my current conlang

As promised here are some details of my latest conlang. There's probably
a better way of presenting it for this list, but I'm not sure how to do
that.

Part 1

Sounds and Written Form

Consonants  | stop/affric.  fricative     nasal. later. appr.
|       VL     Vd     VL     Vd     Vd     Vd     Vd
------------+------------------------------------------------
bilabial    | p      b                    m             w
labiodental |                 f      v
dental      | t      d                    n
alveolar    |                 s      z             l
palatal     |   c      j    S (1)  Z (1)  N (1)         y
retroflex   |                                      r
velar         | k      g      x      h      q (1)
glottal     | ` (2)

Vowels  |  not rounded   round
| front  center  back
--------+---------------------
high    | i               u
|        (4)
mid (3) | e               o
low     |         a

Note 1: S, Z, N, and q may be considered substitute characters.
Note 2: The glottal stop character is normally not written, but
is used in the lexicon to avoid ambiguity.
Note 3: normally somewhat lowered
Note 4: I've been considering another vowel here, to increase
the number of syllables (from 125 to 150); probably
won't for this language.

Syllables and Words

Every syllable is CV (consonant + vowel).
Words of at least 2 syllables are stressed on the next to last
syllable (penultima). 1 syllable words are sometimes stressed,
sometimes not. The normal stress consists of a slightly louder
vowel with a raised pitch, with the vowel of the last syllable
having a lowered pitch. However, the raised pitch can move to
an earlier syllable, for special emphasis.

A word is composed of an initial component (C-, CVC-, CVCVC-),
a number (possibly zero) of medial components (-VC- etc.), and
a final component (-V), the use of which is described below.

Some Syntax

A clause consists of 1 or more phrases. The order of phrases
within a clause is "rhetorical" rather than "syntactical"; in a
main clause, the topic comes first and the focus last (assuming
I'm using these terms correctly!). A relative clause, however,
must begin with the relative pronoun component.

There are four kinds of phrases, determined by the final vowel
of the last word of the phrase, as follows:
e  predicate
a  "absolutive"
u  "ergative"
i  instrumental etc.
Non-final words of all phrases end in o (connective).

In some cases, the word order within a phrase can be changed
without changing the basic meaning (but the final vowels don't
move with the words -- maybe they should be considered enclitic
rather than part of the word). I haven't worked out all the
rules yet.

The predicate is always present, and usually the "absolutive".

More details in another post, if anyone is interested.

Jeff