Nòcara

Nòcara is very much a just-getting-started language at the moment. Massive changes are likely to occur frequently.

Phonology
Nòcara has 10 vowels, and 18 consonants. In Nòcaran alphabetical order, they are è, ù, a, u, e, i, o, à, ò, ì, l, r, m, n, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s, š, v, z, ž, č, j.

Vowels
è - as in feet

ù - as in boot

a - as in ah

u - as in plus

e - as in bed

i - as in bit

o - as in frog

à - as in play

ò - as in row

ì - close front rounded

Consonants
Consonants without diacritical marks are pronounced as in English.

š - pronounced like the English sh

č - pronounced like the English ch

ž - pronounced like zh

Phonotactics
The usual syllable structure is a simple CV. However, affixes deviate from this. Prefixes are allowed to be simply V, and suffixes are usually CVC.