cws
Greetings Guest
Not sure if ComiCon
Or donatober this month...
[donate]
home > profile > view_language
Alfeme [AFM]
4▲ 4 ▼ 0
Typology Progressing 925 words Alfeme
Alfeme
[alfeme]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 12 September 2020
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersAlfeme is spoken by a population of around 100,000 .
Species Human/humanoid
About Alfeme Alfeme is the language of the dragons of a small archipelago of a water-world called Meleti. The tidally-locked planet orbits a red dwarf, has an atmosphere twice as thick as Earth's, and has white skies, black plants, and yellow-pink clouds.

Features within this language:
    Octal and dozenal counting
    Seven meaningful noun cases
    Highly inflectional
    Obviation and reflexivity
    SOV word order
    Exclusively head-final
    Inclusive and exclusive pronouns
    No grammatical gender
Sample of Alfeme[view] Kiiya padekva ga flii unya koxanalinyii. Booca lungeyais letobuu prepinno Orayones. Kvanija metalyais letonyi Tanhausa-Geites padekru. Makuc sija roselinya, baalya mapmelno va. / / Si rosees.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the light of the Tannhauser Gate. All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. / / Time to die.
[view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
lesanvlike
plevcarry
sitaagninn
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Alfeme Cinges (Low Alfeme)The variant of Alfeme spoken by lower classes, with simplified, quicker pronunciations of words, including nasalization and few diphthongs.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottal
Nasal m   n   [ɲ]1 [ŋ]2  
Plosive p [pʰ]3 b   t [tʰ]4 d     k [kʰ]5 g  
Fricative   f s ʃ   [x]6 h [ɦ]7
Affricate       t͡ʃ d͡ʒ      
Lateral approximant     l        
Approximant   ʋ     j    
  1. before /j/, allophone of /n/
  2. before /k, g/, allophone of /n/
  3. directly before vowels, allophone of /p/
  4. directly before vowels, allophone of /t/
  5. directly before vowels, allophone of /k/
  6. before a consonant, allophone of /h/
  7. between vowels, allophone of /h/
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i   u
Close-mid e   o
Mid   [ə]1  
Open-mid [ɛ]2   [ɔ]3
Open a   [ɑ]4
  1. in unstressed syllables, allophone of /a/
  2. in closed syllables, allophone of /e/
  3. in closed syllables, allophone of /o/
  4. after velar sounds and /ʋ/, allophone of /a/
Syllable Structure(C)(L)V(V/C)(C); L = l, j, v.
t, d, cannot come before /j/, d cannot come before any consonant. p, f cannot come before /v/, v cannot come before /l/, /j/.
Stress informationStress falls on the heaviest syllable, or the second-to-last in the event of a tie.
Light syllables: V
Heavy syllables: VV, VC
Superheavy syllables: VVC, VCC
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Alfeme. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AlfemeOrthography [edit]
Aa
alfa
/a/, [ɑ]1, [ə]2
Bb
/b/
Cc
cang
/t͡ʃ/
Dd
dles
/d/
Ee
/e/, [ɛ]3
Ff
filu
/f/
Gg
/g/
Hh
hoy
/h/, [x]4, [ɦ]5
Ii
isma
/i/
Jj
/d͡ʒ/
Kk
kavu
/k/, [kʰ]6
Ll
lemus
/l/
Mm
mata
/m/
Nn
nas
/n/, [ŋ]7, [ɲ]8
NG ng
ngoy
/ŋ/
Oo
/o/, [ɔ]9
Pp
pesa
/p/, [pʰ]10
Šš
xis
/ʃ/
Ss
sanya
/s/
Tt
tega
/t/, [tʰ]11
Uu
unu
/u/
Vv
vax
/ʋ/
Yy
yath
/j/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. after velar sounds and /ʋ/
  2. in unstressed syllables
  3. in closed syllables
  4. before a consonant
  5. between vowels
  6. directly before vowels
  7. before /k, g/
  8. before /j/
  9. in closed syllables
  10. directly before vowels
  11. directly before vowels
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
The Culture of the Alfeme
A brief overview of the culture of the Alfuma islands.
29-Nov-20 03:55
Typological information for Alfeme

Base counting systemOctal (8)
Primary directional systemAbsolute elevation (up/downhill...)
Inclusive/exclusive pronounsDistinct forms
Morphosyntactic alignmentFluid-S
Pronoun persons1st/2nd/3rd/4th persons

▼ More information ⇋ Compare
privacy | FAQs | rules | statistics | graphs | donate | api (indev)
Viewing CWS in: English | Time now is 03-Oct-23 00:13 | Δt: 324.3129ms