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|name = Adzaac (Ox-Yew) | |name = Adzaac (Ox-Yew) | ||
|nativename = Adzaac, Adɮāc | |nativename = Adzaac, Adɮāc | ||
|pronunciation = / | |pronunciation = /ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ/ | ||
|creator = [[User: Bpnjohnson|BenJamin P. Johnson]],<br /> | |creator = [[User: Bpnjohnson|BenJamin P. Johnson]],<br /> | ||
<small>additionally creator of:<br /> | <small>additionally creator of:<br /> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
Adzaac (or Adɮāc) is an a priori, possibly non-terrestrial language whose phonology, morphology, grammar, and really whose entire weltanschauung is inextricably tied to sets of three. Since | Adzaac (or Adɮāc) is an a priori, possibly non-terrestrial language whose phonology, morphology, grammar, and really whose entire weltanschauung is inextricably tied to sets of three. Their number system is nonal (3×3); there are three vowels; there are three of each type of consonant; there are three noun classes (or “genders,” but that word really isn’t useful here); there are even three finite grammatical moods. | ||
Since [ɑdˈɮɑːtɬʼ] doesn't really roll off the tongue of the average native speaker of most European languages, the alternative name “Ox-Yew” (or the Language of the Ox-Yew People) is derived from all of the Latin letters which the orthography of Adzaac explicitly does ''not'' use. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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! Unvoiced Stop: | ! Unvoiced Stop: | ||
| | | ⟨p⟩ /p/ | ||
| | | ⟨t⟩ /t/ | ||
| | | ⟨k⟩ /k/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Voiced Stop: | ! Voiced Stop: | ||
| | | ⟨b⟩ /b/ | ||
| | | ⟨d⟩ /d/ | ||
| | | ⟨g⟩ /ɡ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Affricate: | ! Affricate: | ||
| | | ⟨c⟩ /t͡ɬ/ | ||
| | | ⟨q⟩ /t͡ʃ/ | ||
| | | ⟨j⟩ /d͡ʒ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Fricative: | ! Fricative: | ||
| | | ⟨s⟩ /s/ | ||
| | | ⟨f⟩ /ʃ/ | ||
| | | ⟨h⟩ /x/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Nasal: | ! Nasal: | ||
| | | ⟨m⟩ /m/ | ||
| | | ⟨n⟩ /n/ | ||
| | | ⟨v⟩ /ŋ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Liquid: | ! Liquid: | ||
| | | ⟨z⟩ /ɮ/ | ||
| | | ⟨r⟩ /r/ | ||
| | | ⟨l⟩ /l/ | ||
|} | |} | ||
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**C[+nas]ː (any geminate nasal) | **C[+nas]ː (any geminate nasal) | ||
***mm, nn, vv | ***mm, nn, vv | ||
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox] (any nasal + unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation; also | **C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox] (any nasal + unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation; also ⟨vg⟩) | ||
***mp, nt, vk, vg | ***mp, nt, vk, vg | ||
**C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox]C[+liq] (any nasal + voiced or unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation + liquid) | **C[+nas]C[-cnt-vox]C[+liq] (any nasal + voiced or unvoiced stop of the same place of articulation + liquid) | ||
***mbr, mbl, ndr, ndl, vgr, vgl, vgz | ***mbr, mbl, ndr, ndl, vgr, vgl, vgz | ||
**nC[+liq] ( | **nC[+liq] (⟨n⟩ + any affricate) | ||
***nq, nj, nc | ***nq, nj, nc | ||
**C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop) | **C[+obs+cnt]C[-cnt-vox] (any fricative + any unvoiced stop) | ||