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Dplsko (pronounced: Douptcho) is a conlang in progress
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Classification and Dialects
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | ɲ | ||||||||||
Plosive | b | k, g | ||||||||||
Fricative | β | f, v | ʐ | ç | ɣ | h | ||||||
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Approximant | j | |||||||||||
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Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Phonotactics
Stressing
Usually, the first syllable is stressed, unless there is a syllable marked with an Umlaut.
Writing System
Letter | a | æ | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
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Sound | a, ɐ | æ | b | ʒ, tʃ | d | e, i, ə | f, v | g, dʒ | h | i, | j, ɣ | k, ç |
Letter | l | m | n | o | r | s | t | u | w | x | ||
Sound | l | m | n, ŋ | o, ɔ, ɒ | ɾ | s, ʐ | t | ʌ, u | w | ç, z | ||
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Pronounciation
Rules for letters with two pronunciations:
The letter A is pronounced ɐ when followed by a when followed by either an R or another vowel.
The letter C is pronounced ʒ when it is in the last or first syllable of a word.
The letter E is pronounced i when it is followed by a T or K.
The letter E is pronounced ə when it is followed by a G, C or another vowel.
The letter G is pronounced dʒ when it is in the last syllable of a word.
The letter H is silent when it is surrounded by consonants OR 2 of the same letter.
The letter J is pronounced ɣ in verbs.
The letter K is pronounced ç when it is followed by a vowel.
The letter N is pronounced ŋ when it is at the end of a word.
The letter O is pronounced ɒ when it is at the start of a word.
The letter O is pronounced ɔ when it is after an L.
The letter S is pronounced ʐ when it is followed by a vowel.
The letter U is pronounced ʌ when it is followed by a vowel.
The letter X is pronounced z when it is at the start of a word.
Letter combinations (Staf bindings)
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Grammar
Articles
Articles are placed before nouns. The indefinite article is used in singular and dual forms, but not for plural.
- Dækt is the definite article for singular and dual nouns: Dækt Fancz (The Fish)
- Dæn is the definite article for plural nouns: Dæn Hujns (The Dogs)
- Ums is the indefinite article for all nouns: Ums Kato (A Cat)
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Lexicon
Numbers
Numerals
- Eiste
- Tovstja
- Dres
- Kasto
- sonf
- sukes
- septem
- oist
- naugen
- dzen
0 - Nacsto
Numbers are formed by adding the ones onto the end of the 10s, which go onto the end of the 100s, etc.
eg.
Dzenoist - 18
Tens
10 - Dzen
20 - Tjen
30 - Dresehen
40 - Kan
50 - Kans
60 - Suxen
70 - Sent
80 - Oin
90 - Njen
Higher numbers
Extra digits are written by adding tjes onto the end of a number. This means that there are multiple ways of writing tens
Eg.
Tovstjstjes - 20
Kantjes - 400
Sentjestjes - 7,000
Njentjestjestjes - 90,000
Njentjestjestjes-sentjestjes-kantjes-kovstjestjes-eiste - 97,421