Øð : a Thaeneous Speedlang (Voice)
Posted: 05 Feb 2015 06:35
Post I: Introduction
I am trying something different, taking a hiatus from Nillahimma. Not too long, I hope.
This is my first true speedlang, and I have a few goals in mind:
Highly fusional. Like, insanely.
Be, perhaps, bi- or triliteral. Maybe not truly. Maybe not at all. Who knows?
Be succinct (therefor the fusion)
Have lots of little superscripts on the vowels that affect consonants in a predictable way (gradation?)
So, without further ado, and no more gilding the lily, I present to you the beginnings of the currently unnamed Thaeneous Speedlang, the first of its kind:
Phonological Inventory
Plosives: /p b t d k ɡ ʔ/ <p b t d k g '>
Nasal: /n/ <n>
Fricatives: /s z ʃ/ <s z ʃ>
Approximants: /r/ <r>
Vowels: /i ɛ ø ə ɔ u/ <ı e ø a o u>
Labialized Vowels: Vowels written with a <ʷ> (either before or after) are labialized. This is often realized on consonants.
Palatalized Vowels: Vowels written with a <ʲ> (either before or after) are palatalized. This is often realized on consonants.
Nasalized vowels: Vowels written with a <ⁿ> (either before or after) are nasalized. This is often reflected on consonants.
Archiphonemes: /ʰ ʷ ʲ ⁿ ˡ ː/
Phonotactics:
(C-[ʔ])(C)V(C)(C)
That is, the first consonant in an onset cluster may not be a glottal stop.
Whee. Very loose for now. May change later.
Disclaimer: for now, roots may be one consonant long, or break cluster rules.
Some allophony:
(Allophony is represented in the orthography)
/i/ > [ɪ] in closed syllables
/ə/ > [ɑ] inunstressed syllables
Some stop to fricative allophony, but not entirely sure what yet.
/ʔ/ > [h] word-initially
/n/ > [m] when adjacent to labials
/n/ > [ŋ] when adjacent to velars or the glottal stop
/r/ > [l]is effected by ˡ and after a long vowel
/k, g/ > [c, ɟ] _ʲV
/t, d/ > [ɕ, ʑ] _ʲV
/p/ > [pʰ] _ʲV
/t, d/ > [θ, ð] V_ʔ (/ʔ/ is dropped)
Some sample roots:
nod "eat"
'ıʃ verb of motion
ktet "see"
rdat "dog"
pezg "surface"
k' "hit"
r "be"
b'ın "speak"
tkur' "make"
bot' "stone"
ʃoʃ "water"
That's all for tonight, folks! Thank you for reading, and in the next post I'll cover basic verb stuff!
Maybe.
I am trying something different, taking a hiatus from Nillahimma. Not too long, I hope.
This is my first true speedlang, and I have a few goals in mind:
Highly fusional. Like, insanely.
Be succinct (therefor the fusion)
Have lots of little superscripts on the vowels that affect consonants in a predictable way (gradation?)
So, without further ado, and no more gilding the lily, I present to you the beginnings of the currently unnamed Thaeneous Speedlang, the first of its kind:
Phonological Inventory
Plosives: /p b t d k ɡ ʔ/ <p b t d k g '>
Nasal: /n/ <n>
Fricatives: /s z ʃ/ <s z ʃ>
Approximants: /r/ <r>
Vowels: /i ɛ ø ə ɔ u/ <ı e ø a o u>
Labialized Vowels: Vowels written with a <ʷ> (either before or after) are labialized. This is often realized on consonants.
Palatalized Vowels: Vowels written with a <ʲ> (either before or after) are palatalized. This is often realized on consonants.
Nasalized vowels: Vowels written with a <ⁿ> (either before or after) are nasalized. This is often reflected on consonants.
Archiphonemes: /ʰ ʷ ʲ ⁿ ˡ ː/
Phonotactics:
(C-[ʔ])(C)V(C)(C)
That is, the first consonant in an onset cluster may not be a glottal stop.
Whee. Very loose for now. May change later.
Disclaimer: for now, roots may be one consonant long, or break cluster rules.
Some allophony:
(Allophony is represented in the orthography)
/i/ > [ɪ] in closed syllables
/ə/ > [ɑ] in
Some stop to fricative allophony, but not entirely sure what yet.
/ʔ/ > [h] word-initially
/n/ > [m] when adjacent to labials
/n/ > [ŋ] when adjacent to velars or the glottal stop
/r/ > [l]
/k, g/ > [c, ɟ] _ʲV
/t, d/ > [ɕ, ʑ] _ʲV
/p/ > [pʰ] _ʲV
/t, d/ > [θ, ð] V_ʔ (/ʔ/ is dropped)
Some sample roots:
nod "eat"
'ıʃ verb of motion
ktet "see"
rdat "dog"
pezg "surface"
k' "hit"
r "be"
b'ın "speak"
tkur' "make"
bot' "stone"
ʃoʃ "water"
That's all for tonight, folks! Thank you for reading, and in the next post I'll cover basic verb stuff!
Maybe.
Edit: Changing up some stuff. I'm too tired for this. G'night
Edit: Added /ø/ and made the name Øð < ød' "Language" (lame, I know )