Jakvalat

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Introduction

Goals

To create an aesthetically pleasing, yet easily pronounceable, language for the setting of a habitable alternative Venus.

Setting

The setting is a Venus with a thinner crust which enables convection of heat within the planet's core and, despite Venus' slower rotation, the subsequent generation of a magnetic field sufficient to prevent the loss of the planet's oceans.

Common Venerian (ComVen: Nakhwa Lhulidiyalnu, informally just Nakhwa) is the predominant lingua franca spoken on Venus (ComVen: Lhinla). It originated from the environs of the mercantile city of Lhulidiyal on the continent of Yekhaldanwith.

Inspirations

The phonology takes inspiration from that of Suzette Haden Elgin's conlang, Láadan, in that the primary opposition in obstruents is voiced plosives vs voiceless fricatives.


Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources