Jyglagi
Jyglagi | jɪg.ˈla.gi is an artlang created by Edward Emerson Harper in 2013 after discovering the conlanging fandom. He's worked on it off, and on throughout 4 years, and finally finished it in 2017 after a while of creating, revising, and subsequently quitting.
Orthography
Jyglagi is written in the Latin Alphabet:
MmNnŇňPpBbTtDdKkGgFf VvSsŠšXxГгHhJjRrLlŁłAa
EeIiOoUuÛûYyWw
Consonants
There are 22 basic consonant phonemes.
Mm: m | Nn: n | Ňň: ŋ |
Pp: p | Bb: b | Tt: t | Dd: d | Kk: k | Gg: g | Ff: f | Vv: v | Ťť: θ | Ďď: ð | Ss: s, z | Šš: ʃ, ʒ | Xx: x | Гг: ɣ | Hh: h | Jj: j | Rr: ɾ | Ll: l | Łł: ɬ | Cc: tʃ |
Zz: dʒ
There are some allophones, but these are all of the consonant phonemes in the language.
• The phonemes Cc, and Zz, are only used in loanwords
• The letters Ňň, Ťť, Ďď, Šš, Гг, Łł can be replaced with the digraphs Ng, Th, Dh, Sh, Gh, and Hl
Vowels
There are 9 basic vowel phonemes.
Aa: a, ɑ | Ee: e, ɛ | Ii: i | Oo: ɤ, o | Uu: ɯ, u | Ûû: ə, ʌ | Yy: ɪ | Ww: ʊ | Ææ: æ
There, once again, are certain allophones, but these are all the vowel phonemes for Jyglagi.
• The Phoneme Ææ is a only used in loanwords.
Stress
In Jyglagi, primary stress is placed on the middle-to-right syllable, and secondary is on any other syllable.
Ex. Jyglagi | jɪg.ˈla.gi
Yňlyš | ɪŋ.ˈlɪʃ
Denmareka | den.ma.ˈɾe.ka
Intonation
Though intotation is free, it tends to fall into these patterns: H: high, M: medial, L: low
Statement: «.Borata reďeг hon.» HMM ML M "She ran away."
Command: «:Hytû dw hon:» HH M H "You find her."
Exclamation: «¡Her ar hon!» M M H "She is here!"
«¿Ľe ar hon?» H L M "Where is she?"