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| /a/
| /a/
|-
|-
| Āā
| Áá
| //
| /ɔ/
|-
|-
| Bb  
| Bb  
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|-
|-
| Cc  
| Cc  
| /d͡z/
| /t͡s/
|-
|-
| Čč
| Čč
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| /e/
| /e/
|-
|-
| Ēē
|Éé
| /eː/
|/eː/
|-
|-
| Ff  
| Ff  
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|-
|-
| Gg  
| Gg  
| /g~ɣ/
| /ɣ/, /ʝ/ before front vowels
|-
|Ǧǧ
|/d͡ʒ/
|-
|-
| Hh  
| Hh  
| /x/
| /x/, /ç/ before front vowels
|-
|-
| Ii  
| Ii  
| /i/
| /i/
|-
|-
| Īī
|ie
| /iː/
|/i̯e/
|-
|Íí
|/iː/
|-
|-
| Jj  
| Jj  
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| Ll  
| Ll  
| /l/
| /l/
|-
|lj
|/ʎ/
|-
|-
| Mm  
| Mm  
| /m/
| /m/, /ɱ/ before labiodental consonants
|-
|-
| Nn  
| Nn  
| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ otherwise
| /n/, /ŋ/ before velar consonants
|-
|nj
|/ɲ/
|-
|-
| Oo  
| Oo  
| /o/
| /o/
|-
|-
| Ōō
| Óó
| /ɔ/
| //
|-
|-
| Pp  
| Pp  
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| /u/
| /u/
|-
|-
| Ūū
|uo
| /u:/
|/ʊ̯ɔ/
|-
| Úú
| /uː/
|-
|-
| Vv  
| Vv  
| /βʷ/ in consonant clusters, /v/ otherwise
| /v/
|-
|-
| Xx
| Xx
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|-
|-
| Yy
| Yy
| /i/
| /ʏ/
|-
|-
| Zz
| Zz
| /z/
| /d͡z/
|-
|-
| Žž
| Žž
| /ʒ/
| /ʒ/
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
| li || [ʎ]
|-
| gy || [ç]
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 09:45, 10 April 2026

Telnan /teɫnən/, endonym: Telná /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.

Introduction

Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.

Syllable structure

Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.

Phonology and orthography

Alphabet (with IPA)
Aa /a/
Áá /ɔ/
Bb /b/
Cc /t͡s/
Čč /t͡ʃ/
Dd /d/
Ee /e/
Éé /eː/
Ff /f/
Gg /ɣ/, /ʝ/ before front vowels
Ǧǧ /d͡ʒ/
Hh /x/, /ç/ before front vowels
Ii /i/
ie /i̯e/
Íí /iː/
Jj /j/
Kk /k/
Ll /l/
lj /ʎ/
Mm /m/, /ɱ/ before labiodental consonants
Nn /n/, /ŋ/ before velar consonants
nj /ɲ/
Oo /o/
Óó /oː/
Pp /p/
Qq /k/
Rr /r/
Ss /s/
Šš /ʃ/
Tt /t/
Uu /u/
uo /ʊ̯ɔ/
Úú /uː/
Vv /v/
Xx /ks/ word-finally, /gz/ otherwise
Yy /ʏ/
Zz /d͡z/
Žž /ʒ/

Stress

In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.

Morphology

Morphosynactic alignment

Telnan is a nominative-accusative language.

Nouns

The


Syntax

Word order

The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Example texts

Other resources