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==Phonology==
==Phonology==


Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only three consonants and two vowels.
Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only two consonants and two vowels.


===Consonants===
===Consonants===


{|
{|
|| ||Labial ||Dental
|| ||Labial ||Alveolar
|-
|-
||Voiceless fricatives ||'''f''' ||'''th'''
||Voiceless fricative ||'''f''' ||
|-
|-
||Voiced lateral || ||'''l'''
||Voiced lateral || ||'''l'''
|}
|}


The only allowed consonant clusters are '''fl''' and '''thl'''.
The only allowed consonant cluster is '''fl'''.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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==Sample text==
==Sample text==


'''Flafi thlilaf flafi.''' -- ''Thlilaf speak language.''
'''Flafi lilaf flafi.''' -- ''Lilaf speak language.''


==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
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'''flafi''' v. speak; n. language.
'''flafi''' v. speak; n. language.


'''thlilaf''' n. thlilaf (a small furry being).
'''lilaf''' n. lilaf (a small furry being).

Revision as of 04:34, 21 February 2006

Language
Spoken in: unknown, by small furry beings
Timeline/Universe: unknown
Total speakers: unknown
Genealogical classification: Language isolate (non-human)

 Flafi

Created by:
Jörg Rhiemeier 2006

Flafi is a funlang by Jörg Rhiemeier. It is meant to be spoken by an unspecified race of small furry beings.

Phonology

Flafi has a very small phoneme inventory: only two consonants and two vowels.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar
Voiceless fricative f
Voiced lateral l

The only allowed consonant cluster is fl.

Vowels

High i
Low a

Syllable structure

Maximally, CCVC.

Morphosyntax

Flafi is entirely isolating. Word order is OSV.

Sample text

Flafi lilaf flafi. -- Lilaf speak language.

Vocabulary

flafi v. speak; n. language.

lilaf n. lilaf (a small furry being).