Sadhín [səˈdʱin] is an artlang inspired by Semitic and IE languages. It features bi(!)consonantal roots and other fun stuff! Here is an intro post to give you the basics of phonology and typology.
Contents
- Phonology - Here
- Typology- Here
- Allophony
- Allophony (Pt.2)
- Conscript
Consonants
Nasal: /m n/m n
Plosive: /p b bɦ t d dɦ k g gɦ ʔ/p b bh t d dh k g gh '
Fricative: /f θ s sh ʃ x h/f ṯ s sh s̱ ḵ h
Liquid/semivowel: /l lɦ ɾ j w/l lh r y w
- /h/ and /x/ neutralize to /ç/ before /i/
- /ɾ/ becomes /r/ intervocalically
- There's plenty of sandhi, I'll post it later.
/i i: u u:/i ī u ū
/ɛ e: o:/e ē ō
/a a:/a ā
All vowels are pure; however, short vowels reduce in unstressed syllables:
/a/, /ɛ/>/ə/
/i/, /u/>/ɪ̈/
Stress is phonemic and is marked with an acute. á or ā́.
Two long vowels in one word only occurs when one of them is either /e:/ or /o:/ because of a sound law in the protolang.
Phonotactics
(C)V(C) All phonemes are allowed in all places except for /h/. It lengthens the preceding vowel when in the coda.
Typology
Morphological typology: Sadhín is a synthetic language in a place between agglutinating and fusional.
Alignment: Nominative-Accusative
Order: SOoV
Strongly head final including postpositions and relative clauses coming before the noun.
Human/non human gender distinction(not shown on noun in nominative sg, must be memorized.
Primarily suffixing and infixing.