User:MIGUELbM/Numa

Note to self: Adopt words from The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows

Phonology

• Stem: (C)(C)V... | Merdo; Numa
• Noun: -V, -VF; -Vr, -VFr | Merdos, Merdosr; Numa, Numar
• Verb: -n | Merdon; Numan
• Adj, Adv: -S; -Sr | Merdot, Merdotr; Numap, Numapr

Morphology

• Play around with causatives for verbs
• Try to work out an interesting TAM system
• Allow word derivation in a similar fashion to english, smashing words together.

Alphabet

Numa uses some sort of script evolved from a runic alphabet.

This language is being built with the purpose of being a naming proto-language in the reddit collaborative project of Conglomera. It's (very) loosely inspired by what I believe Nordic and Slavic phonologies are like (no actual grounds for that) and is meant to be a very versatile language with many derivational possibilities for words.

Language sketch

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Plosive	p	t	k
Fricative	f	s		h
Approximant	β	ð	ɰ
Flap or tap		ɾ
Lateral app.		l

Vowels

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i
Mid	e	ə̆	o
Open	a

Phonotactics

Syllabic structure

• Initial
  • (C)(C)V
• Medial
  • (C)CV
• Final
  • (C)CV(C)

Consonant clusters

Allowed consonant clusters are:

• Initial clusters
  • /s/ + Plosive
  • Fricative + /r/
  • Approximant + /r, l/

• Medial clusters
  • /r, l, s/ + Nasal, Plosive, Approximant
  • /r, l/ + Fricative
  • Fricative, Plosive + /r/
  • Approximant + /r, l/
  • /mp, nt, ŋk/

• Final clusters
  • ???

Diphthongs

Allowed diphthongs are:

/ae, ai, ea, ei, ia, ie, eo, ao, io/

Orthography

Orthography
Phoneme	Grapheme
Consonants
m	m
n	n
ŋ	ng
p	p
t	t
k	k
f	f
s	s
h	h
β	b
ð	d
ɰ	g
ɾ	r
l	l
Vowels
a	a
e	e
i	i
o	o
ə̆	∅
Special Clusters
ŋk	nk

Grammar

Morphology

Verbs

• Tenses
  • Past
  • Present
  • Future
• Aspects