Deini

DEINI is a personal language created by Dana Nutter.

Orthography

Deini has it's own script, but will be demonstrated here in romanized form.

Phonology

Here are the Romanized letters with their accompanying X-SAMPA pronunciations:

< A B C D DD E F G H I K L M N NN O P Q R S SS T TT U V X Y Z ZZ > / a b x d D e f g h i k l m n N o p G R s S t T u v @ 1 z Z /

/i/ is pronounced [j] before another vowel. /u/ is pronounced [w] before another vowel.

Other diphthongs: AI [aj], EI [ej], OI [oj], AU [aw], EU [ew].

Lexicon

Vocabulary is drawn mainly from English and Germanic languages but also with a mix of Greco-Romance, Slavic and a small mix from other world languages.