Wolflandic

Wolflandic, natively called Nagūxiti, is a constructed language by Ian Foster. It is mainly made to an art-lang, but it function similarly to a natural language on Earth. It is not related to any real language, being an isolate, though it's heavily inspired by Eskimo-Aleut languages, mainly Greenlandic, sharing a lot of phonological, grammatical, and lexical features.

Many of Wolflandic's features pertaining to its phonology and grammar are commonly attested in Eskimo-Aleut languages, such as polysynthetic morphology, noun incorporation, inflected verbs, and rare phonemes such as /ɬ/ and /q/. However, Wolflandic has a few notable features that are not common in languages like Greenlandic, as there is a lack of case marking, which is unlike Eskimo-Aleut, but common among polysynthetic languages. Wolflandic is also unique for having OVS word order, where the direct object is attached to the verb as a prefix while the more salient argument, typically the subject, comes after the verb in its oblique form.

History
The project began in May or June of 2016. This version was natively called Lupölandïxe and it was featured in Jan Milsali's seventh episode of Conlang Critic. Being the first version and the first conlang by Ian Foster, it was rather poorly made and did not resemble Eskimo languages in the slightest. Since then, Wolflandic has been iterated multiple times and was completed in 2021.

Consonants
The newest version of Wolflandic features a consonant (and vowel) inventory that is very similar to that of Eskimo languages, but with a few differences. Wolflandic includes the labialized velar approximant /w/ and no labial fricatives, which isn't very common among Eskimo-Aleut. Hypothetically, a historical /f~v~ɸ~β/ may have turned into /w/, contrasting more with /j/. Note that the table above is a simplified, phonemic analysis.


 * /q/ tends to be more aspirated than the other stops. It's heavily aspirated word-initially.
 * /s/ is mostly pronounced with a laminal articulation [s̻ ~ ɕ]. It's realized as apical [s̺ ~ ʂ] after /t/.
 * /χ/ becomes voiced [ʁ] intervocalically. The only occurrence of voicing within obstruents.
 * /ɬ/ and /l/ are mostly apical [ɬ̺] and [l̺]. They are realized as laminal [ɬ̻] and [l̻] after /i/.

Vowels
Wolflandic features a basic inventory of three vowels, /i/, /u/, and /a/. Each vowel can either be short or long. Diphthongs almost never occur, except in loan words or by certain morphophonological processes.


 * /i/ is normally [i] when it's long and [ɪ] when it's short and/or in word-final position.
 * /u/ is normally [u] when it's long and [ʊ] when it's short and/or in word-final position.
 * /a/ can vary between [a] and [ä ~ ɐ]. It's reduced to [ə] when it's short and in word-final position.
 * /i/, /u/, and /a/ are realized as [e], [o], and [ɑ] before a uvular consonant.
 * /u/ and /a/ are fronted to [ʉ] and [æ] before /j/ or /s/.

Phonotactics
Wolflandic's structure of syllables and rules that govern morphophonology are also very reminiscent to that of Eskimo-Aleut, specifically Inuit languages.