Eighth edition lekma
A conlang, autonym lekmae /ˈɥexmä/ is an experimental language, Type (aiming): being low amount of distinct categories, half of lexicon are adoption of low Germanic languages, making this miniature for that to learn about languages.
content: nouns(intransitive), adjective nouns(monotransitive), demonstrative nouns(have plural forms), verbal nouns(transitive), coverbal nouns, enclitic nouns.
enclitics express these kinds, nominal, (djectival, plural, motion in once, habitual, subjunctive, processive, perfective. every words are morpheme. full nouns, affixed nouns or VO phrases are indicative mood. e is phonemically space, except after a consonant. Writings: excepting q w p g j y. u is added as /ŋ/, a i u are consonants in certain circumstances.
Syntactics Type: SVO. Basic structure: (coverb) ergative - verb + objective + enclitic - topic.
Phoneme inventory
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | mam(m) | nan(n, ɲ) | uâu(ŋ) | |||||
| Plosive | bab(b-p) | dad(d-t) | cac(k-ɡ) | aâe(ʔ) | ||||
| Affricate | zae(d͡z-t͡s) | tât(ʈ͡ʂ) | ||||||
| Fricative | fâf(f) | sas(s-ɕ) | xax(ʂ-ç) | kak(x, k) | hah(ɦ, n/a) | |||
| Trill | rae(ʀ-r) | |||||||
| Approximant | vàe(ʋ) | iáe(ʝ) | ||||||
| Semi vowel | aàe,aaè(u̯) | lal,uàe(ɥ-ʎ, l) | aáe,aaé(i̯) | aar(ɐ̯, n/a) |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | aie(i) | aüe(y) | aei,aíe(ɐi̯) | aòe(u̯o) | aui(ɯɨ) | aue(u) |
| Mid-open | aee,eäe(e) | aöe(ø) | aeu,aùe(ɐu̯) | aoe(o) | ||
| Open | aae(ä) | aao,aôe(ʌ) | ||||
phonotactics CV(V)C. tone slightly rises initially of a phrase.
Made text of it is what närca sêdnan. /--/ nac-har sêd-nan i-be swed-ish
of this is what famsendoclea. /--/ fam sen-doc-leh-har fruits this-place.of-be
naciorneuse a lekmae neidoc /--/ romlang.be ? lekmae be.not.it is lekmae a romlang? no, it's not.
of who does what hainimdaies doc /--/ hai nim daines doc they eat some-of this