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Re: New lang: Senquar(ian)

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 4, 2001, 20:19
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