Proto-Romendar Sketch/Phonology
From: | Jonathan Beagley <jbeagley@...> |
Date: | Friday, April 16, 2004, 3:47 |
Proto-Romendar
Protolang from which most languages on the North Romendar, a continent
in the Arel-Vades realm, continent are derived.
Being jointly constructed/invented/developed by Jonathan Beagley and
Akhilesh Pillalamarri.
- Highly isolating
- Ideographic script (with accent markings, maybe)
- Few cases (3-5 maybe?)
- Nominative/Accusative
- Ergative/Absolutive in the Past Perfect (maybe)
- Vowel Harmony (Front/Back)
Vowels:
i ï u ü
î û
o
e
a
Consonants:
bilabial labiodental alveolar postalveolar palatal
velar uvular glottal
stops p b t d
k g q '
nasals m n
trill rr
tap or flap r
fricatives f v s z c j
x ç h hh
approximant
y
lateral approximant l
Additional Letters:
/w/ = [w]
/ÿ/ = [H]
Diphthongs:
iw
ïw
îw
îj
uw
uj
üw
üj
ûw
ûj
ow
oj
aw
aj
Vowel Harmony:
All the vowels in a word must be either front or back. E, being neutral,
is allowed in any word.
Stress/Accent:
On second syllable unless otherwise marked.
Phonotactics:
(C)V(C)