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đa-uz phonetics and conscript
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1. Basic Grammar
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2. CoWriMo 2020
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3. CoWriMo 2020-2
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4. Gramuary 2020
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5. Lexember 2019
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6. Negation in đa'uz
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7. Numbers in đa–uz
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đa–uzđa–us
đa–uz /dɾa us
SCRIPT
đa–uz's writing system includes a native alphabet-based script as well as a transliteration scheme consisting mostly of a variety of Latin characters. It's worth mentioning that the language contains no cAsE distinction, thus all transliteration is lowercase. Because felŧeꞩi (felŧeꞩi), where đa-uz is spoken, is a planet that is 80% - 85% oceanic, the human/humanoid inhabitants have a culture that is quite heavily influenced by the sea. Water holds a revered place in society, and fresh, drinkable water is especially cherished. To this end, it makes sense that their writing system, as well as other aspects of aesthetics that affect everyday life, would contain few sharp, angular, or confined features. (Numerals are something of an exception to this, however.)
PHONETICS
The phonetics of đa-uz are mostly familiar enough to Western language speakers. Each phoneme has its own unique character (excluding the non-distinct /j/ and, very rarely, /ɂ/).
As of now, the language has 31 phonemes, with 10 vowels and 21 consonants, and two non-distinct phonemes. If two characters occur together in a word, both are pronounced. This is most relevant to vowels: in the word yt ('yes'), the 'y' is pronounced 'ai' and represents a single phoneme (well, a dipthong, in this case). In the word bei ('alive'), on the other hand, the 'e' and the 'i' represent separate sounds that must both be clearly pronounced, and the word thus has two full syllables, 'be' and 'i'. Most of the time, the non-distinct /j/ will be placed between the two syllables, unless the adjacent phonemes are the same. If they are, as in the contraction "đi'i" (which translates as something like 'I-me'), there is a glottal stop /ʔ/ between them.
VOWELS
| VOWELS | Stress-marked | |||||||||||||||||||||
| character: | a | æ | e | ɨ | i | o | ö | u | ω | y | ā | ǣ | ē | ɪ | ī | ō | ȫ | ū | ϖ | ӯ | ||
| transliteration character: | a | æ | e | ɨ | i | o | ö | u | ω | y | ā | ǣ | ē | ɪ | ī | ō | ȫ | ū | ϖ | ӯ | ||
| ipa: | a | œ | e | ɪ | i | o | ɑ | u | ei | ai | marks stressed syllable only | |||||||||||
CONSONANTS
| CONSONANTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character: | b | d | đ | f | g | h | ỽ | k | ķ | l | m | n | r | ŕ | s | ꞩ | t | ţ | ŧ | ȶ | v | ||
| transliteration character: | b | d | đ | f | g | h | ỽ | k | ķ | l | m | n | r | ŕ | s/z | ꞩ | t | ţ | ŧ | ȶ | v | nd | nd |
| ipa: | b | d | dɾ | f | g | h | ç | k | x | l | m | n | ɾ | r | s | ʃ | t | t͡ɕ | θ | t͡s | v | j | ʔ |
STRESS
For the most part, stress follows a predictable pattern, but there are some exceptions, pronunciation could change depending upon the context of the sentence, and two-syllable words vary quite a bit. Two-syllable words should always be stress marked in translations, and any time any other word deviates from the pattern below in a sentence, it should also be marked.
| RULES | ||
| 1 syllable | 2 syllables | 3 or more syllables |
| - | Stress varies. Must be marked. | Primary stress is almost always on next-to-last syllable. Stress is marked only if irregular. |
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