Letters / Alphabet Vowels Monophthongs: i y u e o a ɛ ɔ ə ɪ EE YI OO Eh Oh Agh Eaugh Ough Ugh Igh “Beat” “Yip” “Do” “Ten” “No”* “Rat” “Leht” “Noh” “Tub” “Sin” *Spanish Pronounciation / (ESP) Diphthongs / Triphthongs: eɪ ɛɪ aɪ ɔɪ ɪə AE AhE EyE OhI EhAh “face” “face” (UK) “price” “choice” “Near” (UK) ɛə ɛɪə aɪə ɔɪə ɛəɪ EAh Æ AIgh OʔAEA EAhʔIGH “square” “layer” “liar” “lawyer” “A.I.” Consonants Consonant Sounds: f v θ ð t s d n ff vh thh the t s d n “fare” “lavish” “thhink” “father” “take” “sizzle” “dig” “none” r ɾ ʃ ʒ c ɟ ɲ ç rr (ESP) dr sh juh tchy y ng shy “perro”* “pedro”* “ship” “geep” “chyunk” “yeah” “nya” “shyare” ʝ k g ŋ x ɣ q ɢ jah k g nga h gha ck gau “shang” “cake” “gap” “gnarl” “hope” “god” “caught” “gauze” ɴ ʀ χ ʁ t͡s ɸ ʍ w gna thr c rv ts pf hwaugh wh “nose” “rata”* “calm” “reveal” “tsunami” “pferd”* “w≠hant” “whe’re” *ESP **German The above is made of 52 sounds, specifically 32 Consonant sounds (of which 30 are pulmonic & 2 are non-affricate parapulmonic consonants) and 20 vowel sounds (of which 10 are monophthongs, 6 are diphthongs, and 4 are triphthongs). As a frame of reference, English is made of (depending how you count) 44 sounds, specifically 24 consonants (23 of which are pulmonic & 1 non-affricate parapulmonic consonant) and 20 vowels (of which 12 are monophthongs & 8 are diphthongs). Romanization Consonants The consonants are Romanized as such: f v θ ð t s d n f v th TH t s d n r ɾ ʃ ʒ c ɟ ɲ ç rr trh sh j CH ÿ ñ SH ʝ k g ŋ x ɣ q ɢ zh c J ng h G C g ɴ ʀ χ ʁ t͡s ɸ ʍ w ń R k r ts f w W Vowels The vowels are Romanized as such: a e i o u a e ie o u y I ɛ ɔ ə y i eh oh uh eɪ ɛɪ aɪ ɔɪ ɪə ae ahie I oi ə ɛə ɪə aɪə ɔɪə ɛəɪ ua aə Ī uyə A Consonant Inventory: (plus the unvoiced & voiced “w” sounds) Labio/Dent Post/Alveol Palatal Velar Uvular al ar Plosive t, d ɟ, c k, g q, ɢ Nasal r**, ɾ* n ɲ ŋ ɴ Fricative f, v | θ, ð s, z | ʃ, ʒ ç, ʝ x, ɣ χ, ʁ ● *This is an Alveolar Tap/Flap ** This is an Alveolar Trill I removed “Trill” & “Tap or Flap” for the sake of shrinking the chart, and shrunk their alveolars into the Labio-Dental Nasal area. Script / Writing System To write numbers, use the following Glyphs (tradtional above, used for quick writing; and calligraphic below, used for ceremonies, permanent writing, and printed works). The glyphs are heavily inspired by Oā, (the Artifexian demo conlang), using a similar angular style. However, these Glyphs use base 12, subbase 6, and subsubbase 3. Below/To the right, these are the consonants. The consonants appear in this order: f, v, θ, ð, t, s, d, n, r, ɾ, ʃ, ʒ, c, ɟ, ɲ, ç, ʝ, k, g, ŋ, x, ɣ, q, ɢ, ɴ, ʀ, χ, ʁ, t͡s, ɸ, ʍ, w when read left to right, top to bottom. Specifically, the letters to the left appear as they would in stone, and the ones on the right as on paper. Note that “d” represents a bird, “n” represents a fish, “ʃ” represents humans, “ʒ” represents death, “q” represents clothes, “ɢ” represents a nuce (invoking murder/killing/death), “χ” represents water/cooking, “ʁ” represents a sunrise/set, “ʍ” represents a shield, and “w” represents a banner. While these meaning have long been lost in the literall sense, words pertaining to these subjects are more likely to contain related vowels. Below is a chart to simplify this concept: d bird ɢ nuce n fish χ water/cooking ʃ human ʁ sunrise/set (day?) ʒ death ʍ shield q clothes w banner Morever, pictured here is the vowel system, a simple featural system. The wider the top half is, the more open the mouth is while making the sound. The more complete the bottom stem is, the closer the tongue gets to the teeth. Circle means it’s rounded. On the left are the stone versions, and on the right are the paper versions. Please note that dipthongs are written as two vowels squished together, and the same is done with triphthongs. Words / Syllables Phonotactics The syllable structure is: (where “(x)” is necessary & “x” is optional) CCC(V)CCC The syllables are written such that the onset must increase in score & the offset must mirror it. Score is on the following table: Infth r ɾ 1st n ɲ ŋ ɴ 2nd f, v θ, ð s, z ʃ, ʒ ç, ʝ x, ɣ χ, ʁ 3rd t d c k g ɟ ɢ The Onset of the word must only increase in rank from left to right (“tsr” is a valid onset, but “rst” is not). Moreover, the Coda of a work must only decrease in rank (so “rst” actually is valid, just only as a coda. This allows palindromes to exist.) You cannot use two of the same vowel in a row, in any situation (“ɾɾ” is not allowed, but “ɾðɾ” is). You can, however, use two letter of the same rank in a row. You cannot use three though, meaning a Coda can never start with a rank three letter, and an Onset can never start with a rhotic (Infth Rank) Derivation/Conjugation Grammar & Sentences Word Order Sentences are structured “[Verb phrase] [Subjective phrase] [Objective phrase],” where the Verb phrase goes “Verb Adverb(s),” the Subjective phrase “Noun Adjective(s)” and the Objective phrase “Adjective(s) Noun Post-Position(s)––” where between the Subjective & Objective phrases, there is a third-stop (“;”), between the Verb & Subjective phrases a fourth-stop (“,”), at the end of a sentence a half-stop (“.”), and at the end of an idea a full stop (“.”). In other words, an idea might change like this: Strong Luke quickly punched scared Mark, so pained Mark loudly cried. Punched Quickly (¼Stop) Luke Strong (1/3Stop) Mark Scared (½Stop) Cried Loudly (¼Stop) Mark [in pain] Number/Gender/Conjugation Grammatical Number has an unmarked singular, a semi-plural (<12) suffix of “” Dictionary: Root Words: Derivation Morphology: Dictionary:
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