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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Nouns have a separate combining form: for example, final ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to approximants ''v, d̆, r, ğ''
{{PAGENAME}} is topic prominent.
*''-nU'' = genitive (''nȧx'' = person, ''nȧxni'' = person's; ''med'' = house, ''med̆nı'' = house's; ''suḑ'' = woman, ''surnu'' = woman's)
 
Final ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to approximants ''v, d̆, r, ğ'' before a prefix beginning with a consonant.
*''-nU'' = plural (''nȧx'' = person, ''nȧxni'' = people; ''med'' = house, ''med̆nı'' = houses; ''suḑ'' = woman, ''surnu'' = women)
**''-ņ'', ''-ț'' + ''-nU'' > ''-ņņU'', ''-țņU''
**''-ņ'', ''-ț'' + ''-nU'' > ''-ņņU'', ''-țņU''
*''-(w)Or'' = topic marker (''nȧx'' = person, ''nȧxėr'' = as for the person; ''med'' = house, ''meder'' = as for the house; ''suḑ'' = woman, ''suḑor'' = as for the woman)


===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===

Revision as of 17:26, 15 June 2016

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/3 /bələn/ is a "CW-complex" language spoken in eastern Cuadhlabh. It's inspired by Turkish, Vietnamese and User:Praimhín's old Windermere.


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Notes

  • A = one of the vowels ȧ/a/ꜵ
  • O = one of the vowels ė/e/o
  • U = one of the vowels i/ı/u

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Medial Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ņ /ɲˁ~ɳ/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ ț /cˤ~ʈ/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /ɟˤ~ɖ/ g /ɡ/
Fricative f /f/ /θ/ s /s/ ș /çˤ~ʂ/ x /x/ h /h/
Approximant lateral l /l/ ļ /ʎˁ~ɭ/
central v /β̞~w/ /ð̞/ y /j/ r /jˤ~ɻ/ ğ /ɣ̞~ɰ/
Notes
  • Voiceless plosives and affricates are lightly aspirated.
  • The medial consonants /ɲˁ, cˤ, ɟˤ, çˤ, ʎˁ, jˤ/ vary by idiolect and may be retroflex [ɳ, ʈ, ɖ, ʂ, ɭ, ɻ], sulcalized retroflex, or pharyngealized pre-velar/"bunched" [ŋ̟ˁ, k̟ˤ, g̟ˤ, x̟ˤ, ʟ̟ˁ, ɰ̟ˤ]. The medial consonants are characterized by a low third formant (F3).

Vowels

  Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ı /ɨ/ u /u/
Close-mid ė /e/ e /ə/ o /o/
Open-mid/Open ȧ /ɛ/ a /ä/ /ɔ/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/3 is topic prominent.

Final b, d, ḑ, g are lenited to approximants v, d̆, r, ğ before a prefix beginning with a consonant.

  • -nU = plural (nȧx = person, nȧxni = people; med = house, med̆nı = houses; suḑ = woman, surnu = women)
    • , + -nU > -ņņU, -țņU
  • -(w)Or = topic marker (nȧx = person, nȧxėr = as for the person; med = house, meder = as for the house; suḑ = woman, suḑor = as for the woman)

Pronouns

Adjectives

Verbs

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources