Kyovantic

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Current conlang.

Phonology and Orthography

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatalized Postalveolar Palatal Labialized Palatal Velar Labaialized Velar Glottal
Nasal /m/ m /n/ n /ɲ/ /ŋ/ ŋ
Plosive /p b/ p b /t d/ t d /ʔ/ h
Fricative /ɸ β/ f v /θ ð/ þ ð /s z/ s z /ɕ ʑ/ ṡ ż /ç ʝ/ k̇ ġ /x ɣ/ k g
Affricative /ts dz/ c x /tɕ dʑ/ ċ ẋ
Approximant /j ʲ/ e i /ɥ/ u /ɰ/ y /w/ o
Tap /ɾ/ r
Lateral Fricative /ɬ ɮ/ kl gl
Lateral Approximant /l/ l /ʎ/


  • Consonants with the dot accent can’t appear before a vowel. When the corresponding sound is before a vowel, it’s written without the accent and an i next to the consonant. (e.g. maṡ+a=masia).
  • r at the end of a word is pronounced as /ð/.
  • The approximants aren’t pronounced correspondingly when in between two consonants.
  • When a voiced and voiceless consonant are right next to each other, they both become voiceless.
  • p t are the end of a word pronounced as /p̚ t̚/, respectively.
  • g in between two of the same vowel is silent.

Vowels

Tense

Front Central Back
Close /i y/ e u /ɯ u/ y o
Open-Mid /ɜ ɞ/ a w
  • Tense vowels are only pronounced when before a consonant that isn't doubled
  • A vowel that is doubled has a longer sound than its original

Lax

Front Central Back
Close-Mid /e ø/ e u /ɤ o/ y o
Open /a ɶ/ a w
  • Lax vowels are only pronounced when proceeding a doubled consonant (or tc and dx)
  • A vowel that is doubled has a longer sound than its original

Diphthongs

Front Central Back
Close-Mid /øʏ/ /oɪ/ œ
Open /aɪ/ æ

Stress

Stress normally falls on the first syllable of a word. However, there is irregular stress. This is denoted by an acute accent on that specific syllable's vowel to show the irregularity.

Morphology

Nouns

Gender

Number

Case

Verbs

Tense

Adjectives

Adverbs

Syntax

Simple Sentences

One Preposition

Two Or More Prepositions

Passive Voice

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Compound-Complex Sentences