Čena

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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

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