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Tolsian has its own script and an official, perfectly matching romanization. The alphabet is considered to consist of 36 letters, plus diacritics : | |||
<poem> | |||
Y y - /jo/, /ɔj/ | |||
Æ æ ; - /aj/ ; /ja/ | |||
A a - /a/ | |||
B b - /b/ | |||
Q q - /ʃ/ | |||
D d - /d/ | |||
E e ; Ê ê ; Ě ě - /e/ ; /ɛ/ ; /ø/ | |||
G g ; ; Ñ ñ - /g/ ; /ŋg/ ; /ɲ/ | |||
H h - /h/ | |||
I i - /i/ | |||
; - /ð/ ; /ʒ/ | |||
K k - /k/ | |||
L l - /l/ | |||
M m - /m/ | |||
N n - /n/ | |||
O o ; Œ œ - /o/, /ɔ/ ; /o/ | |||
P p ; - /p/ ; /ɸ/ | |||
R r - /ʁ/ | |||
C c ; S s - /s/ ; /θ/ | |||
T t ; - /t/ ; /tʰ/, /t unreleased/ | |||
U u - /y/ | |||
V v ; F f - /v/ ; /f/ | |||
- /wi/ | |||
Z z - /z/ | |||
- /ɑ̃/ ; /ɛ̃/ ; /ɔ̃/ | |||
W w - /u/ | |||
X x (ou Ħ ħ) - /χ/ | |||
- /bɾa/ | |||
- /ŋ/ | |||
- /h dental/ | |||
- /β/ | |||
</poem> | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== |
Revision as of 12:20, 13 June 2015
Background
Tolsian Revisited is an attempt at revamping much of that old conlang created something like 15 years ago by a child so that it becomes a slightly more consistent language. It is somewhat influenced by French and Latin but still an a priori conlang. It has its own alphabet which actually was created before the language itself.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | pʰ p b | tʰ t d | kʰ k g | ||||||||||||||||
Fricative | ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | h | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ | ||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approx. | l | ||||||||||||||||||
Prenasalised occlusives | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |||||
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Close | i y | u | |||||
Close-mid | e ø | o | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||||
Open | ä |
There are also three nasalized vowels : ɑ̃, ɛ̃, ɔ̃.
Phonotactics
Orthography
Tolsian has its own script and an official, perfectly matching romanization. The alphabet is considered to consist of 36 letters, plus diacritics :
Y y - /jo/, /ɔj/
Æ æ ; - /aj/ ; /ja/
A a - /a/
B b - /b/
Q q - /ʃ/
D d - /d/
E e ; Ê ê ; Ě ě - /e/ ; /ɛ/ ; /ø/
G g ; ; Ñ ñ - /g/ ; /ŋg/ ; /ɲ/
H h - /h/
I i - /i/
; - /ð/ ; /ʒ/
K k - /k/
L l - /l/
M m - /m/
N n - /n/
O o ; Œ œ - /o/, /ɔ/ ; /o/
P p ; - /p/ ; /ɸ/
R r - /ʁ/
C c ; S s - /s/ ; /θ/
T t ; - /t/ ; /tʰ/, /t unreleased/
U u - /y/
V v ; F f - /v/ ; /f/
- /wi/
Z z - /z/
- /ɑ̃/ ; /ɛ̃/ ; /ɔ̃/
W w - /u/
X x (ou Ħ ħ) - /χ/
- /bɾa/
- /ŋ/
- /h dental/
- /β/