Lǔfsata

General information
Lǔfsata [ɺɵ̙̞˞ɸsata] is an agglutinative language with few irregularities spoken as a national language in the kingdom of Lǔfsevias.

Lǔfsata is generally written using the Lǔfsatan alphabet, but it can be accurately transcribed to the Latin alphabet using several romanization methods.

Consonants
Lǔfsata possesses a moderately large consonant inventory with a considerable amount of fricatives and affricates.


 * /k/ only occurs in loanwords.
 * /p͡θ/ has a wide variety of realizations, including but not limited to /p͡f/, /p͡ɸ/, p̼͡ɸ̼/, and /t̪͡θ/, as well as /pʰ/ in some dialects.
 * Lüfsata possesses a single nasal phoneme pronounced in isolation as /m/ whose realization varies according to surrounding sounds.
 * /l/ is /ɾ/ when following a plosive other than /t/ or /d/.
 * /ʔʰ/ is always aspirated and is often analyzed as a glottal affricate.
 * /ɕ’/ (şy in orthography) is not listed as a phoneme because ş cannot occur in the onset of a syllable, however, this sound does occur when ş and y coincide between syllables, as in the word paşyav [paɕ’aβ] ('hand').
 * /ɣʷ/ is lowered to /w/ in some dialects and is unlabialized /ɣ/ at the end of a syllable.

Vowels
The Lǔfsatan vowel system contains six vowels.

Phonotactics
Lǔfsatan syllable structure can be summarized as follows, in which parentheses enclose optional components:

Alphabet
Lüfsata possesses an alphabet of 29 letters, each with a capital, initial, medial, and final form.

Adya

IPA: /a/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Aa

Ipum

IPA: /i/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ii

Utaz

IPA: /ɯ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Uu

Üluv

IPA: /ʉ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Üü

Ebi

IPA: /ø/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ee

Odoťa

IPA: /o/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Oo

Twicya

IPA: /t/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Tt

Dufd

IPA: /d/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Dd

Sfaḥuv

IPA: /s/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ss

Fimpaf

IPA: /ɸ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ff

Vito

IPA: /β/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Vv

Halye

IPA: /h/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Hh

Ziṭžya

IPA: /z/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Zz

Bamol

IPA: /b/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Bb

Plühaş

IPA: /p/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Pp

Lomac

IPA: /l/ or /ɾ/ depending on position

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ll

Ṭeba

IPA: /θ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ṭṭ

Ḥiya

IPA: /ʔʰ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ḥḥ

Mod

IPA: nasal consonants from /m/ to /ŋ/ depending on preceding and following letters

Ḥevaloma romanization: Mm

Caž

IPA: /t͡s/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Cc

Žeṭi

IPA: /d͡z/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Žž

Ťasga

IPA: /t̼/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ťť

Yacfi

IPA: /j/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Yy

Ďuva

IPA: /d̼/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ďď

Gawet

IPA: /g/ to /ɟ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Gg

Saşa

IPA: /sʼ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Şş

Caça

IPA: /t͡sʼ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Çç

Þezd

IPA: /p͡θ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Þþ

Walib

IPA: /ɣʷ/

Ḥevaloma romanization: Ww