Introduction
The Čenäihmisen (Čena Human) speak Čena.
Inspiration
From Slavic Languages and Finnish. It does have a few peculiarities, such as the diaeresis is used to mark syllable boundaries on a vowel, if it is before another vowel. "Čenäihmisen" uses this. äi is pronounced "ɑ.i'
Phonology
Consonants
|
Bilabial |
Labiodental |
Alveolar |
Post-Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal
|
Plosive |
p b |
|
t d |
|
c ɟ |
k g |
|
Nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
ɲ |
|
|
Fricative |
|
f v |
s z |
ʃ ʒ |
|
|
h
|
Trill |
|
|
r |
|
|
|
|
Approximant |
|
|
|
|
j |
|
|
Affricative |
|
|
|
t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
|
Vowels
Front |
Back
|
i y |
u
|
e ø |
o
|
æ |
ɑ
|
Orthography
Here is the Consonant Chart For Orthography:
|
Bilabial |
Labiodental |
Alveolar |
Post-Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal
|
Plosive |
p b |
|
t d |
|
ty dy |
k g |
|
Nasal |
m |
|
n |
|
ny |
|
|
Trill |
|
|
r |
|
|
|
|
Fricative |
|
f v |
s z |
š ž |
|
|
h
|
Approximant |
|
|
|
|
j |
|
|
Affricate |
|
|
|
tš dž |
|
|
|
The vowel inventory looks like this: Keep in mind there are notes.
Front |
Back
|
i y |
u
|
e ø |
o
|
æ |
|
|
ɑ
|
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Example texts
Other resources