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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The "kuin" part of Liðakuin's name (in this context) means "language." Liða is a proper noun whose origin is unclear - while Proto-Gomensayan *linhuda "barrier" is somewhat close, "Liða" does not match what would be expected from it (as that would end up being "ljuda"). On the other hand, {{term|yðakka}} "spirit" does descend from a word very similar to the expected precursor to "Liða", being *ihtāka. It is possible that the name was made by mushing these two words together into "līnhtāka" or something similar, making the name of Liðakuin "soul-shield language" or something like that. Given the former {{term|Liðahjal}} royal regalia prominently included a sacred shield named Ljunþakka, it is possible - albeit as yet unknown - that the land of Liða got its name from being given this shield by the gods. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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! [[w:Close vowel|Close]] | ! [[w:Close vowel|Close]] | ||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] | | style="border-right: 0;" | [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] | ||
| style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] | | style="border-left: 0;" | [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] uɥ | ||
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| style="border-right: 0;" | ([[w:Close back unrounded vowel|ɯ]]) | | style="border-right: 0;" | ([[w:Close back unrounded vowel|ɯ]]) | ||
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! Diphthongs | ! Diphthongs | ||
| colspan="6" | | | colspan="6" | ju jo jɔ ja ɵj (ej ow) | ||
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//ɵ ɯ ej ow// are considered diaphonemic, rather than regularly phonemic, in Liðakuin. In the latter two's case, while no known dialect appears to have all of /ej e ɛ/ and all of /ow o ɔ/, the exact results are heavily dialect-dependent. In the former two's case, in the standard dialect of Liðakuin these have merged with other phonemes /ə o/. | |||
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Stress is unpredictable in Liðakuin. It usually falls on "long" vowels, specifically one of /æ aj e o i uy/, but can fall on any vowel. | Stress is unpredictable in Liðakuin. It usually falls on "long" vowels, specifically one of /æ aj e o i uy/, but can fall on any vowel. | ||
Liðakuin speakers also tend to reduce the vowels /a i y u | Liðakuin speakers also tend to reduce the vowels /a i y u uɥ e ei o ou/ to [ɐ ɪ ʏ ʊ ʉ ɛ e ɔ o] when unstressed. This results in /e ɛ/ and /o ɔ/ to be merged in unstressed position. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The maximal syllable structure in Liðakuin is CCVCC. Liðakuin generally abhors hiatus that does not occur at word boundaries - that is, within the same word, two vowels are not allowed to touch, and compounded words or affixed words that would result in two vowels touching frequently have a consonant inserted between them, | The maximal syllable structure in Liðakuin is CCVCC. Liðakuin generally abhors hiatus that does not occur at word boundaries - that is, within the same word, two vowels are not allowed to touch, and compounded words or affixed words that would result in two vowels touching frequently have a consonant inserted between them, such as a sonorant or the otherwise non-phonemic glottal stop. This inserted consonant is epenthetic and is rarely written orthographically, and is also one of the key differences between different dialects of Liðakuin. | ||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
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! Diphthongs | ! Diphthongs | ||
| colspan="6" | | | colspan="6" | eu ei ju jó jo ja ui ou | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||