Oñ Fruwi

Entire Lexicon, Example Texts

Vowels
Notes:


 * Compress
 * Vowel Length And Diphthongs are phonemic and written the same way
 * Diphthongs cannot start with High vowels, but long high vowels are okay

Phonotactics
In Fruwi, the syllable structure is (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C), its better defined (C)(A)V(V)(A)(C) or GV(V)(A)(C)


 * A=any Approximant
 * G=any Glottal Consonant
 * C=Any Other Consonant

Example: Frailm*/frailm/ or Äilm*/hailm/

Stress
Stress is not defined in Fruwi, and depending of the dialect or even person, it can change completely.

Writing System
Oñ Fruwi may use any writing system, Unicameral or not, but I use the Latin Version. You could use any system if it works.

Differences

 * Aspirated Oral Stops vs Voiced Oral Stops
 * Bilabial Fricatives vs Labiodental Fricatives
 * Velar Fricatives vs Uvular
 * Bilabial approximant vs bilabial-velar approximant
 * Velar approximant vs Palatal Approximant
 * Alveolar approximant vs Alveolar trill
 * the Lateral approximant
 * vowels glottal vs epiglottal vs pharyngeal vs tonal
 * Vowel positions Dn
 * D1:/ɐ̞ ə i uʷ e̞ ɤ̞ʷ/
 * D2:/ä ʌ̈ ï üʷ e̞ ɤ̞ʷ/
 * D3:/æ̈ ɑ̽ ɪ ʊʷ e̞ ɤ̞ʷ/

Our Dialect

 * Aspirated Oral Stops
 * Bilabial Fricatives
 * Velar Fricatives
 * bilabial-velar approximant
 * palatal approximant
 * alveolar trill
 * alveolar lateral most of the time
 * glottal
 * Vowel position D4

Capitalization
Middle of word may possibly be capitalized
 * Nouns
 * Pronouns
 * Articles
 * Numbers

Word order

 * SVO(Informal)
 * VO
 * SOV(Formal)
 * OV
 * SV
 * V

Articles

 * unlike most other words starting with vowels, articles don't have acute accent Ó, because they combine with anything not a noun or verb & end with -o

Verbs

 * root has to start with C where C=any consonant(including ä and ả)
 * root cannot end with VPV where P=/t,s,x,k,p,f/
 * root has to end with CV where V=/ʌ/

Modality
SEPERATE WORD

Suffix
Impersonal verbs do not conjugate according to person. They do conjugate according to number. Just not person.

Participle
add a  to the end Ex: vekocheqa Qoita = cooked goat