Nother/Dunamy

Dunamy Martian
Pronounced:	/ˈdunəmi/
Timeline and Universe:	Nother
Species:	Humans and demihumans
Spoken:	5th c. A.M. Mars
Total speakers:	[no data]
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Genealogy:	Indo-European  Germanic   West Germanic    Anglo–Frisian     Modern English      Martian English       Dunamy
Typology
Morphological type:	Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Accusative
Basic word order:	VSO
Credits
Creator:	Muke Tever | ✎
Created:	2001

Dunamy is the English name for the characteristic speech of Dunamy Town, the second-oldest settlement on Mars.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels
	Front		Near-front		Near-back		Back
High	i							u
Near-high			ɪ			ʊ
High-mid	e							o
Low-mid			ɛ				ʌ	ɔ
Near-low			æ
Low								ɑ

Vowels may be short or long.

Consonants

Consonants
	Bilabial		Labiod.		Alveolar		Post-alv.		Palatal		Velar
Nasal		m				n
Plosive	p	b			t	d					k	ɡ
Fricative			f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Approximants		(w)								j
Tap						r
Lateral Approximant						l

• I'm not entirely sure about w outside of diphthongs.

Orthography

Dunamy spelling is regular. Long vowels are spelled double. Hiatus is indicated by an apostrophe. Some letters (marked here by †) are part of the alphabet but not part of standard spelling. Not all the letter names are finalized yet.

Letter	Name		IPA
A a	aa-šoožú	/ʌːʃɔːˈʒu/	[ʌ]
Ä ä	tårt šoožú (i.e. dotted šoožú)	/tɑrt ʃɔːˈʒu/	[æ]
Å å	åå-šoo'å	/ɑːʃɔːˈɑ/	[ɑ]
B b	bí	/bi/	[b]
C c	sí or cí	/si/	†
D d	dí	/di/	[d]
E e	ee-šoo'e	/ɛːʃɔːˈɛ/	[ɛ]
É é	éé-låyé	/eːlɑjˈe/	[e]
F f	—		[f]
G g	—		[ɡ]
H h	—		†
I i	ii-šoo'i	/ɪːʃɔːˈɪ/	[ɪ]
Í í	íí-låyí	/iːlɑjˈi/	[i]
J j	—		†
K k	—		[k]
L l	—		[l]
M m	—		[m]
N n	—		[n]
O o	blín låyó (i.e. plain låyó)	/blin lɑjˈo/	[ɔ]
Ó ó	óó-låyó	/oːlɑjˈo/	[o]
P p	—		[p]
Q q	—		†
R r	åår	/ɑːr/	[ɾ]
S s	—		[s]
Š š	—		[ʃ]
T t	—		[t]
U u	blín låyžú (i.e. plain låyžú)	/blin lɑjˈʒu/	[ʊ]
Ú ú	úú-låyžú	/uːlɑjˈʒu/	[u]
V v	—		[v]
W w	—		[w] (?)
X x	—		†
Y y	—		[j]
Z z	—		[z]
Ž ž	—		[ʒ]