Craintye
Craintye (kreyentæ, IPA: [ˈxreɪənˌtaɪ]) is a constructed language which came under creation during November, 2010. From when it first started, it went to many changes and even more changes are most likely to come. The name of the conlang literally means "created language," or "made up language." Craintye is a priori language, despite few loan words from various different languages.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Labial-Palatal | Velar | Labaial-Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | [m] <m> | [ɱ] <ṁ> | [n] <n> | [ɲ] <nh> | [ŋ] <ṅ> | ||||||
| Plosive | [p] [b] |
[t] <t> [d] <d> | [k] <c> [g] <g> | [ʔ] <h> | |||||||
| Fricative | [f] <f> [v] <v> | [θ] <þ> [ð] <ð> | [s] <s> [z] <z> | [ʃ] <ṡ> [ʒ] <ż> | [x] <k> [ɣ] <ġ> | ||||||
| Approximant | [j] <j> | [w] <ƿ> | |||||||||
| Trill | [r] <r> | [ʀ] <ṙ> | |||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | [l] <l> | [ʎ] <lh> |
Vowels
| front | central | back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| close | i1 | iː | y1 | yː | u1 | uː | ||
| near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||
| close-mid | e1 | eː | ø1 | øː | o1 | oː | ||
| mid | ə2 | |||||||
| open-mid | ɛ | ɛː3 | œ | ɔ | ||||
| near-open | ɐ2 | |||||||
| open | a | aː | ||||||
Diphthongs
PHONOLOGY:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close-Mid | /eɪ/ /eʊ/ /øʏ/ | /oɪ/ /oʊ/ |
| Open | /aɪ/ /aʊ/ |
ORTHOGRAPHY:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close-Mid | ey 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.
Stress
Stress is usually on the second to last syllable of a word. The stress of a certain syllable can be changed when that syllable's vowel or diphthong has an acute on it. Another exception is when adding the definite article suffix; even though another syllable may be added, the stress is the same as if that suffix was not there. There are few other exception, but when there are, those must me memorized.
