Standard Selamora [NOXI]
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Species
Human/humanoid
About Standard Selamora
THE FACE IS THE SOUL THE MIRORR
SOV
-front/back harmony ä is neutral
-penultimate stress on N, VRB, ADJ, ADV (Excluding affixes)
-syllable-timed
-syllables are (C)(LIQ/GLIDE)V(V)(SONORANT)
-last syllable takes onset Correct: RO.vo vs Incorrect: ROV.o
-Consonants ZH, W,Y V, L reserved for coda syllable affix grammar (FOR NOUNS)
-two nasals may not be next to eachohter
-o vs ɔ = OH/お vs AW gO vs yOur/lOst
-e vs ɛ : AY vs EH. :: chAotic vs bEt good distinction @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFqQhKFmE4
also British AYlephant vs American EHlephant
also spanish Emocionado vs Enter
AKA closed vs open
Frontvowels, ä/a = fem, ə/à = neuter, Backvowels = masc
Unstressed syllables tend to have more centralised vowels.
Avoid plosives
Less voiced,
COnsonant coda = m n > s th > k t d
minimize stops eg: p t k g, more y/w
open syllables, front vowels, diphthongs, and sonorants. Voiceless stops and fricatives can also play a role
3+ syllables
Stress on the first syllable (e.g., góssamer and mélody)
Best to worst /l, m, s, n, r, k, t, d/,(e.g., luminous)
Short vowels (e.g., the schwa, followed in order by the vowels in lid, led, and lad) are favored over long vowels and diphthongs (e.g., as in lied, load, loud)
3 or more manners of articulation (with approximant consonants the most common, followed by stop consonants)
VERBS
Infinitive end in s
perfect/simple past/preterite: defintive start and end
past imperfective: ongoing/habitual with no DEFINITIVE end (although it may have ended)
subjunctive: Hypothetical (IF he WERE here IF+WERE combined), or WISH for SELF (I wish I were a girl)
optative: Wish for someone else (ex. May you BE well)
Present Perfect: Describes actions relevant to the present moment.
Past Perfect: Describes actions completed before another past action or point in the past
SOV
-front/back harmony ä is neutral
-penultimate stress on N, VRB, ADJ, ADV (Excluding affixes)
-syllable-timed
-syllables are (C)(LIQ/GLIDE)V(V)(SONORANT)
-last syllable takes onset Correct: RO.vo vs Incorrect: ROV.o
-Consonants ZH, W,Y V, L reserved for coda syllable affix grammar (FOR NOUNS)
-two nasals may not be next to eachohter
-o vs ɔ = OH/お vs AW gO vs yOur/lOst
-e vs ɛ : AY vs EH. :: chAotic vs bEt good distinction @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFqQhKFmE4
also British AYlephant vs American EHlephant
also spanish Emocionado vs Enter
AKA closed vs open
Frontvowels, ä/a = fem, ə/à = neuter, Backvowels = masc
Unstressed syllables tend to have more centralised vowels.
Avoid plosives
Less voiced,
COnsonant coda = m n > s th > k t d
minimize stops eg: p t k g, more y/w
open syllables, front vowels, diphthongs, and sonorants. Voiceless stops and fricatives can also play a role
3+ syllables
Stress on the first syllable (e.g., góssamer and mélody)
Best to worst /l, m, s, n, r, k, t, d/,(e.g., luminous)
Short vowels (e.g., the schwa, followed in order by the vowels in lid, led, and lad) are favored over long vowels and diphthongs (e.g., as in lied, load, loud)
3 or more manners of articulation (with approximant consonants the most common, followed by stop consonants)
VERBS
Infinitive end in s
perfect/simple past/preterite: defintive start and end
past imperfective: ongoing/habitual with no DEFINITIVE end (although it may have ended)
subjunctive: Hypothetical (IF he WERE here IF+WERE combined), or WISH for SELF (I wish I were a girl)
optative: Wish for someone else (ex. May you BE well)
Present Perfect: Describes actions relevant to the present moment.
Past Perfect: Describes actions completed before another past action or point in the past
Sample of Standard Selamora[view] First sentence only: migakami-ji, sono mora-la besi kimi-le para has,
Higher beings, these words are for you alone. / Beyond this point you enter the land of King and Creator. / Step across this threshold and obey our laws. / Bear witness to the last and only civilisation, the eternal Kingdom. / Hallownest.[view all texts]
Higher beings, these words are for you alone. / Beyond this point you enter the land of King and Creator. / Step across this threshold and obey our laws. / Bear witness to the last and only civilisation, the eternal Kingdom. / Hallownest.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʒ1 | ɕ2 | h | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | sw | st | sl | sm | fl |
- behind alveolar ~zh/j
- alveo-palatal ~sh/JPN し
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | e1 | o2 | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ3 | ||||
| Open | ä | |||||
- allophone of eɪ diphthong
- allophone of oʊ diphthong
- allophone of ɒ
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Standard Selamora. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Standard SelamoraOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| a/ä/ | b/b/ | d/d/ | e/e/1 | è/ɛ/ | f/f/ | fl'/fl/ | g/g/ | h/h/ | i/i/ | j/ʒ/2 |
| k/k/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | ñ/ɲ/ | n/n/ | ń/ŋ/ | ò/ɔ/3 | o/o/4 | p/p/ | r/ɾ/ | s/s/, /s/ |
| ś/ɕ/5 | sl/sl/ | sm'/sm/ | st'/st/ | sw'/sw/ | t/t/ | u/u/ | v/v/ | w/w/ | y/j/ | z/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- allophone of eɪ diphthong
- behind alveolar ~zh/j
- allophone of ɒ
- allophone of oʊ diphthong
- alveo-palatal ~sh/JPN し
