Craintye
Craintye (kreyentæ, IPA: [ˈxreɪənˌtaɪ]) is a constructed language which came under creation during November, 2010. From when it first started, it went to many changes and even more changes are most likely to come. The name of the conlang literally means "created language," or "made up language." Craintye is a priori language, despite few loan words from various different languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Labial-Palatal | Velar | Labaial-Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | [m] <m> | [ɱ] <ṁ> | [n] <n> | [ɲ] <nh> | [ŋ] <ṅ> | ||||||
Plosive | [p] [b] |
[t] <t> [d] <d> | [k] <c> [g] <g> | [ʔ] <h> | |||||||
Fricative | [f] <f> [v] <v> | [θ] <þ> [ð] <ð> | [s] <s> [z] <z> | [ʃ] <ṡ> [ʒ] <ż> | [x] <k> [ɣ] <ġ> | ||||||
Approximant | [j] <j> | [w] <ƿ> | |||||||||
Trill | [r] <r> | [ʀ] <ṙ> | |||||||||
Lateral Approximant | [l] <l> | [ʎ] <lh> |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unrounded | Rounded | |||||||
Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
Close | [i] | [iː] <ii, í> | [y] <y> | [yː] <yy, ý> | [u] | [uː] <uu, ú> | ||
Near-close | [ɪ] | [ʏ] <y> | [ʊ] | |||||
Close-mid | [e] <e> | [eː] <ee, é> | [ø] <w> | [øː] <ww, ẃ> | [o] <o> | [oː] <oo, ó> | ||
Mid | [ə] <e> | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ] <e> | [œ] <w> | [ɔ] <o> | |||||
Near-open | [ɐ] <a> | |||||||
Open | [a] <a> | [aː] <aa, á> |
Diphthongs
PHONOLOGY:
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close-Mid | /eɪ/ /eʊ/ /øʏ/ | /oɪ/ /oʊ/ |
Open | /aɪ/ /aʊ/ |
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.