CV syllables.
+===Vowels===
+There are 10 basic vowel qualities:
+{|
+|| ||Front<br>unrounded||Front<br>rounded||Back<br>unrounded||Back<br>rounded
+|-
+||High ||'''i'''||'''ü'''||'''&iuml;'''||'''u'''
+|-
+||Mid ||'''e'''||'''ö'''||'''&euml;'''||'''o'''
+|-
+||Low ||'''ä'''|| ||a||
+|}
+Each of these ten vowels can be short or long and plain or nasalized, making a total of 40 vowels.