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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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The syllable structure of Nesekara is always CV; any consonant is permitted to start a syllable. However, the sonority hierarchy is ''usually'' followed when constructing a word.
 
===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===



Latest revision as of 18:26, 24 April 2022


Introduction

Nesekara is a language spoken by the people in the town of Nezoretzi, or Java in Georgian. [ჯავა, Незъорэци] It has been directly proven by several linguists that Nesekara is directly related to Basque, spoken in the foothills of the Pyrenees.

Goals - Full Grammar, Lexicon, Etc.

Setting - Java (Nezoretzi), South Ossetia

Inspiration - Basque

Phonology

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Orthography

There are 3 main orthographies used by Neskara: Georgian, Cyrillic, and Latin. The Georgian script is the most commonly used script to transcribe Nesekara.

Cyrillic || a A п П т Т к К e E ф Ф с С s S

Georgian || ე პ ტ კ ე ვ ზ ს

Latin || A a p P t T k K e E f F s S z Z

IPA || [a] [p] [t] [k] [ɛ] [f] [s̺] [s̻]

Consonants

/m/ <m, м, მ> /n/ <n, н, ნ>

/p/ <p, п, პ> /t/ <t, т, ტ> /k/ <k, к, კ>

/s̺/ <s, с, ზ> /s̻/ <z, s, ს> /ʃ/ <x, ш, შ>

/f/ <f, ф, ვ> /θ/ <d, х, ხ>

/w/ <w, в, ფ> /l/ <l, л, ლ> /j/ <y, ь, ღ>

/ɾ/ <r, р, რ>

Vowels

There are 5 vowels in Nesekara. Due to aerial features by Georgian, the /e/ and /o/ have drifted to /ɛ/ and /ɔ̝/ respectively.

/i/ <i, и, ი>

/u/ <u, у, უ>

/ɛ/ <e, e, ე>

/ɔ̝/ <o, o, ო>

/æ/ <a, a, ა>

Length is not contrastive.

Prosody

Stress

Stress almost universally occurs on the last syllable. Stress is usually not contrastive, except for the words Xeke [ʃeˈ.ke] (car) and Xeke ['ʃe.ke] Check.

Accent

Intonation occurs via pitch-promenance, i.e the pitch of the stressed syllable is different than the syllables surrounding it. The stressed syllable is always somewhat higher than nonstressed syllables.

Phonotactics

The syllable structure of Nesekara is always CV; any consonant is permitted to start a syllable. However, the sonority hierarchy is usually followed when constructing a word.

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources