Qwynegold
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Qwynegold /kwy˖.ne.gold/is an artlang, spoken in the island of Qwynegold, which is located in the Malackan strait. The language has borrowed heavily from European languages, as well as its neighboring Asian languages. Qwynegold has two main dialect groups: Quadralónia /kwad.ra.loˑ.nia/ and Qwadralónia /kwʌd.ra.loˑ.nia/.
Phonology
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ɕ | ɧ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | dʒ | |||||||||||||
| Velar cluster | kw | ks | ||||||||||||||
| Long consonant | tt | nː lː | ||||||||||||||
| Approximants | w | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
The above table shows the exact phonetic transcription of the vowels, but the following, simpler transcription will be used from here on:
| Exact transcription | Simple transcription | Orthography |
|---|---|---|
| ä˕ | a | a |
| ʌ | ʌ | a |
| eˣ˗ | e | e |
| e˔˖ | e˔ | e |
| i˗ | i | i |
| i˖ | i˖ | i |
| oˣ˓ | o | o |
| o˒˖ | o˖ | o |
| u˓˕ | u | u |
| u˒˖ | u˖ | u |
| y˓˗ | y | y |
| y˒˖ | y˖ | y |
| æ˗ | æ | ä/æ |
| ɛ | ɛ | ä/æ |
| ø | ø | ö/ø |
| œ | œ | ö/ø |
Qwynegold has three length distinctions in vowels and two in consonants. The long consonants are considered to be in two different syllables at once, hence they are here transcribed as [p.p], [p.p], etc. There are three special long consonants that act as single phonemic units: [lː], [nː] and [tt]. These do not have a syllable break between them, like the others have. Besides the [lː], [nː] and [tt], there are also [l.l], [n.n] and [t.t].
Orthography
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, Ä ä/Æ æ, Ö ö/Ø ø, £ £, § §
| Letter | Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|
| A a | a ʌ | |
| B b | b | |
| C c | s k | |
| D d | d | |
| E e | e e˔ | |
| F f | f | |
| G g | g | |
| H h | h | |
| I i | i i˖ | |
| J j | j | |
| K k | k | |
| L l | l | |
| M m | m | |
| N n | n | |
| O o | o o˖ | |
| P p | p | |
| Q q | k | |
| R r | r | |
| S s | s | |
| T t | t | |
| U u | u u˖ | |
| V v | v | |
| W w | w | |
| X x | ks | |
| Y y | y y˖ | |
| Z z | ts z | |
| Ä ä Æ æ | æ ɛ | |
| Ö ö Ø ø | ø œ | |
| £ £ | ɕ | |
| § § | ɧ |
This is how the order of the Qwynegoldian alphabet. The Quadralónia dialects use Ää and Öö, while the Qwadralónia dialects use Ææ resp. Øø. Half-long vowels are indicated by an acute accent (´) over the vowel in both dialects. Long vowel are marked by macron (¯) in Quadralónia, and by doubling the vowel in Qwadralónia.
