Ŋw'ąlą

General information
Ŋw'ąlą is an Northamerind conlang, inspired by some those language, ie. Siouan languages (Lakota, Hidatsa), Iroquian (Onondaga, Cherokee), Alqonquian (Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq), Uto-Aztecan (Nahuatl, Tarahumara) and Na-Dené (Navajo, Tlingit).

Alphabet
/p t k kʷ ʔ/ [p t k kw '] /pʼ tʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ [p' t' k' kw'] /f s x xʷ/ [f s h hw] /m n ŋ ŋʷ/ [m n ŋ ŋw] /mʼ nʼ ŋʼ ŋʷʼ/ [m' n' ŋ' ŋw'] /l/ [l] /j ɰ w/ [j x w]

Oral vowels
/i u/ [i u] /a/ [a]

Nasal vowels
/ĩ ũ/ [į ų] /ã/ [ą]

Phonotactics
CSVC C = a consonant S = a sonorant V = a vowel / syllabic nasal/lateral

Gender
Masculine -a' appa'  'father'

Feminine -í' k'íní' ' woman'

Inanimate -u' kiwku' ' stone'

Articles
ís - proper

an - distant

ų' - indefinite / unknown

Plurality
plural suffix -na'

appa' → appana' 'fathers'

k'íní' → k'ínína' 'women'

kiwku' → kiwkuna' 'stones'

Example text
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