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'''Plitnakya''' {{IPA|[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.
'''Plitnakya''' {{IPA|[pʰlitʰnakja]}} 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=
=Phonology=

Revision as of 21:45, 13 November 2010

Plitnakya
Spoken in: Scotland (Skotlanda)
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 [pʰlitʰnakja] 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 u
Mid e o
Low a

Orthography

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Stops, plain b dh d j g
Stops, aspirated p th t c k
Fricatives f z s sh h
Nasals m n
Liquids w l y
Front Center Back
High i ii u uu
Mid e ee o oo
Low a aa