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Ýýlheema'ék

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Language
Spoken in: variable
Timeline/Universe: An ancient language created on earth, but known on at least 2 planets.
Total speakers: 5 known
Genealogical classification: Isolate
Basic word order: SOV
Morphological type: Synthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:
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Phonology


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g q ɢ ʔ
Fricative v θ ð s χ
Lateral Fricative ɬ
Tap or Flap ɾ
Lateral Approximant l


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
Near-high ɪ
High-mid e o
Low a


The following vowels also have phonemic length: a, e, i, o
There are two tones: high--marked with acute accent in the orthography; low--unmarked.

Sentence Structure

  1. verb is always last in the clause
  2. focus comes first
  3. adjectives follow nouns
  4. adverbs follow what they modify
  5. adpositions follow their noun/phrase
  6. relative clauses follow head clauses
  7. relationals come before the noun/phrase they refer to

Nouns

  1. There are no cases. Syntactic function is determined by position in the clause (see Sentence Structure).