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Adwan is a personal a priori conlang. Primarily inspired by the notion of high density information packing and free word order, Adwan | Adwan (''amhdha'' [ˈawðɐ]) is a personal ''a priori'' conlang. Primarily inspired by the notion of high density information packing and free word order, Adwan is characterized by a large presence of fricatives and a borderline polysynthetic morphology consisting of enclitic agglutination. Aesthetically, Adwan is heavily inspired by Polish, Welsh, and Portuguese, with an internal structure largely influenced by Basque, Nahuatl, and Latin. | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The consonants <i>g</i>, and <i>h</i> are used with other a finite amount of other consonants to form further graphemes that represent distinct sounds, where appending <i>g</i> marks historical palatalization, and <i>h</i> lenition/spirantization. For the semivowel consonants representing the sounds /j/ and /w/ are represented by their vowel forms 'i' and 'w' when preceding a vowel and after a consonant, and by 'gh' and 'mh' otherwise, respectively. When preceding 'g', the consonants 'm' and 'n' become nasalized velar and palatal approximants /j̃/ and /w̃/, respectively. | The consonants <i>g</i>, and <i>h</i> are used with other a finite amount of other consonants to form further graphemes that represent distinct sounds, where appending <i>g</i> marks historical palatalization, and <i>h</i> lenition/spirantization. For the semivowel consonants representing the sounds /j/ and /w/ are represented by their vowel forms 'i' and 'w' when preceding a vowel and after a consonant, and by 'gh' and 'mh' otherwise, respectively. When preceding 'g', the consonants 'm' and 'n' become nasalized velar and palatal approximants /j̃/ and /w̃/, respectively. | ||
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# /j̃ w̃/ only occur in falling diphthongs. | # /j̃ w̃/ only occur in falling diphthongs. | ||
# /w̃/ is realized as [ɰ̃] | # /w̃/ is realized as [ɰ̃] | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
==Syntax== | |||
==Samples== | |||