Eighth edition lekma
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A conlang, autonym Lekmae \ˈɥexmä\ is an aid for experimenting any grammatical features, Type (aiming): being low amount of distinct categories, half of the lexicon are adoption of low Germanic languages. Making this miniature is that to learn about languages.
content: nouns(nominal of intransitives), adjective nouns(nominal of adjectives/adverbs), demonstrative nouns, verbal nouns(nominal of monotransitives), coverbal nouns(have characteristics for the category), enclitic nouns.
Demontratives have plural forms, characteristics for the category, express those kinds, ergative, objective, subjective, dative, near to the speaker, away from the speaker, first person, second person. Enclitics have variation for a word, distinguish those kinds, nominal, adjectival, plural, present, habitual, subjunctive, processive, perfective.
Syntactics Type: SVO-Topic. every single word is a morpheme. right branching of a clause. left element modifies that in right. adjectifier is a zeromorpheme. nouns with enclitics or VO phrases, are indicative moods. Word formation: (+coverb) noun (+adjectifier) (+demonstrative) (+enclitic) (+verb) noun (+enclitic) (+adjectifier).
Writings excepting q w p g j y, u is added as /ŋ/. a i u are consonants in certain circumstances.
Grapheme inventory with their corresponding phonemes
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | mam(m, b) | nan,nan(n~ɲ, l~d) | uâu(ŋ) | |||||
| Plosive | bab(b~p) | dad(d~t) | cac(k~ɡ) | aâe,aâe(ʔ, n/a) | ||||
| Affricate | zae(d͡z~t͡s) | tât(ʈ͡ʂ~t͡ʃ) | ||||||
| Fricative | fâf(f) | sas(s~ɕ) | xax(ʂ~ç) | kak(x~χ, k) | hah(ɦ~n/a) | |||
| Trill | rae(ʀ~r) | |||||||
| Approximant | vàe(ʋ) | iáe(ʝ) | ||||||
| Semivowel | aàe,aaè(u̯) | lal,uàe(ɥ, l) | aáe,aaé(i̯) | aar(ë~ɐ̯~n/a) |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | aie(i) | aüe(y) | aêi,aíe(ëi̯) | aòe(u̯o) | aui,aîe(ɯɨ~ɨ) | aue(u) |
| Mid-open | aee,eäe(e) | aöe,aeû(ø) | aêu,aùe(ëu̯) | aao,aôe(ʌ) | aoe(o) | |
| Open | aae(ä) | |||||
Phonotactics CV(V)C. Tone slightly rises initially for beginning of a phrase.
Made text of it is what Närca fui Sêdnan. \ˈne.ëɡä fɯɨ su̯ednän\ nac-har fui sêd-nan 1-be member.of swed-ish
of this is what Famsendocleâ. \fämsendokɥeˈä\ fam sen-doc-leh-har fruits this-place.of-be
Naciorneuse a Lekmae Neîdoc. \näkʝonëu̯s(ë) ʔä ɥexmä nëi̯dok\ nacior neu -se aae- Lekmae neîdoc rom lang -be ?- Lekmae be.not.3 is Lekmae a romlang? no, it's not.
of who does what hainimdaies doc. /--/ kai nim daines doc they eat some-of this
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