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'''Tulvan''' is a language developed to be in the far future in an imaginary time-line. As such, it showcases a very degraded noun morphology, erosion of compounds, relexification and other such traits. A particular characteristic is that words have become more and more specific in their meanings, thus countering a leveling in morphology with a diversification in semantics. The speakers of Tulvan are thought to be in a post-apogee civilization that values culture and scientific knowledge above all, although they still retain some superstitions in their culture. | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
One of the main goals of the language was to experiment with having few to no declensions in a language tending to isolation and analytical morphosyntax. Of course some remnants of an older system remain, so it is not purely one thing or the other, but denotes a state of flux in the language continuum. | One of the main goals of the language was to experiment with having few to no declensions in a language tending to isolation and analytical morphosyntax. Of course some remnants of an older system remain, so it is not purely one thing or the other, but denotes a state of flux in the language continuum. In comparison to other conlangs of mine it is quite light in declension, only having a marked accusative. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The phonology of Tulvan is not particularly complicated by design. It possesses no affricates or sibilant fricatives, and the velar fricative <c> [x] is becoming indistinguishable from the velar stop <k> [k] in most dialects. The language distinguishes between simple vowels <a, e, i, o, u> and palatalized vowels <ä, ë, ö, ü>, the latter ones not unlike those in Russian or other Slavic languages. | |||
=== Consonants === | === Consonants === | ||