It is a constructed language, namely lekma /ˈʝɛkmɐ/. the lexicon is made from Germanic words.
| Phoneme |
/m/ |
/n/ |
/ŋ/ |
/b/ |
/d/ |
/k/ |
/t͡s/ |
/ʈ͡ʂ/ |
/f/ |
/s/ |
/ʂ/ |
/x/ |
/ʋ/ |
/ʝ/ |
/l/
|
| Grapheme |
m |
n |
h |
b |
t, d |
k |
z |
c |
f |
s |
ç |
x |
v |
l, d |
l
|
| Phoneme |
/iː/ |
/y/ |
/ɐi̯/ |
/ɨ/ |
/u̯ɐ/ |
/uː/ |
/ɪ/ |
/ʊ/ |
/ɛː/ |
/ø/ |
/œʏ̯/ |
/ɐ/ |
/ɐu̯/ |
/ɤ/ |
/ɔː/ |
/ä/ |
/äː/
|
| Grapheme |
í, ie |
ü |
l |
î |
va |
v, ve |
e |
o |
é |
ö |
ui |
â, r |
á |
ô |
ó |
a |
ai, ae
|
The structure is VP(who/what) V(does/has/is) NP(something to do) N(theme).
Derivations of word which attached to a word stem, zero morpheme infinite form of noun or verb. -en finite verb. -o adverb. -e adnoun. uit or xlt, vowel shifting determins to take an accusative noun or an agentive noun before it.
Glossing abbreviations, .0 zero morpheme, 1 first person, 2 second person, 3 third person, .acc accusative, adn adnoun, adv adverbial,, caus causative verb, .com comitative, dat dative, self causative, dem demonstrative, relative, interrogative, .dim diminutive, .inst instrumental, condition, .neg negative, n noun, lat lative, .loc locative, obj objective, any complement of verb where a motion towards, ptc particle, ste stem, sub subject, any complement of verb where a motion originates, possessive, agentive of transitive verb, ss same subject, .top topic, v verb, .vi intransitive verb .vt transitive verb, .vol volitive.
Preferences: VO, AN, VOS type.