Eighth edition lekma
A conlang, autonym Lekmae /ˈɥexmä/ is a tool to experiment grammatical features, Type (aiming): being low amount of distinct categories, half of the lexicon are adoption of low Germanic languages. As for making this miniature, that is to learn about languages.
content: nouns(nominal of intransitives), adjective nouns(nominal of adjectives), demonstrative nouns, verbal nouns(nominal of monotransitives), coverbal nouns(have characteristics for the category), enclitic nouns.
enclitics have variation for a word, distinguish these kinds, nominal, adjectival, plural, objective, present, habitual, subjunctive, processive, perfective. demontratives have plural forms, have characteristics for the category, express those kinds, ergative, objective, subjective, dative, near to the speaker, away from the speaker, person. every word is morpheme. nouns with enclitics or VO phrases, are indicative moods.
Syntactics Type: SVO-Topic, right branching of a clause, left element modifies that in right. Word formation: (+coverb) noun (+adjectifier of zeromorpheme) (+demonstrative) (+enclitic) (+verb) noun (+enclitic) (+adjectifier of zeromorpheme).
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) | nan,nan(n~ɲ, l) | uâu(ŋ) | |||||
| Plosive | bab(b~p) | dad(d~t) | cac(k~ɡ) | |||||
| Affricate | zae(d͡z~t͡s) | tât(ʈ͡ʂ~t͡ʃ) | ||||||
| Fricative | fâf(f) | sas(s~ɕ) | xax(ʂ~ç) | kak(x~χ, k) | ||||
| Trill | rae(ʀ~r) | |||||||
| Approximant | vàe(ʋ) | iáe(ʝ) | ||||||
| Semi vowel | aàe,aaè(u̯) | lal,uàe(ɥ, l) | aáe,aaé(i̯) |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | aie(i) | aüe(y) | aêi,aíe(ëi̯) | aòe(u̯o) | aui,aîe(ɯɨ~ɨ) | |
| Mid-open | aee,eäe(e) | aöe,aeû(ø) | aêu,aùe(ëu̯) | |||
| 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. /ˈne.ëɡä su̯ednän/ nac-har sêd-nan 1-be swed-ish
of this is what Famsendocleâ. /fämsendokɥeˈä/ fam sen-doc-leh-har fruits this-place.of-be
Naciorneuse a Lekmae Neidoc. /näkʝonëu̯s(ë) ʔä ɥexmä nëi̯dok/ romlang.be true.for 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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