Æ

Æ /ɛ/ is a tonal Lakovic language.

Introduction

Æ is meant to be a Danish jokelang.

Phonology

Consonants

p t tj k f s h m n nj ng l zj r v j /p t c k f s x m n ɲ ŋ l ɹ ʀ v j/

Vowels

Æ vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded
	plain	phar.	plain	phar.	plain	phar.	plain	phar.
Close	i /i/	ir /iˤ/			u /ɨ/	ur /ɨˤ/	ů /u/	ůr /uˤ/
Close-mid	e /e/	er /eˤ/	ø /øˤ/	ør /øˤ/			o /o/	or /oˤ/
Open	æ /ɛ/	ær /ɛˤ/	æ̊ /œ/	æ̊r /œˤ/	a /a/	ar /aˤ/	å /ɔ/	år /ɔˤ/

Tones

Æ has four register phonations or tones:

Æ tones

Spelling	Tone	Example	IPA	Meaning
unmarked	modal	hæ̊	/hœ/	echo
ƨ	stød (weak glottalization)	hæ̊ƨ	/hœˀ/	steep
з	breathy	hæ̊з	/hœʱ/	to stretch
ч	checked (strong glottalization)	hæ̊ч	/hœʔ/	to make a mistake

Morphology

TODO: "erhua"

• hæ̊ч /hœʔ/ 'to make a mistake' > hæ̊rчhæ̊rч /hœˤʔ hœˤʔ/ 'peccadillo'