| Serpantic | |
|---|---|
| Morphological Type: | Polysynthetic |
| Morphosyntactic Alignment: | Austronesian |
| Linguistic Head: | Head Initial |
| Word Order: | OVS |
| Made by: | Maxseptillion77 |
General Information[]
Serpantic, as it will be named, is an alien language spoken on some con-planet by a small ethnic group of serpantine aliens who, due to their snake-like mouths and puliminary system, feature only fricatives.
Phonology[]
Phonemes[]
| Linguo-Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | Plain | θ̫ | s̝ | ʃ̝ | ç̝~ɕ | x̝ |
| Pharyn. | θ̫ˤ | s̝ˤ | ʃ̝ˤ | ç̝ˤ~ɕˤ | ||
| Light | Plain | s̞ʰ | çʰ~hʲ | x̞ | ||
| Pharyn. | s̞ʰˤ | çʰˤ~hʲˤ | ||||
Consonants also distinguish by tone and length.
System of Transliteration[]
Serpantic as written in the Latin alphabet.
S , Ҟ , X , J , Ŧ
{ s , x , ʃ , ç , θ̫ }
Length, tone, and other features are added as such:
- S s, S'‘ s‘ - { s̝ , s̝ˤ }
- Sh sh, S‘h s‘h - { s̞ʰ , s̞ʰˤ }
- Ҟ ҟ, Ҟh ҟh - { x̝ , x̞ }
- X x, X‘ x‘ - { ʃ̝ , ʃ̝ˤ }
- J j, J‘ j‘ - { ç̝ , ç̝ˤ }
- Jh jh, J‘h j‘h - { ç̞ , ç̞ʰˤ }
- Ŧ ŧ, Ŧ‘ ŧ‘ - { θ̫ , θ̫ˤ }
- S̈ s̈, S̆̇ s̆̇, Ṥ ṥ - high, high short, high rising, high falling
- Ṡ ṡ, S̆ s̆, Ś ś, S̀ s̀ - mid, mid short, mid rising, mid falling
- S̱ s̱, Ṣ̆ ṣ̆, Ṣ́ ṣ́, Ṣ̀ ṣ̀ - low, low short, low rising, low falling
- S~ s~ - long
- S! s! - whistled
- S!~ s!~, S!~~ s!~~ - whistled long, whistled extra long
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