Verse:Mwail/Qocwane

Polynuosu (placeholder name) is a suffixing agglutinative language mainly inspired by Nuosu and Finnic.

Phonology

Consonants

• m n ń
• p t c ć k
• ł s ś h
• v l r j

Vowels

Polynuosu has 10 vowel qualities, all with vowel length.

		Front	Non-front
			unrounded	rounded
Syllabic consonant	loose		z̩ ŷ	v̩ʷ û
	tight		z̠̩ y	v̠̩ʷ u
Close	loose	e̝ ê	ɤ̝ â	o̝ ô
Open-mid	tight	ɛ e		ɔ o
Open			a a

Polynuosu has loose/tight vowel harmony:

• loose: ŷ û ê â ô
• tight: y u e a o

Grammar

Altaic