Eighth edition lekma
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A conlang named lekma /ˈɥexmä/ is an experimental miniature language, language Type (aiming): being low amount of distinct categories, half of lexicon are adoption of low Germanic languages, rests are from many others. it is for learning languages, making it is to learn about languages.
contents: +nouns(that are intransitives), +adjective nouns(monotransitives), +demonstrative nouns(which have plurals), +verbal nouns(that are transitives, ditransitives), +particle nouns(that are coverbs). +enclitics: demontratives same as above, nominal suffix: (demostrative to plural), (adjectival), (verbal: motion in once), (habitual), (subjunctive), (processive), (perfective), (nominaliser).
every words are full nouns or morpheme nouns, full nouns are indicative forms. VO phrases are also full nouns. an object right after the verbal noun needs no suffix nor particle. an object before the verb needs a support of an objectival particle. e are null vowel null consonants if they are free from diacritics. (in this site uses resemble phonemic notations) excepting q w p g j y. u is added as it is /ŋ/.
Syntacs Type: SVO ergative noun • verbal noun objective noun + topic noun / verbal noun • noun adjectival suffix + topic noun, where a middle dot separates phrases, they can switch their places, phrases being at first are focal phrases.
Phoneme inventory
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | mam(m) | nan(dental n, ɲ) | aarner(ɳ) | uâu,aau(ŋ) | |||||
Plosive | bab(b-p) | dad(d-t) | cac(k-g) | aâe(ʔ, null) | |||||
Affricate | zae(d͡z-t͡s) | tât(ʈ͡ʂ) | |||||||
Fricative | fâf(f) | sas(s-ɕ) | xax(ç-ʂ) | kak(χ-x, k) | hah,aar(ɦ, ɐ, null) | ||||
Trill | rae(ʀ-r) | ||||||||
Approximant | vâe(ʋ) | iáe(ʝ) | |||||||
Lateral approximant | aâe,aaê(short u) | lâl,uàe(ɥ-ʎ, l) | aàe,aaè(short i) |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
Close | aie(i) | aüe(y) | aei,aíe(ëi̯) | aúe(u̯ë) | aïe,aui(ɯɨ) | aue(u) |
Mid-open | aee,aée,eäe(e) | aöe(ø) | aeu,aáe(ëu̯) | aoe,aóe(o) | ||
Open | aae(ä) | aao,aôe(ʌ) |
phonotactics CV(V)C gemination affects vowel before it to lengthen or something then, it is simplified. tone rises at words initially. i(ǀ) start citing, (end cite), before a loanword, ǃ(ǂ) exclamation.
Made text
of it is what. nerca sèina nac-har séd-nan i.be swed-ish
of this is what. famseldoclea fam sel-doc-leh-har fruits are-this-place-of
naciorneus lekma. neidoc. is.romlang lekma it.is.not lekma is a romlang. no, it's not.
of who does what. hainimdaines doc hai nim daines doc they eat some-of this