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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)