Morlagoan

Setting
Morlagoan is one of the four official languages of the United Islands of Morlago. It is an a priori conlang, with influences from Chinese, English and Spanish in its lexicon.

Consonants
Note:


 * ʃ ʒ may be palatalized to ɕ ʑ before front vowels, especially before i and u


 * n becomes ŋ before k g


 * some dialects contrast ɾ (tap) with r (trill)
 * word-initial voiceless plosives are aspirated

Voiced vs. unvoiced
Morlagoan consonants are divided into two groups: voiced and unvoiced. This distinction is not the same as the voiced-voiceless distinction in linguistics, and so they are also called dark and light, or hard and soft. This distinction plays a role in Morlagoan grammar, most importantly in determining case and definiteness of nouns (explaned below). As you can see, there are a few voiced consonants that have no unvoiced counterparts, and both s and c voice to z. W is the voiced counterpart of the null initial, i.e. syllable beginning with a

Vowels
The exact pronunciation of the mid vowels can vary from close-mid to open-mid. For most speakers, they change according to the phonological context of the vowel as this variety does not constitute ambiguity or confusion with the other vowels.

Pronunciation and Orthography
Morlagoan uses the Latin alphabet, with the addition of the digraph ny.

Nouns
Morlagoan nouns decline according to case, number and definiteness, but not gender. There are five cases in Morlagoan: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive and instrumental.

Declensions
All regular Morlagoan nouns follow the same declension pattern. Using friana (moon) and genchak (meeting) as examples: