Emitìnehänə

General information
Emitìnehänə is a descendant of the language Mentekan, having undergone many phonological, syntactical, and lexical changes throughout thousands of years. The lexicon is still mostly derived from Mentekan, but the grammar draws more on foreign influences.

Dipthongs
The three dipthongs are /eɪ/, /aɪ/, and /aʊ/. They are counted as single vowels in the syllable.

Transcription
Often the schwa is omitted in transcriptions due to its predictable nature.

Phonotactics
The syllable structure of Emitìnehänə is (e)C(a)V(e)(n/C)(ə). C stands for any consonant or consonant cluster and V stands for any vowel or dipthong. n stands for the consonants /z/, /ts/, /n/, /m/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, and /s/, while a stands for the approximants /j/ and /w/. The e places an /e/ before every consonant in the n category, but mostly for words derived from Mentekan. A vowel combination of /ee/ changes into /i/, and a combination of /ae/ changes into /æ/. The ə only places an /ə/ if the syllable is the end of a word and there is a final consonant. The glottal stop /ʔ/ cannot be placed at the initial consonant of the initial syllable of a word. The stress pattern places stress on all the syllables with front vowels except for /e/. If two front vowel syllables are next to each other, the first syllable takes precedence.

Dolgopolsky List
Used for comparisons with Mentekan. The formal register of Emitìnehänə direct from Mentekan is on the left of the slash, while the colloquial term is on the right.