Ecwoyate

General information
Ödilaïfe is a conlang invented by me (Hetaliajapan98). I made this conlang just for fun and it's a priori. I love languages and linguistics and I always wanted to invent a conlang and I knew I would be bored over the summer so I decided to write it out on paper but it was really getting on my nerves that I actually didn't have any time during the summer and I started doing it and I got lost and it turned out to be a mess at first and I'm just starting to actually make it (Yay! Finally!) Thank god I found this website where I can organize it. Anyway, Back to the conlang, so it's suppose to be completely different from English in terms of grammar and phonology. I plan to only use it only by myself but if anyone would like to learn it, that would be awesome. I hope my hard work pays off and people actually like it! Have fun reading! The language isn't finished yet.

Diphthongs
/aɪ/ /ɛɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /ɛə/

Triphthongs
/aɪə/ /ɛɪə/ /ɔɪə/

Beginning of a Word
1. /ɸ/ can be placed before /ʘʰ/, /ɱ/, /ɳ/, /ɖ/, /ɽ/, /ɽ͡r/, /ʝ/, /x/, /ɴ̩/, /q/, /ʔ/, /w̥/, /ʘʰɽ/, /ʘʰɽ͡r/, /ʘʰʝ/, /ʘʰw̥/,/ɖɽ/, /ɖɽ͡r/, /ɖʝ/, /ɖw̥/, /qɽ/, /qɽ͡r/, /qʝ/, /qw̥/. – /ɸ/ changes to [f] when it's placed before /ɱ/.

2. /β/ can be placed before /ɱ/, /ɳ/, /ɖ/, /ɽ/, /ɽ͡r/, /ʝ/, /ɣ/, /ɴ̩/, /q/, /ʔ/, /w̥/,/ ɖɽ/, /ɖɽ͡r/, /ɖʝ/, /ɖw̥/, /qɽ/, /qɽ͡r/, /qʝ/, /qw̥/. – /β/ changes to [v] when it's placed before /ɱ/. – /w̥/ changes to [w].

3. /ʙ/ can be placed before /ʝ/ and /w̥/. – /w̥/ changes to [w].

4. /ʘʰ/ can be placed before /ɽ/, /ɽ͡r/, /ʝ/, and /w̥/.

Middle of a Word
1. /ɸ/ can be placed before /ʘʰ/, /ɱ/, /ɳ/, /ɖ/, /ɽ/, /ɽ͡r/, /ʝ/, /x/, /ɴ̩/, /q/, /ʔ/, /w̥/, /ʘʰɽ/, /ʘʰɽ͡r/, /ʘʰʝ/, /ʘʰw̥/, /ɖɽ/, /ɖɽ͡r/, /ɖʝ/, /ɖw̥/, /qɽ/, /qɽ͡r/, /qʝ/, /qw̥/.

– /ɸ/ changes to [f] when it's placed before /ɱ/. – /ɖ/ changes to [ʈ].

2. /β/ can be placed before /ɱ/, /ɳ/, /ɖ/, /ɽ/, /ɽ͡r/, /ʝ/, /ɣ/, /ɴ̩/, /q/, /ʔ/, /w̥/, /ɖɽ/, /ɖɽ͡r/, /ɖʝ/, /ɖw̥/, /qɽ/, /qɽ͡r/, /qʝ/, /qw̥/.

– /β/ changes to [v] when it's placed before /ɱ/. – /q/ and /w̥/ change to [ɢ] and [w].

Vowel Changing Rules
1. When a vowel, diphthong, or triphthong is placed before, after, or in between a nasal consonant(s), it becomes nasalized, as long as it’s in the same word.

2. When a vowel, diphthong, or triphthong is placed before, after, or in between a voiceless consonant, it becomes voiceless, as long as it’s in the same word.

Stress Rules
The regular stress pattern changes depending on how many syllables are in a word.

– 1 syllable words: no stress

– 2 syllable words: stress on 1st syllable.

– 3+ syllable words: stress on second to last syllable.

– When there are two one syllable words next to each other, the first word isn’t stressed but the second word is stressed.

– When there are 4 one syllable words next to each other, the second word gets stressed but the fourth word has a falling accent.

– Stress is represented with (‘) and it’s placed before the stressed syllable and a falling accent is represented with and it’s also placed before the syllable that has the falling accent.

– Irregular Stress is represented by (').

Nouns
– All nouns end with -a, -e, -ï, -o, -i, and -u

– Nouns ending with -u are masculine.

– Nouns ending with -i are feminine.

– Nouns ending with -o are animals.

– Nouns ending with -a, -e, or -ï are objects.