Brooding

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Introduction

Brooding is a language spoken in the land of Harken. You can't get there from here!

Sounds

Consonants

b /b/ as in 'bee'
p /p/ as in 'pea'
d /d/ as in 'deed'
t /t/ as in 'tea'
g /g/ as in 'get'
k /k/ as in 'key'
f /f/ as in 'fee'
th /θ/ as in 'thin'
s /s/ as in 'see'
z /z/ as in 'zed'
sh /ʃ/ as in 'she'
kh /x/ as ch in German 'Bach'
h /h/ as in 'he'
ch /t͡ʃ/ as in 'cheek'
m /m/ as in 'me'
n /n/ as in 'need'
ng /ŋ/ as in 'ring'
l /l/ as in 'leaf'
r /ɹ/ as in 'reed'
w /w/ as in 'we'
y /j/ as in 'yea'
  • All but kh are pretty much pronounced as in standard English
  • th is always pronounced as the 'th' in thin (/θ/), never as the 'th' in thee or they (/ð/)
  • l always pronounced like the 'l' in leaf (/l/), never like the 'll' in all or ball (/ɫ/)
  • g is always pronounces like the 'g' in get (/ɡ/), never like the 'g' in 'gee' (d͡ʒ)

Consonant Blends and Clusters

Several of the sounds have a 'blended' version. A consonant blend is two consonants in a row pronounced one after the other. Most of these blends only appear at the beginning of syllables. While these blends are represented by a single letter in Brooding orthography, they are two consonant sounds (and this subject to Brooding word structure rules that apply to two consonants in a row).

br /bɹ/ as in 'bread'
pl /pl/ as in 'plea'
dr /dɹ/ as in 'drum'
tl /tl/ not an English sound. t followed immediately by l
gr /gɹ/ as in 'grow'
kl /kl/ as cl in 'clean'
fl /fl/ as in 'flee'
thl /θl/ not an English sound. It sounds a lot like sl as said with a lisp.
sl /sl/ as in 'sleep'
zr /zɹ/ not an English sound. z followed immediately by r
shl /ʃl/ as schl in 'schlep'
khl /xl/ not an English sound. x followed immediately by l
hl /hl/ not an English sound. h followed immediately by l
sk /sk/ as in 'skill'
sp /sp/ as in 'spill'
st /st/ as in 'still'

Vowels

Contrasting Vowels

General Structure

Nouns

Number

Case

Modifying Nouns

Denominalization

Pronouns

Prepositions

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Predicates

Conjunctions

Commands and Questions

Comparatives

Degree Adjectives

Numbers