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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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While the original vocabulary of National Simphonian comes from Shifer, centuries of use allowed it to borrow words from other languages, thereby ensuring diverse forms of syllables. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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| Аа || Бб || Вв || Гᴤ || Dd || Ее || Ĕĕ || Жж || Ӡӡ || Θθ || Qq || Ии || Йй || DZʤ || Кк || Λλ | |||
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| a || b || v || g || d || e || yo || zh || z || th || h || i || y || j || k || l | |||
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| Мм || Нн || Оо || Пп || Рр || Сс || Тт || Уу || Хх || Фф || Чч || Шʃ || Ыы || Яя || Ээ || Юю | |||
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| m || n || o || p || r || s || t || u || kh || ph || ch || sh || y || ya || ye || yu | |||
|} | |||
The table above shows the National Simphonian Alphabet together with the transliteration scheme commonly used. Up until now, there is no official romanization scheme set by the Simphonian Language Body. | |||
The letter /y/ is used to stand for both [ɨ] and [j]. In general, which is represented can easily be determined: | |||
1. /y/ represents [ɨ] if it is between two consonants. If [ɨ] is preceded or followed by a vowel, a hyphen is used to separate it from the vowel. | |||
2. /y/ represents [j] if it precedes or follows a vowel. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
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Nouns | ====Nouns==== | ||
Adjectives | Nouns are generally not declined, except for marking possession, which varies among dialects of National Simphonian. The possession suffix commonly used is /i/, which is prevalent among Shifer, Waerun, and Kanopher speakers. | ||
Verbs | Numbers | ||
====Adjectives==== | |||
Adjectives are either in native form or derived. In the case of latter, the suffix /-la/ is used to derive an adjective from a noun. | |||
Adjectives either precede or follow the noun. If the adjective has /-la/ suffix, it must precede the noun; otherwise it must follow the noun. | |||
====Verbs==== | |||
Adverbs | Adverbs | ||
Particles | Particles | ||