Re: Conlang Typology Survey

Answers for Telona, such as it is at the moment:

1. morphological type
Mostly d: isolating, with a hint of b: fusional/inflecting.

2. Word order
g: free.

3. adposition/noun order
and 4. adjective/noun order
(not specified): free - no distinction between the classes.

5. genitive/noun order
(not specified): no morphological genitive.

6. relative clause/noun order
(not specified): free.

7. main verb/aux verb order
(not specified): no distinct auxiliaries.

8. adverb/verb order
(not specified): no distinct adverbs.

9. compounding type
b: head-first compounding.

10. case type
No case system; but there are semantic grounds for a: nominative/accusative.

11. tense system
b: aspect.
Also considering introducing c: realis/irrealis.

12. script
Currently a: latin.
Working on c: con-script.

13. number of genders/noun classes
One.  Actually, given that there is no syntactic distinction between
nouns and verbs, one might say 'one-half'. :))
There are three small closed classes - but these are syntactic classes
of morphemes, not nouns.

14. number of cases
None (or one, depending how you look at it).

15. number of phonemes
Fifteen consonant phonemes, five vowel phonemes.

16. lexicon size
Er, closely approximating to zero at the moment. :(

Jonathan.

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