Soo ta Aangii
Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:21
Hey everyone :) I have decided to begin another conlang that I had in mind after kinda losing motivation and inspiration for the first one lel., namely: Soo ta Aangii.
To give it a little bit of context, Soo ta Aangii is a group of closely related dialects spoken by semi-independent tribes living in forests and swamps to the East of their country, Olita Ekema (shortened to O´Ekema). This is the language as spoken by the first Aangiian settlers on the island, after the big Urkhan deportation (aka Old Aangiian).
Side note, I just wanted to say Polynesian languages such as Maori and Hawaiian are my main sources of inspiration when it comes to the phonology and some aspects of its grammar, but Soo ta Aangii is of course entirely a priori.
Just like the other topic that I kind of left behind, I will update as I progressively finish its different aspects. I hope to do better than K'anerhtówhí, which I don't like so much after all.
So enough blabbering, here's what I have so far:
Phonology
Consonants
/p t k ʔ/ <p t k ´>
/m n ŋ/ <m n ng>
/s h v~ʋ ʝ/ <s h v j>
/ɭ~ɽ/ <l>
~> <l> is a retroflex approximant /ɭ/ if: word-final; before another consonant
~> <l> is a retroflex flap /ɽ/ if: intervocalic; after another consonant.
~> Can be either in the onset, depends on the coda of the preceding word.
Vowels
/æ æː ɛ ɛː i iː ɔ~ʊ~u ɔː~ʊː~uː/ <a aa e ee i ii o oo>
~> <o> is typically /ɔ~o/ but often realised as /ʊ/ when word-final.
For example: Ono /ɔnʊ/ (ant); pikoko /pikokʊ/ (bird).
Dipthongs
/a͡i e͡i u͡i/ <ai ei oi>
/a͡e/ <ae>
Phonotactics
Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C)
<j, v, h, ´> not allowed in the coda.
<j, v, h, ´> cannot be followed by <l>
<p, t, k> become <m, n, ng> if word-final
<m, n, ng> become <p, t, k> if followed by <l>
If <t> is followed by <l>, an voiceless schwa is inserted in-between.
Stress occurs on the 1st syllable of words.
Syntax & Grammar
Basic word order is OSV (I know it's extremely rare but I like it)
Soo ta Aangii is mainly isolating: verbs & nouns don't inflect. Conjugation is mainly achieved by means of clitics and particles when necessary. Nouns have no grammatical gender, but an animate-inanimate distinction is made, as shown in pronouns, and adjective prefixes. TPlural is unmarked.
More details in posts to come.
To give it a little bit of context, Soo ta Aangii is a group of closely related dialects spoken by semi-independent tribes living in forests and swamps to the East of their country, Olita Ekema (shortened to O´Ekema). This is the language as spoken by the first Aangiian settlers on the island, after the big Urkhan deportation (aka Old Aangiian).
Side note, I just wanted to say Polynesian languages such as Maori and Hawaiian are my main sources of inspiration when it comes to the phonology and some aspects of its grammar, but Soo ta Aangii is of course entirely a priori.
Just like the other topic that I kind of left behind, I will update as I progressively finish its different aspects. I hope to do better than K'anerhtówhí, which I don't like so much after all.
So enough blabbering, here's what I have so far:
Phonology
Consonants
/p t k ʔ/ <p t k ´>
/m n ŋ/ <m n ng>
/s h v~ʋ ʝ/ <s h v j>
/ɭ~ɽ/ <l>
~> <l> is a retroflex approximant /ɭ/ if: word-final; before another consonant
~> <l> is a retroflex flap /ɽ/ if: intervocalic; after another consonant.
~> Can be either in the onset, depends on the coda of the preceding word.
Vowels
/æ æː ɛ ɛː i iː ɔ~ʊ~u ɔː~ʊː~uː/ <a aa e ee i ii o oo>
~> <o> is typically /ɔ~o/ but often realised as /ʊ/ when word-final.
For example: Ono /ɔnʊ/ (ant); pikoko /pikokʊ/ (bird).
Dipthongs
/a͡i e͡i u͡i/ <ai ei oi>
/a͡e/ <ae>
Phonotactics
Syllable structure: (C)V(C)(C)
<j, v, h, ´> not allowed in the coda.
<j, v, h, ´> cannot be followed by <l>
<p, t, k> become <m, n, ng> if word-final
<m, n, ng> become <p, t, k> if followed by <l>
If <t> is followed by <l>, an voiceless schwa is inserted in-between.
Stress occurs on the 1st syllable of words.
Syntax & Grammar
Basic word order is OSV (I know it's extremely rare but I like it)
Soo ta Aangii is mainly isolating: verbs & nouns don't inflect. Conjugation is mainly achieved by means of clitics and particles when necessary. Nouns have no grammatical gender, but an animate-inanimate distinction is made, as shown in pronouns, and adjective prefixes. TPlural is unmarked.
More details in posts to come.