Chreientae

Chreientae (chreientae, IPA: [ˈxreɪəntaɪ]) is a constructed language which came under creation during November, 2010. The name of the conlang literally means "created language," or "made-up language." Chreientae is a priori language, despite few loan words from languages such as English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.

Phonology & Orthography

Consonants

PHONOLOGY:

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Labial-Palatal	Velar	Labaial-Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	/p/ /b/			/t/ /d/				/k/ /g/		/q/ /ɢ/	/ʔ/
Nasal	/m/			/n/		/ɲ/		/ŋ/
Trill				/r/						/ʀ/
Fricative		/f/ /v/	/θ/ /ð/	/s/ /z/	/ʃ/ /ʒ/			/x/ /ɣ/
Lateral Fricative				/ɬ/ /ɮ/
Approximant						/j/	/ɥ/		/w/
Lateral Approximant				/l/			/ʎ/

ORTHOGRAPHY:

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Labial-Palatal	Velar	Labaial-Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	p b			t d				k g		q c	w
Nasal	m			n		gn**		ng**
Trill				r						r*
Fricative		f v	th** ð	s s*	ş z			ch** h
Lateral Fricative				tl** dl**
Approximant						j	ȳ		ł
Lateral Approximant				l			gl**

* The times when these consonants take this pronunciation must be memorized

** The times when these consonants are pronounced exactly the way they look must be memorized

Vowels

Phonology

	Front		Central		Back
Close	/i/ /y/				/u/
		/ɪ/ /ʏ/		/ʊ/
Close-Mid	/e/ /ø/				/o/
			/ə/
Open-Mid	/ɛ/ /œ/				/ɔ/
	/æ/
Open	/a/

Orthography

	Front		Central		Back
Close	i* y*				u*
		i** y**		u**
Close-Mid	e* ø*				o*
			e***
Open-Mid	e** ø**				o**
	a**
Open	a*

* These vowels are called "long vowels" and are pronounced this way when before one consonant, another vowel, or at the end of a word. These vowels are actually elongated when doubled or when there's an acute accent on the letter (which also makes that vowel's syllable stressed).

** These vowels are called "short vowels" and are pronounced this way when before two or more consonants, which included digraphs.

*** This vowel is pronounced this way when unstressed in most situations

Diphthongs

PHONOLOGY:

	Front	Back
Close-Mid	/eɪ/ /eʊ/ /øʏ/	/oɪ/ /oʊ/
Open	/aɪ/ /aʊ/

ORTHOGRAPHY:

	Front	Back
Close-Mid	ei eu øy	oe ou
Open	ae au

* All of these diphthongs' sounds are lengthened when an acute accent is added on the first letter. This also puts the stress on that diphthong's syllable.

** When a diaeresis is placed on the second letter of a supposed diphthong, it tells you that each vowel is pronounced separately. Also, if there is an acute accent on the second letter in a supposed diphthong, it tells you that each letter is pronounced separately and the vowel with the acute accent's syllable is stressed.

Grammar

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