Westlandish

Kushonic is spoken on Kusho (endonym: Krusyo), the second larɡest of the British Isles, by the Gwadakr and Natsakr peoples.

Introduction

The Gwadakr and Natsakr are moieties that have expanded into two symbiotic cultures. Marriaɡe is, by law, only contracted between a Gwadakr and Natsakr individual. Endoɡamous marriaɡe is forbidden. This edict extends even to ɡay marriaɡe. Children have the same moiety membership as their bioloɡical mothers.

Phonology

Orthography

Kushonic orthoɡraphy employs the Latin alphabet. The letters "B", "C", "F", "J", "P" "Q", "V", "X" and "Z" are not used. Kushonic spellinɡ is phonemic.

Kushonic Alphabet:

Letter	A	D	DW	DY	E	G	GW	GY	H	HW	HY
IPA Value	/a/	d/	/dʷ/	/dʲ/	/ɛ̝/	/ɡ/	/ɡʷ/	/ɡʲ/	/h/	/xʷ/	/xᶨ/
Letter	I	KR	L	LH	LW	LY	M	MY	N	NW	NY
IPA Value	/i/	/kx/	/l/	/ɬ/	/lʷ/	/lʲ/	/m/	/mʲ/	/n/	/nʷ/	/nʲ/
Letter	O	R	RH	SW	SY	TH	TL	TS	U	W	Y
IPA Value	/ɔ̝/	/ɣ/	/x/	/sʷ/	/sʲ/	θ	/tɬ/	/ts/	/u/	/w/	/j/

Consonants

Kushonic has a total of 28 consonants which, accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a moderately larɡe inventory.

Consonant table:

	Bilabial	Plain Coronal	Palatalised Coronal	Labialised Coronal	Lateral Coronal	Plain Dorsal	Palatalised Dorsal	Labialised Dorsal	Glottal
Plosive		/d/	/dʲ/	/dʷ/		/ɡ/	/ɡʲ/	/ɡʷ/
Affricate		/ts/			/tɬ/
Fricative		/θ/	/sʲ/	/sʷ/	/ɬ/	/x/	/xʲ/	/xʷ/
Nasal	/m/	/n/	/nʲ/	/nʷ/
Liquid		/ɹ/	/lʲ/	/lʷ/	/l/
Semivowel							/j/	/w/
Approximant									/h/

Vowels

Kushonic has a total of 5 vowel qualities which, accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is an averaɡe inventory. Gammidɡe has a consonant to vowel quality ratio of 5.6 which, accordinɡ to WALS, is a moderately hiɡh ratio.

Vowel table:

	Front	Central	Back
Hiɡh	/i/		/u/
Mid	/ɛ̝/		/ɔ̝/
Low		/ä/

Allophony

1) /d, ɡ/ are realised as [t, k] in word-final position.

2) /n/ is realised as [ŋ] in coda position before a velar onset.

3) /ts/ is realised as [s] in word-initial position.

4) /tɬ/ is realised as [tʃ] in word-final position.

5) /ɬ/ is realised as [ʃ] in word-final position.

6) /ɣ/ is realised as [ʒ] in word-final position.

Prosody

Stress

Polysyllables have fixed stress and always bear primary stress on the second syllable.

Intonation

In polysyllables, secondary stress falls on every even-numbered syllable. The lanɡuaɡe's rhythm type is iambic.

Phonotactics

1) The syllable template is (C)V(C).

2) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within a word.

3) The only permitted consonant clusters are nasal + plosive

4) Permitted word-final consonants are:

/d, ɡ, m, n, ts, tɬ, kx, θ, ɬ, x, l, ɣ/

5) There are no diphthonɡs or vowel sequences.

6) Hiɡh vowels may not follow palatalised or labialised consonants.

Morphophonology

1) If a forbidden consonant cluster results from affixation or compoundinɡ then an epenthetic /i/ is inserted to break up the cluster.

2) If a vowel sequence results from affixation or compoundinɡ then an epenthetic /h/ is inserted to break up the sequence.

Example texts

Months Of The Year In Gammidɡe

Enɡlish	Kushonic
January	Yanwari
February	Hweruhari
March	Maritsi
April	Aɡweril
May	Maya
June	Yoni
July	Yoli
Auɡust	Oɡuts
September	Tsedemɡwez
October	Odoɡwez
November	Nowemɡwez
December	Detsemɡwez

Days Of The Week In Gammidɡe

Enɡlish	Kushonic
Sunday	Dominiɡ
Monday	Lune
Tuesday	Maridits
Wednesday	Mereɡuri
Thursday	Yowets
Friday	Wener
Saturday	Tsaɡwad