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==IPA==
==IPA==
{|
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|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Glottal
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||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''ʧ'''||'''k'''||'''q'''
||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''ʧ'''||'''k'''||'''q'''
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||Stops, ejective||'''pʼ'''||'''tʼ'''||'''ʧʼ'''||'''kʼ'''||'''qʼ'''
||Stops, ejective||'''pʼ'''||'''tʼ'''||'''ʧʼ'''||'''kʼ'''||'''qʼ'''
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||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''ʃ'''||
||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''ʃ'''|| || ||'''h'''
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||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||
||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||
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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
{|
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|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular
|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Glottal
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||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''c'''||'''k'''||'''q'''
||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''c'''||'''k'''||'''q'''
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||Stops, ejective||'''b'''||'''d'''||'''j'''||'''g'''||'''x'''
||Stops, ejective||'''b'''||'''d'''||'''j'''||'''g'''||'''x'''
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||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''sh'''||
||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''sh'''|| || ||'''h'''
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||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||
||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||

Revision as of 00:09, 13 November 2010

Plitnakya
Spoken in: Scotland (Squtlanta)
Conworld: League of Lost Languages
Total speakers: ~2,000
Genealogical classification: Atlantic
Scotic
NW Scotic
Plitnakya
Basic word order: VSO
Morphological type: Polysynthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment: Active-Stative, Hierarchical
Writing system:
Created by:
Taylor Selseth 2010 C.E.

Plitnakya is a highly endangered language isolate spoken by about 2,000 people in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland It has a complex, polysythetic morphology that is very unusual for Europe and is likely a relic of the first people to populate Britain after the Pleistocene Glaciation.

Phonology

IPA

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stops, plain p t ʧ k q
Stops, ejective ʧʼ
Fricatives f s ʃ h
Nasals m n
Liquids w l j ʁ
Front Back
High i o
Low e a

Orthography

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Stops, plain p t c k q
Stops, ejective b d j g x
Fricatives f s sh h
Nasals m n
Liquids w l j r
Front Back
High i ii o ou
Low e ee a aa