User:MIGUELbM/Numa

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Note to self: Adopt words from The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows

Phonology

  • Stem: (C)(C)V... | Merdo; Numa
  • Noun: -V, -VF; -Vr, -VFr | Merdos, Merdosr; Numa, Numar
  • Verb: -n | Merdon; Numan
  • Adj, Adv: -S; -Sr | Merdot, Merdotr; Numap, Numapr

Morphology

  • Play around with causatives for verbs
  • Try to work out an interesting TAM system
  • Allow word derivation in a similar fashion to english, smashing words together.

Alphabet

Numa uses some sort of script evolved from a runic alphabet.

Main

This language is being built with the purpose of being a naming proto-language in the reddit collaborative project of Conglomera. It's (very) loosely inspired by what I believe Nordic and Slavic phonologies are like (no actual grounds for that) and is meant to be a very versatile language with many derivational possibilities for words.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Phonotactics

Syllabic structure

  • Initial
    • (C)(C)V
  • Medial
    • (C)CV
  • Final
    • (C)CV(C)

Consonant clusters

Allowed consonant clusters are:

  • Initial clusters
    • /s/ + Plosive
    • Fricative + /r/
    • Approximant + /r, l/
  • Medial clusters
    • /r, l, s/ + Nasal, Plosive, Approximant
    • /r, l/ + Fricative
    • Fricative, Plosive + /r/
    • Approximant + /r, l/
    • /mp, nt, ŋk/
  • Final clusters
    • ???

Diphthongs

Allowed diphthongs are:

/ae, ai, ea, ei, ia, ie, eo, ao, io/

Orthography

Grammar

Morphology

Verbs

  • Tenses
    • Past
    • Present
    • Future
  • Aspects

Syntax