mɛːːʈɑk ǀʰɤʕ
Posted: 22 Apr 2020 22:19
mɛːːʈɑk ǀʰɤʕ is the major language of the planet Meichak. Meichak is the first alien planet that humanity has encountered capable of interstellar travel. Meichakians are humanoids with green fur, a pair of prehensile tentacles just above their hips and cephalopod-like eyes with double lenses.
Phonology:
/t̪ t̪ʰ t̪ˤ d̪ ⁿd ʈ ʈʰ ʈˤ ɖ ⁿɖ c cʰ ɟ ⁿɟ k kʰ q qʲ/
/s sˤ ħ ʕ h/
/m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/w̃ `j/
/ᵑʘ ǀ ǀʰ ǀˀ ᶢǀ ᵑǀ ǃ ǃʰ ǃˀ ᶢǃ ᵑǃ ǂ ǂʰ ǂˀ ᶢǂ ᵑǂ/
/i u ɯ e o ɤ ɛ ɑ/
/i: uː ɯː eː oː ɤː ɛː ɑː/
/iːː eːː ɛːː/
/iu iɯ io iɤ iɑ/
/iuː iɯː ioː iɤː iɑː/
/ui ɯi oi ɤi ɑi/
/uːi ɯːi oːi ɤːi ɑːi/
/ɐu ɐɯ/
/iɐu iɐɯ/
/ɐui ɐɯi/
Phonotactics:
CV(V)(V)(C)
Clicks and prenasalized stops cannot occur as codas. On-glide diphthongs and triphthongs cannot occur after dorsals, /ħ ʕ h/ and clicks.
Plurality:
Nouns fall into a few classes for plural. This is marked by vowel change. This post will only consider class I. Polysallybles have a "core" vowel that shift.
Class I: Core vowel is a back vowel.
Class Ia: Core vowel shifts to a front vowel
ǂɑ:qʲɐɯɳ "Hand" ǂɛ:qʲɐɯɳ
Class Ib: monophthongs become iV or Vi diphthongs depending on the proceeding consonant. Diphthongs do the same into triphthongs.
quw̃e "Word" quiw̃e "Words"
ⁿɖɯsˤ "Eye" ⁿɖiɯsˤ "eyes"
Class Ic: same as Ib, but always Vi:
soᵑʘi::ʈʰ "Planet" soiᵑʘi::ʈʰ "Planets"
Phonology:
/t̪ t̪ʰ t̪ˤ d̪ ⁿd ʈ ʈʰ ʈˤ ɖ ⁿɖ c cʰ ɟ ⁿɟ k kʰ q qʲ/
/s sˤ ħ ʕ h/
/m n̪ ɳ ɲ ŋ/
/w̃ `j/
/ᵑʘ ǀ ǀʰ ǀˀ ᶢǀ ᵑǀ ǃ ǃʰ ǃˀ ᶢǃ ᵑǃ ǂ ǂʰ ǂˀ ᶢǂ ᵑǂ/
/i u ɯ e o ɤ ɛ ɑ/
/i: uː ɯː eː oː ɤː ɛː ɑː/
/iːː eːː ɛːː/
/iu iɯ io iɤ iɑ/
/iuː iɯː ioː iɤː iɑː/
/ui ɯi oi ɤi ɑi/
/uːi ɯːi oːi ɤːi ɑːi/
/ɐu ɐɯ/
/iɐu iɐɯ/
/ɐui ɐɯi/
Phonotactics:
CV(V)(V)(C)
Clicks and prenasalized stops cannot occur as codas. On-glide diphthongs and triphthongs cannot occur after dorsals, /ħ ʕ h/ and clicks.
Plurality:
Nouns fall into a few classes for plural. This is marked by vowel change. This post will only consider class I. Polysallybles have a "core" vowel that shift.
Class I: Core vowel is a back vowel.
Class Ia: Core vowel shifts to a front vowel
ǂɑ:qʲɐɯɳ "Hand" ǂɛ:qʲɐɯɳ
Class Ib: monophthongs become iV or Vi diphthongs depending on the proceeding consonant. Diphthongs do the same into triphthongs.
quw̃e "Word" quiw̃e "Words"
ⁿɖɯsˤ "Eye" ⁿɖiɯsˤ "eyes"
Class Ic: same as Ib, but always Vi:
soᵑʘi::ʈʰ "Planet" soiᵑʘi::ʈʰ "Planets"