Revision as of 17:27, 2 March 2015
This language is being built with the purpose of being a naming proto-language in the reddit collaborative project of Conglomera. It's (very) loosely inspired by what I believe Nordic and Slavic phonologies are like (no actual grounds for that) and is meant to be a very versatile language with many derivational possibilities for words.
Language sketch
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants
|
|
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Dorsal
|
Glottal
|
| Nasal
|
m
|
n
|
ŋ
|
|
| Plosive
|
p
|
t
|
k
|
|
| Fricative
|
f
|
s
|
|
h
|
| Approximant
|
β
|
ð
|
ɰ
|
|
| Flap or tap
|
|
ɾ
|
|
|
| Lateral app.
|
|
l
|
|
|
Vowels
| Vowels
|
|
|
Front
|
Central
|
Back
|
| Close
|
i
|
|
|
| Mid
|
e
|
ə̆
|
o
|
| Open
|
a
|
|
|
Phonotactics
Syllabic structure
Consonant clusters
Allowed consonant clusters are:
- Initial clusters
- /s/ + Plosive
- Fricative + /r/
- Approximant + /r, l/
- Medial clusters
- /r, l, s/ + Nasal, Plosive, Approximant
- /r, l/ + Fricative
- Fricative, Plosive + /r/
- Approximant + /r, l/
- /mp, nt, ŋk/
Diphthongs
Allowed diphthongs are:
/ae, ai, ea, ei, ia, ie, eo, ao, io/
Orthography
| Orthography
|
| Phoneme
|
Grapheme
|
| Consonants
|
| m
|
m
|
| n
|
n
|
| ŋ
|
ng
|
| p
|
p
|
| t
|
t
|
| k
|
k
|
| f
|
f
|
| s
|
s
|
| h
|
h
|
| β
|
b
|
| ð
|
d
|
| ɰ
|
g
|
| ɾ
|
r
|
| l
|
l
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
a
|
| e
|
e
|
| i
|
i
|
| o
|
o
|
| ə̆
|
∅
|
| Special Clusters
|
| ŋk
|
nk
|
Grammar
Morphology
Verbs
Syntax