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/ |
/ʌ/ |
/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
|
Letters have conditioned second phonemes.
Valid combination of vowels stay side by side, some combinatin breakes in two, /x/ is then between them.
List including rare: (ee /ɛː/. eu /ɐu̯/. ei /ɛː/. eo /ɛxɔ/ ea /ɛɐ̯/. ue /uːɐ̯/. uu /uxu/. ui /œʏ̯/. uo /uxɔ/. ua /uxä/. ie /iː/. iu /yː/. ii /ixi/. io /ixɔ/. ia /i̯ä/ or /iːɐ̯/. oe /ɔxɛ/. ou /ɐu̯/ or /ɔxu/. oi /ɐi̯/ or /ɔxi/. oo /ɔː/. oa /ɔxä/ ae /äː/. au /äːxu/. ai /ä/ or /äː/. ao /äːxɔ/. aa /äː/).
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. stem alone adjective. -o adverb. -e adnoun. uit or xlt, vowel shifting determins which to take an dative noun or an agentive noun before it.
Glossing abbreviations, .0 zero morpheme. 1 first person. 2 second person. 3 third person. .acc accusative. a adjective. 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. s subject, any complement of verb where a motion originates, possessive. agent agentive noun of transitive verb. ss same subject. .top topic. v verb. .vi intransitive verb. .vt transitive verb. .vol volitive.
Preferences: VO, AN, VOS type. Word type of either (a noun or an adjective or an adverb or a verb) is distinguished by their time length.
Features: CV(C). (C)V(C) if it is a morpheme. hypothised features: A least timespan needed in recongising that it is that.
Words written in a letter are verbs. Written in two, prowords. Written in three if it ends in 'n' etc, words of two letter + a morpheme.
Written in three letters, any other, mostly nouns. Written in four, second may be a douplication of the first syllable, onomatopeias.