Lǔfsata

General information
Lüfsata [lɵ̞˞ɸsaːta] is a heavily agglutinative language with few irregularities spoken as a national language in the kingdom of Lüfsevias.

Lüfsata is generally written using the Lüfsatan alphabet, but it can be accurately transcribed to the Latin alphabet using several romanization methods.

Consonants
Lüfsata possesses a moderately large consonant inventory.

/p͡θ/ has a wide variety of realizations, including but not limited to /p͡f/, /p͡ɸ/, p̼͡ɸ̼/, and /t̪͡θ/.

Lüfsata possesses a single nasal phoneme pronounced in isolation as /m/ whose realization varies according to surrounding sounds.

/l/ is /ɾ/ when following a plosive.

/ʔʰ/ is always aspirated and may be analyzed as a glottal affricate.

Vowels
The Lüfsatan vowel system contains six vowels.

Phonotactics
Lüfsatan syllable structure can be summarized as follows, in which parentheses enclose optional components:

Alphabet
Lüfsata possesses an alphabet of 29 letters, each with a capital, initial, medial, and final form.

Adya

IPA: /a/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Aa

Ipum

IPA: /i/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ii

Utaz

IPA: /ɯ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Uu

Üluv

IPA: /ʉ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Üü

Ebi

IPA: /ø/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ee

Odoťa

IPA: /o/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Oo

Twicya

IPA: /t/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Tt

Dufd

IPA: /d/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Dd

Sfaḥuv

IPA: /s/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ss

Fimpaf

IPA: /ɸ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ff

Vito

IPA: /β/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Vv

Halye

IPA: /h/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Hh

Ziṭžya

IPA: /z/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Zz

Bamol

IPA: /b/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Bb

Plühaş

IPA: /p/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Pp

Lomac

IPA: /l/ or /ɾ/ depending on position

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ll

Ṭeba

IPA: /θ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ṭṭ

Ḥiya

IPA: /ʔʰ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ḥḥ

Mod

IPA: nasal consonants from /m/ to /ŋ/ depending on preceding and following letters

Ḥevaloma romanization: Mm

Caž

IPA: /t͡s/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Cc

Žeṭi

IPA: /d͡z/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Žž

Ťasga

IPA: /t̼/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ťť

Yacfi

IPA: /j/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Yy

Ďuva

IPA: /d̼/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ďď

Gawet

IPA: /g/ to /ɟ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Gg

Saşa

IPA: /sʼ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Şş

Caça

IPA: /t͡sʼ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Çç

Þezd

IPA: /p͡θ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Þþ

Walib

IPA: /ɣʷ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ww