Songulda language

Songulda Songulda
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:	Songulda
Basic word order:
Morphological type:	agglutinative
Morphosyntactic alignment:	ergative
Writing system:
Created by:
Qwynegold

Phonology

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Dental		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasals		m						n						ŋː
Plosives	p	b					t	d					k	g
Fricatives							s		ʃ	ʒ			x		h
Affricates					ts		tʃ	dʒ
Approximants				ʋ								j
Trill								r
Lateral Approximant								l

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Central		Near-back		Back
High	i	y			ɨ					u
Near-high
High-mid
Mid	e	ø								o
Low-mid
Near-low
Low										ɑ

Syllable structure

The syllable structure for non-final syllables is (O)V(ː)((C)D(ː)), and for final syllables (O)V(ː)((C)D). For both syllable types, V can be any vowel. For non-final syllables O can be any consonant except /p/ or/ŋː/, and for final syllables any consonant except /ŋː/. The C and D have certain constraints. For non-final syllables, the coda can be any of the following consonants or clusters:

m

n

nd

ns

nʒ

nx

nh

nts

ndʒ

p

b

t

d

k

g

s

st

sk

ʃ

ʒ

x

h

tʃ

dʒ

ʋ

ʋd

ʋs

j

jt

jd

jk

jm

jn

jr

js

jx

jts

jdʒ

jl

r

rt

rd

rk

rm

rs

rx

rts

rj

l

lt

ld

lk

lm

ls

lʒ

lx

lts

ldʒ

lj

For final syllables, the coda can be any of the following consonants or clusters:

m

mp

mt

mts

mtʃ

n

nt

nd

ns

nʒ

nts

ndʒ

ŋk

b

t

d

g

gt

gd

gs

s

sp

st

sk

ʒ

x

h

tʃ

dʒ

ʋ

ʋt

ʋd

ʋs

j

jt

jd

jk

jm

jn

jr

js

jx

jts

jdʒ

jl

r

rt

rd

rk

rm

rts

rj

rx

l

lp

lt

ld

lk

lm

ls

lʃ

lʒ

lx

lts

ltʃ

ldʒ

lj

Writing

The romanized version of Songulda, which will be used from here on, is as follows:

Alphabet and pronunciation

A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter	Pronunciation
A a
B b
C c
D d
E e
F f
G g
H h
I i
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n
O o
P p
Q q
R r
S s
T t
U u
V v
W w
X x
Y y
Z z