Chreientae
Chreientae (chreientae, IPA: [ˈxreɪəntaɪ]) is a constructed language which came under creation during November, 2010. The name of the conlang literally means "created language," or "made-up language." Chreientae is a priori language, despite few loan words from languages such as English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.
Phonology & Orthography
The phonology and orthography are quite different than most other languages. There a quite a bit of various sounds in this languages, which makes it unique in a way. Both the phonology and orthography are not based off of any natural language.
Consonants
PHONOLOGY:
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Labial-Palatal | Velar | Labaial-Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | /p/ /b/ | /t/ /d/ | /k/ /g/ | /q/ /ɢ/ | /ʔ/ | ||||||
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | |||||||
| Trill | /r/ | /ʀ/ | |||||||||
| Fricative | /f/ /v/ | /θ/ /ð/ | /s/ /z/ | /ʃ/ /ʒ/ | /x/ /ɣ/ | ||||||
| Lateral Fricative | /ɬ/ /ɮ/ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | /j/ | /ɥ/ | /w/ | ||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | /l/ | /ʎ/ |
ORTHOGRAPHY:
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Labial-Palatal | Velar | Labaial-Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q c | w | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | gn** | ng** | |||||||
| Trill | r | r* | |||||||||
| Fricative | f v | th** ð | s s* | ş z | ch** h | ||||||
| Lateral Fricative | tl** dl** | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | ȳ | ł | ||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | gl** |
* The times when these consonants take this pronunciation must be memorized
** The times when these consonants are pronounced exactly the way they look must be memorized
Vowels
PHONOLOGY:
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/ /y/ | /u/ | |||
| /ɪ/ /ʏ/ | /ʊ/ | ||||
| Close-Mid | /e/ /ø/ | /o/ | |||
| /ə/ | |||||
| Open-Mid | /ɛ/ /œ/ | /ɔ/ | |||
| /æ/ | |||||
| Open | /a/ |
ORTHOGRAPHY:
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i* y* | u* | |||
| i** y** | u** | ||||
| Close-Mid | e* ø* | o* | |||
| e*** | |||||
| Open-Mid | e** ø** | o** | |||
| a** | |||||
| Open | a* |
* These vowels are called "long vowels" and are pronounced this way when before one consonant, another vowel, or at the end of a word. These vowels are actually elongated when doubled or when there's an acute accent on the letter (which also makes that vowel's syllable stressed).
** These vowels are called "short vowels" and are pronounced this way when before two or more consonants, which included digraphs.
*** This vowel is pronounced this way when unstressed in most situations
Diphthongs
PHONOLOGY:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close-Mid | /eɪ/ /eʊ/ /øʏ/ | /oɪ/ /oʊ/ |
| Open | /aɪ/ /aʊ/ |
ORTHOGRAPHY:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close-Mid | ei eu øy | oe ou |
| Open | ae au |
* All of these diphthongs' sounds are lengthened when an acute accent is added on the first letter. This also puts the stress on that diphthong's syllable.
** When a diaeresis is placed on the second letter of a supposed diphthong, it tells you that each vowel is pronounced separately. Also, if there is an acute accent on the second letter in a supposed diphthong, it tells you that each letter is pronounced separately and the vowel with the acute accent's syllable is stressed.
Stress
Stress is usually on the second to last syllable of a word. The stress of a certain syllable can be changed when that syllable's vowel or diphthong has an acute on it. Another exception is when adding the definite article suffix; even though another syllable may be added, the stress is the same as if that suffix was not there. There are few other exception, but when there are, those must me memorized.
Grammar
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