Ldon

Ldon /ldo̞n/ is a language spoken in Ldon Źama.

Phonology

p t k b d v s z ś ź h c ć m n l j a e i o u

Phonotactics

The acceptable initial consonant clusters are lp, lb, lt, ld, lk, sm, sn, sv, sj, zm, zn, zv, zj, tm, kn, pn, tv, kv and dv.

Hiatus is allowed.

Morphology

Ldon nouns come in four cases: direct, oblique I, oblique II and vocative.

• Both subjects and objects of transitive verbs are in the direct case. When used with locative prepositions, it implies location.
• The oblique I case is used for subjects of intransitive verbs. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion towards an object. It is marked with -(a)p and may cause stem vowel changes.
• The oblique II case is used with non-locative prepositions. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion away from an object.
• The vocative case is marked with -a.

Example: znam (field); oblique I form znalap; oblique II znama svelek (rainbow; the final k is from *-tk); oblique I form sveletap, oblique II form sveleka