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łaá siri (ASCII transcription lhaa: siri) is an minimalist artlang created by Zach Wellstood for personal use. Interesting characteristics include deictic verbal conjugation for the subject and object, a phonological inventory of 10 (or 13, depending on your view, or maybe more depending on other views) phonemes, and a 4-way system of animacy.

Phonetics & Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Vowel Qualities: Glottal Reinforcement

Vowel Qualities: Rhotacization

Vowel Qualities: Length

Syllable Structure

Pitch-Accent System

Sound Change & Allophony

Morphology

Nominal Morphology

Animacy

Pronouns

Verbal Morphology

Proximity of Subject

Proximity of Object

Evidentiality

Negation

Aspect

Descriptive Morphology

Syntax

Possession

Simple Questions

Wh- Questions

Colloquialisms

Because colloquialisms between languages are rarely mutually intelligible and often rooted in culture, the closest English equivalent to the succeeding phrases has been provided as well. This is often not a direct translation, but something that carries a similar connotation in English.

Literary łaá siri

Most prevalent in łaá siri are numerous constructions and names of constructions used in poetry. Because of the minimal phonetic inventory of vowels, rhyme is very common, but beyond acoustic properties of poetry are many metaphorical constructions.

Counting

łaá siri uses a base-5 (quinary) number system.

Translations and Samples