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A description of the language
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Introduction
Jano Language belongs to the language family of Hel and it is spoken along the river Ĺeno.
Of course has varietions and there's a dialect continuum along the peninsula but it can be divided in three major dialecs: Nenno (lit. Language of mountain), Kejono (lit. language of the plains), Ģeuno (lit. Language of Ģeuag, the major city at the mouth of the river).
Syllable structure and structure of the word
The syllable structure is CVK, where C could be any consonat, the V could be any vowel, and the coda, the K, allows only voiceless consonants (except for affricatives), and the sound n.
In a word is not possibile geminitation and two stops toghether, the only possible clusters are fricative + stops/nasal, or stops/nasal + fircative, or a sequence of different fricatives.
Stress
The stress is on the syllable where there is a long vowel. If there isn't, the stress is on the penultimate syllable.
Syntax
Word order
The word order is usually Verb-Subject-Object, because the subject is attached to the ending of the verb. The Subject could be isolated and placed at the beginning of the sentence to highlight it, to form an SVO sentence.
Possession
The possession is Possessed-Possessor, with possession particle in between.
Phonology
Consonants
| Alveolar | Palato-Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | n | |||
| Stops | t1, d | c | k1, g | |
| Fricaives | s, z | ɕ, ʑ | ç, ʝ | x, ɣ |
| Affricastives | c͡ç | k͡x, g͡ɣ | ||
| Laterals | l | ʎ | ||
| Trills | r, r̥ |
notes
1: /t/ and /k/ at the end of the word beacome /t̚/ and /k̚/
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i12, y12 | ɯ2, u: |
| Mid | e: ɛ | o: ɔ |
| Low | a3,a: |
notes
1: those vowels if stressed result longer
2: before another vowel, /i/, /y/, /u/, become respectively /j/, /ɥ/, /ɯ/
3: some speakers realize the sound /a/ as /ɑ/
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