Barakhinei

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Barakhinei
Barakhinei
Created byMark Rosenfelder
Date1999(?)
SettingAlmea
Native toBarakhún, Mútkün, Hroth
Eastern
  • Central
    • Cad'inor
      • Barakhinei
Dialects
  • Western(têl rhu)
  • Central(êrrê rhu)
  • Southern(âr rhu)
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Barakhinei is a language created by Mark Rosenfelder, the creator of Verdurian and the Zompist.com webpage.

Philogically, Barakhinei is in the same language family as Verdurian, Ismaîn and Sarroc. Verdurians apparently consider the language "harsh and primitive", to which, likewise, the Barakhinei consider Verdurians to be "spineless degenerates".

Phonology

Orthography

Modern Barakhinei alphabet.gif

Barakhinei uses its own alphabet, that is derived from the Cad'inor alphabet. The modern orthography is adapted from the mountain alphabet that was used during the Dark Ages, when paper and ink fell out of fashion and instead writing was restricted to carving on stone and wood.

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
/
palatal
Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Stop p b t d  k ɡ
Trill r ʀ
Affricate t͡ʃ
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ x h
Approximant j
Lateral l ʎ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Near-front Near-back Back
Close i y u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e ø o
Open-mid ε ɔ
Open a ɑ

Prosody

Stress

In Barakhinei, stress usually falls on the last closed syllable, e.g. ovori, kalen, chamor, anu. Words that dont fit this rule are labeled in the lexicon.

Additional rules
  • Epenthetic vowels are not stressed(e.g. chitor, erêsûl)
  • Roots ending in -l, -kh, or -th are usually not stressed(êshtôl, dorôth, ezarkh)
  • The derivational suffixes -nor, -il, -el, diminutive -ek, and the -dêsht in powers of ten are never stressed(ekunor, iladil, êndel, hedêsht, kêntek)

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources