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==IPA==
==IPA==
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|| ||Labial||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Glottal
|| ||Labial||Dental||Alveolar||Palatal||Velar
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||Stops, plain||'''p'''||'''t'''||'''ʧ'''||'''k'''||'''q'''
||Stops, plain||'''p'''||''''''||''''''||'''ʧ'''||'''k'''
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||Stops, aspirated||'''pʰ'''||''''''||'''ʧʰ'''||''''''||''''''
||Stops, aspirated||'''pʰ'''||'''t̻ʰ'''||'''t̺ʰ'''||'''ʧʰ'''||''''''
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||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''s'''||'''ʃ'''|| || ||'''h'''
||Fricatives||'''f'''||'''θ'''||'''s'''||'''ʃ'''||'''x'''
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||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||
||Nasals||'''m'''||'''n'''||
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||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''j'''|| ||'''ʁ'''
||Liquids||'''w'''||'''l'''||'''j'''||
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|| ||Front||Center||Back
|| ||Front||Center||Back
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||High||'''i''' '''i'''|| ||'''u''' '''uuː'''
||High||'''i''' '''i'''|| ||'''u''' ''''''
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||Mid|| ||'''ə''' '''əː'''
||Mid||'''e''' '''eː'''|| ||'''o''' ''''''
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||Low|| ||'''a''' '''aː'''
||Low|| ||'''a''' '''aː'''

Revision as of 21:37, 13 November 2010

Plitnakya
Spoken in: Scotland (Sxutlande)
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 [ˈpʰlitʰˌnakjə] 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 Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stops, plain p ʧ k
Stops, aspirated t̻ʰ t̺ʰ ʧʰ
Fricatives f θ s ʃ x
Nasals m n
Liquids w l j
Front Center Back
High i i u
Mid e o
Low a

Orthography

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