-

General information

Just an idea. irregular updates (Aug 2017)

- '
Type
Polysynthetic
Alignment
Active-stative
Head direction
Initial
Tonal
No
Declensions
No
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
No
Nouns decline according to...
Case	Number
Definiteness	Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice	Mood
Person	Number
Tense	Aspect

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ ŋʷ	ɴ ɴʷ
Stop	p b	t d		k kʷ g gʷ	q qʷ ɢ ɢʷ
Affricate		ts dz	tʃ dʒ
Fricative	f v	s z	ʃ ʒ	x xʷ ɣ ɣʷ	χ χʷ ʁ ʁʷ	h
Approximant		ɾ	j	w
(Trill)
Lateral		l [ʎ~ʟ~ʟ̠]

*/χ χʷ ʁ ʁʷ ɾ/ may be [ʀ̥ ʀ̥ʷ ʀ ʀʷ r] in all positions.

Vowels

Short		Long		Fronted		Backed
i	ɪ	ii	iː			iu	ɪʊ̯
e	ɛ	ee	æː	ei	eɪ̯	au	aʊ̯
a	ʌ	aa	ɑː	ai	aɪ̯	ou	oʊ̯
o	ʊ	oo	uː	oi	oɪ̯

Unstressed
i	ɪ
a	ə
o	ʊ

Alphabet

Mm Nn Ŋŋ Ƞƞ Pp Bb Tt Dd Kk Gg Qɋ Ƣƣ Ff Vv Ss Zz Ʃʃ Ʒʒ Xx Ɣɣ #χ Ɽɽ Hh Ll Yy Ww Rr Ii Ee Aa Oo Uu

1. Capital χ (#) resembles X with descenders

ŋ	ŋ
ƞ	ɴ
ɋ	q
w	w
u	ʷ, ʊ̯

Phonotactics

CV[V/C](C)(C)

There are no doubled consonants. Unstressed <a> is frequently elided next to nasals, fricatives, rhotics & laterals. Affixes do not contain stressed vowels. /ɛ ʌ/ lower [æ ɑ] next to /ɴ q ɢ χ ʁ/. /ʌ ɑ(ː)/ round [ɔ ɒ(ː)] next to /m p b f v Cʷ/. /tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ/ do not occur next to /j/.

Examples: <kuaŋxt> [kʷɔŋxt] pollen, <ƞaabr> [ɴɒːbr] walking stick, <ŋedʒv> [ŋɛdʒv] eel.

Grammar

	Gender	Cases	Numbers	Tenses	Persons	Moods	Voices	Aspects
Verb	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Nouns	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Adjectives	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Numbers	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Participles	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adverb	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pronouns	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adpositions	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Article	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Particle	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No