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*Fricatives except /h/ are voiced intervocalically and adjacent to voiced stops.
*Fricatives except /h/ are voiced intervocalically and adjacent to voiced stops.
*/m/ is realized as [ɱ] before /f/.
*/m/ is realized as [ɱ] before /f/.
*/n,l/ are velarized in coda.
*/n,l/ are velarized in coda.
**/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velar consonants.
**/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velar consonants.



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Sudyrnish
Súdyrnish
Pronunciation[ˈsaudy˞niʃ]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2021
SettingCornwall, England
Early form
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Sudyrnish /ˈsʌdərnɪʃ/ (Sudyrnish: Súdyrnish [ˈsaudy˞niʃ]) is an Anglic language spoken in Cornwall.

Etymology

Sudyrnish is from Súdyrnish, from Old English sūþhyrnisċ "south-cornerish" referring to Cornwall (Cornwēalas/Corn(wēal)isċ already referring to the Celtic inhabitants of Cornwall).

Orthography

Sudyrnish is written with the Latin script.

A a Ar ar Ai ai Au au Ay ay Á á Æ æ Ær ær Ǽ ǽ B b C c
/a/ /a˞/ /ai/ /au/ /ay/ /oː/ /ɛ/ /ɛ˞/ /eː/ /b/ /k/
Ch ch D d E e Ei ei Er er Eu eu Ey ey É é Ér ér È è Ê ê
/t͡ʃ/ /d/ /e,ə/ /əi/ /ɚ/ /əu/ /əy/ /iː/ /i˞ː/ /ə/ /œː/
F f G g Gh gh Gu gu H h I i Ir ir Í í Ír ír Ï ï Ïr ïr
/f/ /g/ /d͡ʒ/ /gw/ /h/ /i/ /i˞/ /ai/ /ai˞/ /i/ /i˞/
L l M m N n O o Ó ó Ór ór Œ œ Œ́ œ́ Œ́r œ́r P p Qu qu
/l,lˠ/ /m/ /n,nˠ/ /o/ /uː/ /u˞ː/ /ø/ /yː/ /y˞ː/ /p/ /kw/
R r S s Sh sh T t U u Ur ur Ú ú Úr úr Ü ü Ür ür W w
/ɾ,ɾˠ/ /s/ /ʃ/ /t/ /u/ /u˞/ /au/ /au˞/ /u/ /u˞/ /w/
Wl wl Wn wn Wr wr X x Y y Yr yr Ý ý Ýr ýr Ÿ ÿ Ÿr ÿr
/lˠ/ /nˠ/ /ɾˠ/ /ks/ /y/ /y˞/ /ay/ /ay˞/ /y/ /y˞/
  • /V˞V/ sequences are separated by apostrophes.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Velar
Nasal m n
Stop p b t d d͡ʒ d͡ʒ k g
Fricative f s ʃ h
Approximant w l j
Tap ɾ ɾˠ
  • Fricatives except /h/ are voiced intervocalically and adjacent to voiced stops.
  • /m/ is realized as [ɱ] before /f/.
  • /n,l/ are velarized in coda.
    • /n/ is realized as [ŋ] before velar consonants.

Vowels

Vowels
Front unrounded Front rounded Back
High i iː i˞ i˞ː y yː y˞ y˞ː u uː u˞ u˞ː
Close-mid e ø o
Open-mid ɛ ɛ˞ œː ə ɚ
Low a
Diphthongs
əi əy əu
ai ay au
  • /ə/ is realized as [œ] when stressed.

Prosody

Stress is variable but predominantly initial

Phonotactics

Sudyrnish maximal syllables are CCCVCCC

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Sudyrnish word order is strictly either V2 or SVO, V2 being more common in poetic and formal speech.

Noun and verb phrases

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS