Endqwo
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| Endqwo | |
|---|---|
| ëq̀eꞌīꞌc | |
| Pronunciation | [ø.qʷe.ʔiːʔc] |
| Created by | wfosøra |
| Date | 10/31/24 (M/D/Y) |
Endqwo (endonym: ëq̀eꞌīꞌc; Endqwo: ø.qʷe.ʔiːʔc) is the experimental version of its sister, Endeqwo, it works like, and takes large inspiration from, Ithkuil, except with a much larger sound inventory, allowing for even more distinctions, this language makes a very small attempt at pronouncability, favoring efficiency.
Etymology
ëq̀eꞌīꞌc is from the root -q̀ꞌꞌ- (Our language), it literally means "A made up system of sounds and rules coming together to form a language"
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | alveolar | post -alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | plain | lab. | lat. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | ||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | nʷ | ɲ | ɲʷ | ŋ | ŋʷ | ɴ | ɴʷ | ||||
| Stop | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | tʷ | c | cʷ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | |||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | dʷ | ɟ | ɟʷ | g | gʷ | ɢ | ɢʷ | ||||
| ejective | pʼ | pʷʼ | tʼ | tʷʼ | cʼ | cʷʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | qʼ | qʷʼ | ||||
| affricate | voiceless | p͡f | p͡fʷ | t͡s | t͡sʷ | t͡ɬ | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | c͡ç | c͡çʷ | k͡x | k͡xʷ | q͡χ | q͡χʷ |
| voiced | b͡v | b͡vʷ | d͡z | d͡zʷ | d͡ɮ | d͡ʒ | d͡ʒʷ | ɟ͡ʝ | ɟ͡ʝʷ | g͡ɣ | g͡ɣʷ | ɢ͡ʁ | ɢ͡ʁʷ | |
| ejective | p͡fʼ | p͡fʷʼ | t͡sʼ | t͡sʷʼ | t͡ɬʼ | t͡ʃʼ | t͡ʃʷʼ | c͡çʼ | c͡çʷʼ | k͡xʼ | k͡xʷʼ | q͡χʼ | q͡χʷʼ | |
| fricative | voiceless | f | fʷ | s | sʷ | ɬ | ʃ | ʃʷ | ç | çʷ | x | xʷ | χ | χʷ |
| voiced | v | vʷ | z | zʷ | ɮ | ʒ | ʒʷ | ʝ | ʝʷ | ɣ | ɣʷ | ʁ | ʁʷ | |
| ejective | fʼ | fʷʼ | sʼ | sʷʼ | ɬʼ | ʃʼ | ʃʷʼ | çʼ | çʷʼ | xʼ | xʷʼ | χʼ | χʷʼ | |
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
/ʔ/ (written <'> or <ꞌ>) is also a phoneme, but it only occurs to fill roots to the three consonant requirement, like in <q̀>
Vowels
| front | back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Mid | e | ø | ɤ | o |
| open | a | |||
Syllable structure
Yes
Stress
Intonation
Morphophonology
Grammar
Credit to John Quijada and Ithkuil, it provided significant inspiration
Morphology
This language has a complex and expansive grammar system, just as Ithkuil, this system is arguably more complex because it has all the distinctions of Ithkuil, plus some.
Roots
| -ə- | Stem 0 (S0) | Deceiving name, uses the neutral vowel: conveys base info |
|---|---|---|
| -i- | Stem 1 (S1) | Alters to basic verbs meaning "to (be) [root]" |
| -a- | Stem 2 (S2) | Alters to verbs meaning "to experience" (life>to be alive (as in 'I feel so alive!') |
| -e- | Stem 3 (S3) | Alters meaning to "to intentionally cause" |
| -u- | Stem 4 (S4) | Alters meaning to "to unintentionally cause" |
| -o- | Stem 5 (S5) | conveys agency |
| -ö- | Stem 6 (S6) | conveys 'if' like verbs |
| Tone 1 (T1) | Mid tone, first meaning |
|---|---|
| Tone 2 (T2) | High tone, second meaning |
| Tone 3 (T3) | Low tone, third meaning |
| Tone 4 (T4) | Low-rising tone, fourth meaning |
| Tone 5 (T5) | High-falling, fifth meaning |
| ə- | basic, BSC | conveys basic info |
|---|---|---|
| u- | contential, CTE | Conveys the content of something (the thing depicted by a painting) |
| ë- | constitutive, CSV | Conveys the things making up the thing, also used to convey materials |
| ö- | objective, OBJ | Conveys the goal/use/purpose of the thing |
| ï- | Instrumentive, ISV | Conveys the thing used to make/cause the thing/event |