Liðakuin

Liðakuin Liðakuin
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Type
Fusional
Alignment
Nominative-accusative
Head direction
Initial	Mixed		Final
Primary word order
Subject-verb-object
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
Masculine-feminine-neuter
Nouns decline according to...
Case		Number
Definiteness		Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice		Mood
Person		Number
Tense		Aspect

Liðakuin (IPA: [ˌli.ðɐ.ˈkɵ̞jn]), also referred to as Lidakuin or Lidhakuin, is a Gomensayan language spoken on the continent of Gomensai. It is spoken by about 10,000,000 people, being the official language of the Fenril Federation.

Introduction

Liðakuin is my third conlang, first started in 2023 as part of my worldbuilding projects. Specifically, it is linked to my project "Drawn to AfterLife." However, it also sees use in my Pokémon AU and other projects of mine.

Liðakuin, like all of my serious conlangs, is meant to be similar to natural languages in terms of scope. It is inspired by Icelandic and English.

This is a work of love and I ask any readers that, outside of grammatical mistakes, they do not make any edits without my permission. This work is protected by copyright, and I do plan on using it in monetized material; this wiki is a service both for myself and for any future fans.

Phonology

Main article: Liðakuin phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar
Nasal		m		n		(ɲ)		(ŋ)
Stop		p	b	t	d	(c)	(ɟ)	k	g
Affricate				ts	dz	tɕ	dʑ
Fricative	plain	f		θ̠	ð̠	ç		x	ɣ
	sibilant			s	z	ɕ	ʑ
	lateral			ɬ	tɬ
Approximant			ʋ		l	j	(ʎ)		(w)
Trill				r̥	r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i	y uy			(ɯ)	u
Close-mid	e	ø	ə	(ɵ̞)		o
Open-mid	ɛ					ɔ
Open	æ		a aj		ɑw
Diphthongs	ow ew ej ju jo jɔ ja ɵj

Stress

Liðakuin is a dynamic-accent language. Stressed syllables are louder and longer than non-stressed syllables. Additionally, several of the vowel phonemes are laxened in unstressed syllables.

Stress is unpredictable in Liðakuin. It usually falls on "long" vowels, specifically one of /æ aj e o i uy/, but can fall on any vowel.

Liðakuin speakers also tend to reduce the vowels /a i y u uy e ei o ou/ to [ɐ ɪ ʏ ʊ ʉ ɛ e ɔ o] when unstressed. This results in /e ɛ/ and /o ɔ/ to be merged in unstressed position.

Phonotactics

The maximal syllable structure in Liðakuin is CCVCC.

Orthography

Main article: Liðakuin orthography

Liðakuin may be either written using the Latin alphabet or the native Liðakuin script.

Romanization

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar
Nasal		m		n		nj		ng
Stop		p	b	t	d	kj	gj	k	g
Affricate				ts	dz	tj	dj
Fricative	plain	f		þ	ð	hj		h	q
	sibilant			s	z	sj	zj
	lateral			ʒ	tʒ
Approximant			v		l	j	lj		w
Trill				hr	r

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Close	i	y uy			ú
Close-mid	é	ö	u			ó
Open-mid	e					o
Open	ä		a æ		á
Diphthongs	ou eu ei ju jó jo ja ui

Morphology

Nouns

Liðakuin nouns have one of three genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Syntax

Other resources

• Liðakuin on Star Dragon's Den