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===Inspiration=== | ===Inspiration=== | ||
A friend was creating a board game similar to [[wikipedia:risk_(game)|Risk]]; however, instead of taking place on Earth, this new game was to take place on an inter-planetary scale. The game creator wanted to | A friend was creating a board game similar to [[wikipedia:risk_(game)|Risk]]; however, instead of taking place on Earth, this new game was to take place on an inter-planetary scale. The game creator wanted to develop an alien theme and requested a fictional script. The name of the race on this game is "Lortho" and thus the seed was planted. The author was unable to work on this piece for quite sometime until he joined the [http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html CONLANG mailing list] and observed both seasoned and novice conlangers discussing all aspects of linguistics. Since then it was decided to move forward and make Lortho come into fruition. | ||
Another inspirational source is Brian's daughter. Through her development of learning how to make speech sounds, Brian found certain "words" to use in Lortho which help in its phonology. | |||
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===Vowel Inventory=== | ===Vowels and Diphthongs=== | ||
====Vowel Inventory==== | |||
There are five vowels in Lortho and are strictly pronounced regardless of placement | There are five vowels in Lortho and are strictly pronounced regardless of placement: | ||
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| '''Mid''' || || || ɑ | | '''Mid''' || || || ɑ | ||
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====Diphthongs==== | |||
The following diphthongs exist in Lortho: | |||
[aɪ], /aʊ/, /eɪ/, /ɔɪ/, /ia/, /ie/, and /io/ | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||