Roger Mills wrote:
> >The English name of the language will (better: should) be Senquarian,
from
> >the native toponym _Senquar_, a flat region situated in the middle of the
> >Carmian subcontinent (Where is it??? In my conworld! Rather obvious,
isn't
> >it?). The native name of the language is still unknown. In these notes I
> >will try to describe the dialectal variety spoken around the greatest
town
> >of the Senquar country, _Ismád_, which is also the capital town of the
> >kingdom, and in the surrounding area, the _Cîrém_ province.
> >
> >Ok, the names sound stupid, I know... >
>
> No they don't.
Ismád has already become Ismár, anyway.
> >*Consonants
> >
> >There are 24 consonat phonemes:
> >
> >Plosive s p b t d k g q G
> >Nasals m n N
> >Fricatives f v s S Z h
> >Affricates ts tS dZ
> >Liquids w r l j>
>
> Considerations of symmetry might suggest there ought to be /z/ and /dz/
> too-- but perhaps something happened to them along the way? Merged with
> /Z/,/dZ/ maybe?
>
> (snips)
> >fricatives f or s r: fressë....
>
> Geminate /s/?
Geminates appear only after short vowels. The word sounds /frES/.
> >Let me know what you think so far...
>
>
> Mi piace.
Bene! Mi fa piacere!
Luca