Coroanês
This is an as-of-yet unnamed Romance Conlang. I am just going to throw in a few ideas here until I decide which sounds I want changed from the rest of the Romance Languages, then I can start work on a vocabulary.
For Reference
Vowels
| Phoneme (IPA) | Grapheme |
|---|---|
| /a/ | a |
| /e/ | e |
| /ɛ/ | e |
| /i/ | i |
| /o/ | o |
| /ɔ/ | o |
| /u/ | u |
| Bilabial consonant | Labiodental- labiodental |
Dental consonant/ Alveolar consonant |
Postalveolar- Postalveolar |
Palatal consonant | Velar consonant | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal stop | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Plosive consonant | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||
| Fricative consonant | β1 | f | s | z | ʃ | ʒ2 | ||||||
| Affricate consonant | ts | dz | tʃ | dʒ2 | ||||||||
| Lateral consonant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||
| Trill consonant | r | |||||||||||
| Flap consonant | ɾ | |||||||||||
Actual Language
Phonology
| Phonemes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | |
| Closed | /i/ i | /u/ u | |
| Near-closed | /ɪ/ i | ||
| Mid-closed | /e/ e | /o/ o | |
| Central | |||
| Mid-open | /ɛ/ e | /ɔ/ o | |
| Near-open | /ɐ/ â | ||
| Open | /a/ a |
| IPA | Grapheme |
|---|---|
| /aj/ | ai |
| /aw/ | au |
| /ɐw/ | âu |
| /ɛw/ | eu |
| /ew/ | eu |
| /ɛj/ | ei/ê |
| /ej/ | ei/ê |
| /ɔj/ | oi |
| /ow/ | ou |
- ê - stressed, ei - unstressed
| Bilabial consonant | Labiodental- labiodental |
Dental consonant/ Alveolar consonant |
Postalveolar- Postalveolar |
Palatal consonant | Velar consonant | Glottal consonant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal stop | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive consonant | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||||
| Fricative consonant | f | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate consonant | tʃ | dʒ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral consonant | w | l | ɫ | |||||||||||
| Trill consonant | r | |||||||||||||
| Flap consonant | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Approximate consonant | j | |||||||||||||
Changes
Sounds Lost:
- /β/ to /b/
- /ʎ/
- /ts/
- /dz/
Sounds Gained:
- ɐ - â
- w - u+V(?)
- ŋ - ng
- ɫ - l+open vowel (word-initial only)
- j - y (?)
- h - word-initial r/h
Other Changes:
- rt/lt to r/l
- word-final 's' to Ø Not counting plural marker
- nd/nt to d/t
Vowel phonemes allowed in unstressed possition - /a i o/
Lingua sens nome /'lɪn.gu.a 'sens 'nom.e/ --> Lingua sen nom /'lɪŋ.wa 'sɛn 'nɔm/(?)
Numbers
| Number | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | zero | |
| 1 | un | primêro |
| 2 | do | seguno |
| 3 | trê | terso |
| 4 | quatro | quaro |
| 5 | sinco | quito |
| 6 | sê | sêsto |
| 7 | seti | setimo |
| 8 | oxo | oxabo |
| 9 | nobi | nobeno |
| 10 | dê | désimo |
| 11 | onzi | dêsimo primêro |
| 12 | dozi | dêsimo seguno |
| 13 | trêzi | dêsimo terso |
| 14 | catorzi | dêsimo quaro |
| 15 | quinzi | déccimo quito |
| 16 | dêsi | dêcimo sêsto |
| 17 | dêseti | dêcimo setimo |
| 18 | dêioxo | dêcimo oxabo |
| 19 | dêinobi | dêcimo nobeno |
| 20 | biti | bijesimo |
| 21 | biti i un | bijesimo primêro |
| 22 | biti i do | bijesimo seguno |
| 30 | trita | tijesimo |
| 31 | trita i un | trijesimo primêro |
| 40 | quareta | quatrajesimo |
| 50 | sincueta | quiquajesimo |
| 60 | sêseta | sêstajesimo |
| 70 | seteta - seta | setajesimo |
| 80 | oxeta | oxojesimo |
| 90 | nobeta | nonajesimo |
| 100 | sen | sentêsimo |
- I = eo
- you = vosé
- he, she = ele, ela
- they = eles, elas
- we =no
- the man = o omem
- the woman = a muler
- the boy = o neno
- the girl = a nina