Karhionza is my newest project. I guess it will not last long but who cares.
It is an attempt to combine a Tolkien style phonology with a non-Tolkien morphosyntax.
p f t s c k h
b v d z ɟ g
m n (ŋ)
l r
w j
i u
e o
ä
Maximal syllable structure is: CVR, where R is {l r n}.
The second line of consonants (voiced obstruents) appear only word-internally after a coda consonant.
Velar stops /k g/ and palatal stops /c ɟ/ are distinguished only before non-front vowels /ä, o, u/.
Sibilants are affricates after nasals.
Consonants, excluding the voiced obstruents that cannot appear between vowels, can be geminated between vowels.
Vowels do not have length distinction.
Possible diphthongs are: ai, au, ei, eu, oi.
The stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the word has two syllables or if the penultimate syllable is strong, i.e. has a coda or a diphthong).
If the stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable, it falls on the antepenultame one.
If a monophthong has stress on an open syllable, it lengthens phonetically.
Karhionza
Karhionza
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Re: Karhionza
Nice. I love /eu/.
Can no voiced obstruents occur between vowels? Or is it only certain ones that cannot (and thus cannot be geminated)?
Can no voiced obstruents occur between vowels? Or is it only certain ones that cannot (and thus cannot be geminated)?
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Re: Karhionza
Voiced obstruents /b v d z ɟ g/ occur in VC[r, n, l]_V, nowhere else. This imitates things in Quenya.
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Re: Karhionza
Verb pattern
preverb - incorporated noun - root - mood - person
Preverb is something that is called lexical affix. As I said in the other thread, they are still a bit mystery to me.
Incorporated nouns are reduced somehow.
Verb roots are usually monosyllabic and CVC[n, l, r]. They are something between a closed and an open class.
Mood
-a 'indicative, positive'
-e 'imperative'
-ko 'volitional'
-su 'subjunctive'
-ti 'negative indicative'
-po 'negative, imperative'
(maybe more)
There is a polypersonal agreement.
If there is no object, the third person object form is used.
preverb - incorporated noun - root - mood - person
Preverb is something that is called lexical affix. As I said in the other thread, they are still a bit mystery to me.
Incorporated nouns are reduced somehow.
Verb roots are usually monosyllabic and CVC[n, l, r]. They are something between a closed and an open class.
Mood
-a 'indicative, positive'
-e 'imperative'
-ko 'volitional'
-su 'subjunctive'
-ti 'negative indicative'
-po 'negative, imperative'
(maybe more)
There is a polypersonal agreement.
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sg1O sg2O 3O pl1O pl2O
sg1S - -ne -i - -yol
sg2S -ho - -la -se -
3S -lan -li -∅ -fa -kjul
pl1S - - -ta - -kar
pl2S -hon - -ti -hor -
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Re: Karhionza
Is there no pl3S or pl3O?Omzinesý wrote: ↑28 Mar 2024 21:25
There is a polypersonal agreement.
If there is no object, the third person object form is used.Code: Select all
sg1O sg2O 3O pl1O pl2O sg1S - -ne -i - -yol sg2S -ho - -la -se - 3S -lan -li -∅ -fa -kjul pl1S - - -ta - -kar pl2S -hon - -ti -hor -
𖥑𖧨𖣫𖦺𖣦𖢋𖤼𖥃𖣔𖣋𖢅𖡹𖡨𖡶𖡦𖡧𖡚𖠨
Re: Karhionza
Third person agreement does not distinguish number. It just refers to an explicit NP or an anaphoric person whose number is known.DV82LECM wrote: ↑29 Mar 2024 15:33Is there no pl3S or pl3O?Omzinesý wrote: ↑28 Mar 2024 21:25
There is a polypersonal agreement.
If there is no object, the third person object form is used.Code: Select all
sg1O sg2O 3O pl1O pl2O sg1S - -ne -i - -yol sg2S -ho - -la -se - 3S -lan -li -∅ -fa -kjul pl1S - - -ta - -kar pl2S -hon - -ti -hor -
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