Literature talk:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/2

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/2 is a Talsmic language spoken in Andaegōr.

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

Based on the idea of "minimalistic Elvish".

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal
Nasal n /n/
Plosive voiceless t /t/
voiced d /d/
Fricative v [v]* s /s/
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/

/iu, eu, ai, au, oi, ui/