Old Shax

General Information
Heavy phonological changes.

Sound Changes

 * Consonantal [w] becomes [v]
 * If an [n] preceeding a vowel then the vowel becomes nasular
 * Short Vowels
 * [a] > [ɛ]
 * [ɛ] > [e̞]
 * [ɪ] > [i]
 * [ɔ] > [o̞]
 * [ʊ] > [o̞]
 * Long vowels
 * [aː] > [ɐ]
 * [eː] > [i]
 * [iː] > [i]
 * [oː] > [ɔ]
 * [uː] > [u]
 * Latin diphthongs below under  Vowel Diagraphs

Alphabet
¹ Intervocalic

² Before a vowel

³ Before C, QU, K, X, and G

⁴ Before I or Y

Consonant Diagraphs
Vowels Diagraphs

Diacritics

Nasal Vowels
Nasal vowels are written by following them with an N. This applies to digraphs as well. To indicate that the N is [n] after vowel, write two N's. Note: the theoretical nasal mid vowels don't exist: they've been assimilated into the nasal low mid vowels; this assimilation applies to the theoretical nasal low back vowel has assimilated into the low central vowel. The vowels directly around the nasal palatal approximant become nasal as well.

1st Declination
This is the declination for most nouns. It's ending doesn't follow any pattern.

2nd Declination
This is the declination for nouns ending in oral vowels.

3rd Declination
This is the declination for nouns ending in -L.

4th Declination
This is the declination for nouns ending in palatal sounds (This excludes the nasal palatal approximant: that goes in the 5th declination. Note: The vowel sound [i] doesn't count but the semi-vowel, [j], does.).

5th Declination
This is the declination for nouns ending in nasal sounds.

1st Declination
This is the declination for most adjectives. It's ending doesn't follow any pattern.

2nd Declination
This is the declination for adjectives ending in oral vowels

3rd Declination
This is the declination for adjectives ending in nasal vowels

Prepositions
Prepositions go before a noun or noun phrase. Note that there are no compound prepositions.