Reskwai

Consonants

 * 1) voiced fricatives are approximants when between vowels but not at the begining of the word
 * velar nasal can be writen ñ or ñq
 * if posible, nasals and dental fricatives have to be writen as in IPA
 * the ñ in any nasal or prenasalized consonant can be writen as n for simplification, in wich case, velar nasal is writen nq.
 * when glottal stop is the first letter of the word, the ' is not writed but still pronounced

Vowels
Diphtongs: there are ony falling diphtongs
 * 1) /a/ is pronounced [ɑ] in back-falling diphtongs and after a labio-velar consonant
 * front-falling diphtongs can't be after a palatal consonant, in the same syllable
 * back-falling diphtongs can't be after a labio-velar consonant, in the same syllable

Alphabet
Reskwai alphabet:

A M P B F V E N T D Θ Δ I R L O Ŋ K G H Q U Ɲ C J X Y W S Z

a m p b f v e n t d θ ð i r l o ŋ k g h q u ɲ c j x y w s z Latin alphabet mode: A M P B F V E N T D TH DH I R L O Ñ K G H Q U C J X Y W S Z

a m p b f v e n t d th dh i r l o ñ k g h q u c j x y w s z

Uppercase is used to write foreign words and proper names only (writing the whole word in uppercase).

Punctuation marks: : this is a sentence. this is another one. ¡this is also one! :
 * exclamation and question marks are set at the begin and end of the sentence deeper than the colon/period marks:

: ¿is this other paragraph? :

Phonotactics
The phonotactic is very basic and common. Words can have up to three syllables. Syllable structure: CV

C can be any consonant, and V can be a vowel or a diphtong
 * mono-syllabic words can't have prenasalized or presibilantized consonants

Stress
Stressed syllable is determined by the weight of syllables. The heavier syllables is stressed.

The weight is determined by the consonant and the presence/absence of diphtong: If stressed syllable is not the last in the word, its vowel has a circunflex ^ on it for easier read.
 * if the syllable has a diphtong, its weight is increased by 2 if front-falling or 1 if back-falling
 * if more than one are the syllables with the highests weight level, the one that has a front vowel is stressed; if two or more have front vowel the last of them is stressed

Examples:


 * stress in last syllable: wiju [wi.ɟu'], reskwai [ɾe.skwaj'], ŋwoju [ŋwo.ɟu']
 * stress not in last syllable: fûŋwi [fu'.ŋwi], xêuɲa [çew'.ɲa], ŋkwê'e [ŋkwe'.ʔe]

Example text
Normal writing form:

": he fuŋwi lyeurri zu wiju ŋwoju skiscu histu reskwai . cu θe xeuɲa ŋo ŋkwe'e mi koŋwi vu voi ru ɲungi geiwa :"

xe fu'.ŋwi ʎew'.ri zu wi.ɟu' ŋwo.ɟu' ski'.scu xi.stu' ɾe.skwaj'. cu θe çew'.ɲa ŋo ŋkwe'.ʔe mi ko'.ŋwi vu voj ɾu ɲu.ŋgi' gej'.wa.

Sciuskwai dialect:

"he funwi lyeurri zu wiju nwoju skiscu histu reskwai. cu se xeunya no nkwe'e mi konwi vu voi ru yungi geiwa."

xe fu'.nwi ljew'.ri zu wi'.dʒu nwo'.dʒu ski'.stʃu xi'.stu ɾe'.skwaj. tʃu se ʃew'.nja no ŋkwe'.ʔe mi ko'.nwi vu voj ɾu nju'.ŋgi gej'.wa.