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Revision as of 12:34, 17 February 2015
Background
Phonology
Consonant charts
Pulmonic consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f v | θ | s z |
ʃ ʒ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | j | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral fric. | |||||||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | ||||||||||||
| Lateral flap |
Vowel chart
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||
| Close | 
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| Near‑close | ||||||
| Close‑mid | ||||||
| Mid | ||||||
| Open‑mid | ||||||
| Near‑open | ||||||
| Open | ||||||
Phonotactics
While the original vocabulary of National Simphonian comes from Shifer, centuries of use allowed it to borrow words from other languages, thereby ensuring diverse forms of syllables.
Orthography
| Аа | Бб | Вв | Гᴤ | Dd | Ее | Ĕĕ | Жж | Ӡӡ | Θθ | Ии | Йй | DZʤ | Кк | Λλ | |
| a | b | v | g | d | e | yo | zh | z | th | h | i | y | j | k | l |
| Мм | Нн | Оо | Пп | Рр | Сс | Тт | Уу | Хх | Фф | Чч | Шʃ | Ыы | Яя | Ээ | Юю |
| m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | kh | ph | ch | sh | y | ya | ye | yu |
The table above shows the National Simphonian Alphabet together with the transliteration scheme commonly used. Up until now, there is no official romanization scheme set by the Simphonian Language Body. The letter /y/ is used to stand for both [ɨ] and [j]. In general, which is represented can easily be determined: 1. /y/ represents [ɨ] if it is between two consonants. If [ɨ] is preceded or followed by a vowel, a hyphen is used to separate it from the vowel. 2. /y/ represents [j] if it precedes or follows a vowel.
Grammar
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are generally not declined, except for marking possession, which varies among dialects of National Simphonian. The possession suffix commonly used is /i/, which is prevalent among Shifer, Waerun, and Kanopher speakers. Numbers
Adjectives
Adjectives are either in native form or derived. In the case of latter, the suffix /-la/ is used to derive an adjective from a noun. Adjectives either precede or follow the noun. If the adjective has /-la/ suffix, it must precede the noun; otherwise it must follow the noun.
Verbs
Adverbs Particles Derivational morphology