Æ
Æ | |
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jarb-jarb Æ | |
Pronunciation | [/jaˁʱjaˁʱ ɛ/] |
Created by | IlL, Praimhín |
Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Lakovic
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Æ /ɛ/ eh (native: jarb-jarb Æ /jaˁʱjaˁʱ ɛ/ 'Æ words'; Windermere: brits Ä) is a minority Lakovic language spoken in Tumhan. It's inspired by Danish (and the name is inspired by the real-world E language).
Phonology
Consonants
p t tj k f s h m n ng l zj r v j /p t t͡ɕ k f s x m n ŋ l ɹ ʀ v j/
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
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unrounded | rounded | |||||||
plain | phar. | plain | phar. | plain | phar. | plain | phar. | |
Close | i /i/ | ir /iˤ/ | u /ɨ/ | ur /ɨˤ/ | ů /u/ | ůr /uˤ/ | ||
Close-mid | e /e/ | er /eˤ/ | ø /ø/ | o /o/ | or /oˤ/ | |||
Open | æ /ɛ/ | ær /ɛˤ/ | æ̊ /œ/ | æ̊r, ør /œˤ/ | a /a/ | ar /aˤ/ | å /ɔ/ | år /ɔˤ/ |
Tones
Æ has four register phonations or tones:
Spelling | Tone | Example | IPA | Meaning |
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unmarked | modal | hæ̊ | /hœ/ | echo |
s | stød (weak glottalization) | hæ̊s | /hœˀ/ | steep |
b | breathy | hæ̊b | /hœʱ/ | to stretch |
g | checked (strong glottalization) | hæ̊g | /hœʔ/ | to make a mistake |
Morphology
"Erhua" (pharyngealization) is sometimes used to nominalize verbs (from PLak *s) or form passives/intransitive verbs (from PLak *⟨r⟩) from transitive ones.
- hæ̊g /hœʔ/ = to lose one's way > hæ̊rg /hœˤʔ/ = mistake, error
- to /to/ = to see > tor /toˤ/ = to be visible, to appear