Literature talk:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/2
Numbers
1-10: ténya, tihyór, nardë, aldausë, salihyë, álë, rórë, loresë, sarrë, aiyór
11-20: tényár, álór, nardár, rórór, salihyár, loresór, nallaisë, sarrór, téllaisë, naisë
21, 22, ...: naisë í ténya, naisë í tihyór, ...
40, 60, 80, ...: tihyór naisë, nardë naisë, aldausë naisë, ...
400: tallë
8000: urána
Diachronics
- ð > funny lateral-ish sound > l
- f > þ
- þ > s
- ł > hy
- p > kw > ty
- b > gw > w/y (hiatus breaker)
- rb, lb > rd, ld
- lz > ld
- d > r
- mb > ngw > ndy
- m > ny
- rw, lw > rr, ll
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal(ized) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | n /n/ | ny /nʲ/ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | t /t/ | ty /tʲ/ | |
| voiced | d /d/ | dy /dʲ/ | ||
| Fricative | v [v]* | s /s/ | hy /ç/ | |
| Approximant | l /l/ | y /j/ | ||
| Trill | r /r/ | |||
* only occurs as a hiatus breaker between vowels.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | í /iː/ | u /u/ | ú /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | é /eː/ | o /o/ | ó /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | á /aː/ | ||||