Grayis
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| Grayis | |
|---|---|
| Grayis | |
| Pronunciation | [/ˈgrä.jɪs/] |
| Created by | BenJamin P. Johnson, additionally creator of: |
| Date | 2018 |
| Setting | Planet Oryrigin |
language isolate
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | none |
Introduction...
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i · ī [i · iː] |
u · ū [u · uː] | |
| Mid | ai [e̞ː ~ ai̯] |
au [o̞ː ~ au̯] | |
| Low | a · ā [ä · äː] |
Consonants
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p · b | t · d | k · g | |
| Affricate | ch [ʧ] · j [ʤ] | |||
| Fricative | s · | kh · [x] | h · | |
| Approximant | · w | · j | ||
| Tap or Trill | · r [r~ɾ] | |||
| Lateral | · l | |||
| Nasal | · m | · n |
Orthography
| / | m | n | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʧ | ʤ | s | x | h | w | j | r | l | i | iː | ai̯ | ä | äː | au̯ | u | uː | / |
| ‹ | m | n | p | b | t | d | k | g | ch | j | s | kh | h | w | j | r | l | i | ī | ai | a | ā | au | u | ū | › |
Phonotactics
- Words cannot start with /s/ or /h/.
- /h/ cannot occur intervocalically or follow another consonant.
- /s/ can only occur word-finally.
- Words cannot end with /g/ or any consonant cluster.
- Vowels (except for diphthongs) must be separated by a consonant.
- Word-initial consonant clusters are limited to [plosive]+[liquid] (i.e. {ptkbdg} + {lr}), but not /tl/ or /dl/.
- Intervocalic clusters may be:
- Any geminates except /gg/, /ss/, /xx/, /hh/, /ww/, or /jj/.
- Any [plosive]+[liquid] combination (including /tl/ and /dl/).
- Any [plosive]+/w/.
- Any [nasal]+[unvoiced plosive].
- /ngw/
Numbers
The Grayis number system is nonal (base-9), but has reflexes of an ancient system based on multiples of 3, which can be observed in the etymology of the basic numbers.
| Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | Header text | |
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| rī | 1 | (1) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| ai | 2 | (2) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| chil | 3 | (3) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| chirri | 4 | (3+1) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| kilai | 5 | (3+2) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| aichī | 6 | (2×3) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| chalayī | 7 | (4×2?) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| nauri | 8 | (9-1) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |
| nā | 9 | (9) (=10) | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example | Example |