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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Covalent Greek is a language inspired by Greek, | Covalent Greek (native name: ''phenotryptazine'') is a language inspired by Greek, Welsh, chemical names, taxonomic names and [[User:IlL|IlL]]'s [[Clofabosin]]. | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center | {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center | ||
! || Labial || Dental || | ! || Labial || Dental || Alveolar || Dorsal || Glottal | ||
|- | |||
! Nasal | |||
| '''m''' /m/ | |||
|colspan="2"| '''n''' /n/ || || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Unaspirated plosive | ! Unaspirated plosive | ||
| '''p''' /p/ || '''t''' /t/ | | '''p''' /p/ | ||
|colspan="2"| '''t''' /t/ || '''c, k''' /k/ || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Voiced plosive | ||
| ''' | | '''b''' /b/ | ||
|colspan="2"| '''d''' /d/ || '''g''' /ɡ/ || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Unvoiced fricative | ||
| ''' | | '''ph''' /f/ || '''th''' /θ/ || '''s''' /s/, '''ll''' /ɬ/ || '''ch''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Voiced fricative | ||
| ''' | | '''v''' /v/ || || '''z''' /z/ || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Lateral | ! Lateral | ||
| || '''l''' / | | || '''l''' /ɫ/ || || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Rhotic | ||
| || | | || || '''r''' /r/ || '''rh''' /ʀ~ʁ/ || | ||
| ''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center | {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center | ||
! || Front || | ! || Front || Central || Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
! High | ! High | ||
| '''i''' /i/ || ''' | | '''i''' /i/ || '''y''' /ɨ/ || '''ou, u''' /u/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| '''e''' /e/ || | | '''e''' /e/ || || '''o''' /o/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
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Covalent Greek has the following diphthongs: '''æ, ei''' /ɶi̯/ '''au''' /ɶu̯/ '''eu''' /eu̯/ '''œ''' /oi/ '''ue''' /ui/ | |||
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===Rhythiazolamide dialect=== | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
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====Number==== | |||
====Case==== | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
==Syntax== | |||
===Constituent order=== | |||
Phenotryptazine is consistently head initial like Welsh. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | |||
- | Phenotryptazine nouns come in two states: absolute and construct. The construct state is marked with ''-yl''. | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||
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[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] |
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