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===A short introduction===
===A short introduction===


A miniture language to know the capabilities of natural languages. For that reason lekma/leχmɐ/ is being made.
To have a miniture language to know more of natural languages. For that reason lekma/leχmɐ/ has been/is being made.


A lekma sentence consists of an interjection + agent x clitic x verb + a complement(object/subject/topic) x a particle(, yes?/, no? thing)
A lekma sentence consists of an interjection + agent x clitic(roughly an object) x verb + a complement(subject/topic) x a particle(like , is it? phrases)




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!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the agent of a transitive verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the agent of a transitive verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the subject of an intransitive verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the subject/locative of an intransitive verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the direct/indirect/locative object of a verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|the direct/indirect object of a verb}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|possessive form}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|possessive form}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|plural form}}
!  style="width: 90px; "|{{green|plural form}}
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! style="text-align: center; "|*ac/ʔɐk/
! style="text-align: center; "|*ac/ʔɐk/
| sac/sɐk/
| nac/nɐk/
| nac/nɐk/
| sac/sɐk/
| ac/ʔɐk/
| ac/ʔɐk/
| ács/ʔäks/
| ács/ʔäks/
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|-
! style="text-align: center; "|*üe/ʔyː/
! style="text-align: center; "|*üe/ʔyː/
| sü/syː/
| nü/nyː/
| nü/nyː/
| sü/syː/
| üe/ʔyː/
| üe/ʔyː/
| ües/ʔyːes/
| ües/ʔyːs/
| üen/ʔyːen/
| üen/ʔyːen/
| üens/ʔyːens/
| üens/ʔyːens/
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|-
! style="text-align: center; "|*hhai/ɦäi/
! style="text-align: center; "|*hhai/ɦäi/
| ainaé/ɦäinnäe/
| aisaé/ɦäinsäe/
| aisaé/ɦäisäe/
| ainaé/ɦäinäe/
| hhai/ɦäi/
| hhai/ɦäi/
| hhais/ɦäis/
| hhais/ɦäis/
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|-
|-
! style="text-align: center; "|*kkae/ʔae/
! style="text-align: center; "|*kkae/ʔae/
| aesaé/ʔaesäe/
| aenaé/ʔaenäe/
| aenaé/ʔaenäe/
| aesaé/ʔaesäe/
| àe/ʔae/
| àe/ʔae/
| àies/ʔaies/
| àies/ʔaies/
| àiennaé,àiensaé,àien/ʔaien/
| àiensaé,àiennaé,àien/ʔaien/
| àiens/ʔaiens/
| àiens/ʔaiens/
| thing
| Thing
|}
|}
*I have comfirmed that lekma has spelling irregularities in it.
*Seems that there are spelling irregularities in lekma.
*hhai takes the same declension as the other nouns.
*hhai takes the same declension as the other nouns.


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| ser[seɾ]
| ser[seɾ]
| selínde/selindɐ/
| selínde/selindɐ/
| seat/seɦät/
| seat/seɦät/,sád
| selínt/selint/
| selínt/selint/
| be
| be
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| bar[bäɾ]
| bar[bäɾ]
| balínde/bälindɐ/
| balínde/bälindɐ/
| baat/bäɦät/
| baat/bäɦät/,bád
| balínt/bälint/
| balínt/bälint/
| have
| have
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| ter[teɾ]
| ter[teɾ]
| telínde/telindɐ/
| telínde/telindɐ/
| teat/teɦät/
| teat/teɦät/,tád
| telínt/telint/
| telínt/telint/
| hang,raise
| hang,raise

Revision as of 06:51, 27 December 2018


A short introduction

To have a miniture language to know more of natural languages. For that reason lekma/leχmɐ/ has been/is being made.

A lekma sentence consists of an interjection + agent x clitic(roughly an object) x verb + a complement(subject/topic) x a particle(like , is it? phrases)


Phonology

  • Graphemes of each phonemes are listed below.

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Alveolo-palatal Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal m
m
n
n
ɳ
nr
ɲ
nh
ŋ
un,-nn
Plosive p b
ff,b b,rb
t d
tt,t,d d,rd
k g
k,c c,rc
ʔ
kk
Affricate t͡s
tz
ʈ͡ʂ
tr
t͡ɕ
th
Fricative f
f
θ
cz
s
s
ʂ
sr
ɕ
sh
χ
-k,ch
ɦ
hh
Approximant ʋ
v
j
i-
Trill ʀ
hr
Flap or tap ɾ
-r,-rr-
Lateral app. l
l
ʎ
lh


Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i y
i ü
ɯ u
û u
Close-mid e ø
e ö
o
o
Open-mid ʌ
ô
Near-open ɐ
â
Open ä
a

Morpheme/Particle of nouns

the agent of a transitive verb the subject/locative of an intransitive verb the direct/indirect object of a verb possessive form plural form plural possessive form word
*ac/ʔɐk/ sac/sɐk/ nac/nɐk/ ac/ʔɐk/ ács/ʔäks/ ácen/ʔäːgen/ ácens/ʔäːgens/ I
*üe/ʔyː/ sü/syː/ nü/nyː/ üe/ʔyː/ ües/ʔyːs/ üen/ʔyːen/ üens/ʔyːens/ You
*hhai/ɦäi/ aisaé/ɦäinsäe/ ainaé/ɦäinäe/ hhai/ɦäi/ hhais/ɦäis/ aienaé,aiensaé,aien/ɦäien/ aiens/ɦäiens/ They
*kkae/ʔae/ aesaé/ʔaesäe/ aenaé/ʔaenäe/ àe/ʔae/ àies/ʔaies/ àiensaé,àiennaé,àien/ʔaien/ àiens/ʔaiens/ Thing
  • Seems that there are spelling irregularities in lekma.
  • hhai takes the same declension as the other nouns.

Morpheme/Particle of verbs

present/habitual predicational form of verb predicational adjective: the motion is processing/incomplete predicational adjective: the motion is in the future/subjunctive mood predicational adjective: the motion is at a completion word
*sel/sel/ ser[seɾ] selínde/selindɐ/ seat/seɦät/,sád selínt/selint/ be
*bal/bäl/ bar[bäɾ] balínde/bälindɐ/ baat/bäɦät/,bád balínt/bälint/ have
*tel/tel/ ter[teɾ] telínde/telindɐ/ teat/teɦät/,tád telínt/telint/ hang,raise