Brung
Introduction
Justin Wieber is a language inspired aesthetically by German, Finnish and Khoekhoegowab.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Click | voiceless | kʘ /kʘ/, k! /k!/, kǀ /kǀ/, kǁ /ɡǁ/, kǂ /kǂ/ | |||||
| voiced | gʘ /ŋʘ~ɡʘ/, g! /ŋ!~ɡ!/, gǀ /ŋǀ~ɡǀ/, gǁ /ɡǁ/, gǂ /ŋǂ~ɡǂ/ | ||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k, ck /k/ | /ʔ-/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /ɡ/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | ß /s/, sch /ʃ/ | ch /ç/ | ch [χ] | h /h/ | |
| voiced | w /v/ | s /z~ʃ~s/ | |||||
| Affricate | pf /pf/, bw /bv/ | z, tz /ts/ | |||||
| Tap | r [r] | ||||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | |||||
Vowels
Lifted from Standard German.
Prosody
Lifted from Standard German.
Stress
Lifted from Standard German.
Intonation
Lifted from Standard German.
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Example texts
Kxǂ’auǁʼein
/ˈkxǂ’aʊ̯ǁʼaɪ̯n/