Sonerha

Sonerha is a naturalistic, highly synthetic language used in the fictional land of Sonerha.

Consonants
1 Often realised as [x̞ʷ] to speakers.


 * Allophony
 * Nasal Assimilation
 * /nl/ /ln/ become [nn] [nn].
 * /nN/ /Nn/ become [NN] [NN] where N is a nasal.
 * /mN/ /Nm/ become [mm] [mm] where N is a nasal.
 * Frontness
 * /s/ /z/ become [ɕ] [ʑ] in front of a non-low front vowel.
 * Backness
 * /x/ becomes [χ] in front of /ɑ/.
 * Misc.
 * /ll/ becomes [nn].

Vowels
1 Only occurs in functional words or affixes, or as the offglide of a diphthong.


 * Allophony
 * Reducing
 * /i/ /y/ /u/ reduce to [ɨ] [ʉ] [ʊ] in closed, unstressed syllables.

Noun
There are five noun cases: absolutive case, ergative case, allative case, ablative case, and instrumental case.