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=Phonology=
=Phonology=
Solaric has a very complex phonological system. Ejectives and implosives are dervied from fusions of glottal stops and plosives. Long vowels are derived from compensatory lengthening from loss of coda fricatives.


==Consonants==
==Consonants==

Revision as of 20:34, 17 February 2010

Solaric
Slèkhk
Spoken in: North America c. AD 4000
Timeline/Universe: TaylorS's Eridanian Universe
Total speakers: Approx. 200 million
Genealogical classification: Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Anglic
American
Solaric
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: agglutinating
Morphosyntactic alignment: Split-Ergative
Created by:
Taylor Selseth 2010-

Solaric is an Anglic Language spoken predominantly in North America, centered along the middle and upper Mississippi River valley and the lower Ohio and Missouri River valleys.

Phonology

Solaric has a very complex phonological system. Ejectives and implosives are dervied from fusions of glottal stops and plosives. Long vowels are derived from compensatory lengthening from loss of coda fricatives.

Consonants

Labial Labio-Dental Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stops, unaspirated p b t d ʧ j k g ʔ '
Stops, aspirated p t ʧʰ c k
Stops, ejective p' p' ʧʼ c' k'
Stops, implosive ɓ b' ɗ d' ʄʲ j' ɠ g'
Stops, Nasal m m n n
Fricatives, unvoiced f f θ þ s s ʃ sh x kh h h
Fricatives, voiced v v ð ð z z ʒ zh ɣ gh
Laterals ɫ l
Trills r r
Semivowels w w j y

Vowels

Oral Short

Front Front Rounded Central Back Diphthongs
High i i y ü u u
Mid-High e e ø ö o o
Mid-Low ɛ è ɔ ò ɛo eu ɔe oi
Low a a

Oral Long

Front Front Rounded Central Back
High ii üü uːː uu
Mid-High ee øː öö oo
Mid-Low ɛː èè ɔː òò
Low aa

Nasal

Front Front Rounded Central Back Diphthongs
Mid-High e eng ø öng o ong
Mid-Low ɛ èng ɔ òng ɛo eung ɔe oing
Low a a