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(nominal of intransitives), adjective nouns(nominal of monotransitives), demonstrative nouns(have plural forms), verbal nouns(nominal of transitives), coverbal nouns, enclitic nouns.
enclitics express those kinds, nominal, adjectival, plural, objective, dative, 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.
Syntactics Type: SVO-Topic, right branching, left in a compound. Basic structure: (coverb) + noun(-) + (enclitic) + demonstrative + noun + (enclitic).
writings: excepting q w p g j y. u is added as /ŋ/, a i u are consonants in certain circumstances. Phoneme inventory, including extras.
| 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, 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(ëi̯) | aòe(u̯o) | aui(ɯɨ) | aue(u) |
| Mid-open | aee,eäe(e) | aöe(ø) | aeu,aùe(ëu̯) | 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. /neɐɡä su̯etnän/ nac-har sêd-nan 1-be swed-ish
of this is what Famsendoclea. /fämsentokɥeä/ fam sen-doc-leh-har fruits this-place.of-be
Naciorneuse a Lekmae Neidoc. /näkʝonɐu̯s ʔä ɥexmä nɐi̯tok/ romlang.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