Naeng/Literature

Windermere/Lexicon

Windermere/Swadesh list

Naeng/Literature
Created by	IlL, Praimhín
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Naeng/Literature

Windermere is a conlang based on similarities between Hebrew and Mon-Khmer languages, such as final stress, minor syllables and overall head-initial syntax. It is also meant to have a mutation system, much like Celtic and Hebrew.

Phonology

Orthography

• Ϫϫ Շչ Ɑᶑ Ѡϙ Ғғ Ѵѵ Ƌժ Ƨƨ ſʗ = p b f t d th c g ch
• Ɨɟ ʢє Ϯ₼ = m n ng
• Ϟɥ Ɔɔ Պɱ Ҕҕ = s ł ts tł
• Էէ Ӿӿ Գƪ Քƍ Ֆⱷ Пп = r w y h l ʔ

Consonants

p b f t d θ k g x ts s tɬ ɬ m n ŋ ʟ r w j h ʔ

		Labial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/			ng /ŋ/
Plosive	tenuis	b /p~b/	d /t~d/			g /k~g/		' /ʔ/
	aspirated	p /pʰ~bʰ/	t /tʰ~dʰ/			k /kʰ~gʰ/
Affricate			ts /ts/	tł /tɬ/
Fricative	spirant	f /f~v/	th /θ~ð/			ch /x~ɣ/
	nonspirant		s /s~z/	ł /ɬ~ɮ/				h /h/
Resonant		w /w/	r /r/		y /j/		l /ʟ/

Vowels

a e i o u ø y

iə eə uə oə yə

ə (in unstressed syllables)

In Eevo these are borrowed as:

a e i o w ø u

ia ee wa oo ua

y

Stress

Stress is invariably final.

Phonotactics

Zero and C are the only permitted word-final codas.

Morphology

Pronouns

• 1sg: rie
• 2sg: łen (masculine), łes (feminine)
• 3sg: in (masculine), is (feminine), tan (inanimate)
• 1pl: ămrie (exclusive), bang (inclusive)
• 2pl: łănam
• 3pl: ănam (animate), tănam (inanimate)