Jyglagi

Jyglagi[jɪɡ.ˈlɑ.ˌɡi] is an artlang created by Edward Harper in 2013. It was first made as a personal challenge when he first discovered conlanging. This is the 2017 revival, however, being a remake of the original.

Orthography

Jyglagi is written in the Latin Alphabet:

MmNnŇňPpBbTtDdKkGgFf VvSsŠšXxГгHhJjRrLlŁłAa

EeIiOoUuÛûYyWw

Consonants

There are 22 basic consonant phonemes.

Mm: m | Nn: n | Ňň: ŋ |

Pp: p | Bb: b | Tt: t | Dd: d | Kk: k | Gg: g | Ff: f | Vv: v | Ťť: θ | Ďď: ð | Ss: s, z | Šš: ʃ, ʒ | Xx: x | Гг: ɣ | Hh: h | Jj: j | Rr: ɾ | Ll: l | Łł: ɬ | Cc: tʃ |

Zz: dʒ

There are some allophones, but these are all of the consonant phonemes in the language.

The phonemes Cc, and Zz, are only used in loanwords.

Vowels

There are 9 basic vowel phonemes.

Aa: a, ɑ | Ee: e, ɛ | Ii: i | Oo: ɤ, o | Uu: ɯ, u | Ûû: ə, ʌ | Yy: ɪ | Ww: ʊ | Ææ: æ

There, once again, are certain allophones, but these are all the vowel phonemes for Jyglagi.

The Phoneme Ææ is a only used in loanwords.

Stress

In Jyglagi, primary stress is placed on the middle-to-right syllable, and secondary is on any other syllable.

Ex. Jyglagi | jɪg.ˈla.gi

Yňlyš | ɪŋ.ˈlɪʃ

Intonation

Though intotation is free, it tends to fall into these patterns: H: high, M: medial, L: low

Statement: «.Borata reďeг hon.» HMM ML M "She ran away."

Command: «:Hytû dw hon:» HH M H "You find her."

Exclamation: «¡Her ar hon!» M M H "She is here!"

«¿Ľe ar hon?» H L M "Where is she?"