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Typology New 8 words Cowspeak
Mñ-à-bmm
[mɲ̩˩.ɑ˩.bm̩:˩]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 29 June 2017
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Cowspeak One of many languages spoken by domestic cows.

Features:
  • Tonal
  • Polysynthetic
  • Nouns can be incorporated into verbs, allowing for ridiculously long words
  • Extensive use of syllabic nasals, including tonal nasals
  • Creaky and breathy voice
  • Nareal Fricatives
  • Vertical vowel system
  • No adjectives (verbs used instead)
  • No true first person singular, nor any true second person at all
  • Location indicated by verbs
  • 10 noun classes: human, animal, plant, tangible, intangible (cows themselves come under animal) with a dangerous, non-dangerous distinction for each
Sample of CowspeakCan't find any yet.
Latest vocabulary
ǒǔhunoak
èḿêñôncollared dove
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m m̰ m̰: m̰̩̏: m: m̩̏: m͋ m̩̏ n n̰ n̰: n̰̩̏: n̰̩̏ n: n̩̏: n͋ n̩̏   ɲ ɲ̰ ɲ̰: ɲ̰̩̏: ɲ̰̩̏ ɲ: ɲ̩̏: ɲ̩̏   ŋ ŋ̰ ŋ̰: ŋ̰̩̏: ŋ: ŋ̩̏: ŋ̩̏    
Plosive b bʱ           ɢ ɢʱ ʔ
Fricative β         ɣ ʁ ɦ
Lateral approximant     ɭ     ʟ    
Approximant         w      
VowelsFrontCentralNear-
back
Back
Close y̏ ŷ y᷉ ỳ [ʉ]1   [ɯ]2 [u]3
Near-close     [ʊ]4  
Close-mid ø̏ ø̂ ø᷉ ø̀     [o]5
Mid   ə̏ ə̂ ə᷉ ə̀    
Open-mid [ɛ]6     [ʌ]7
Open [a]8     ɑ̏ ɑ̂ ɑ᷉ ɑ̀
  1. allophone of /ỳ/
  2. allophone of /ỳ/
  3. allophone of /ỳ/
  4. allophone of /ø̀/
  5. allophone of /ø̀/
  6. allophone of /ə̀/
  7. allophone of /ə̀/
  8. allophone of /ɑ̀/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cowspeak. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CowspeakOrthography [edit]
Ââ/ɑ̂/Aa/ɑ̀/, [a]Ǎǎ/ɑ᷉/Àà/ɑ̏/Bb/b/Ee/ə̀/, [ɛ], [ʌ]Êê/ə̂/Ěě/ə᷉/Èè/ə̏/Gg/ɢ/Hh/ɦ/
Ll/ɭ/L̦ l̦/ʟ/Ḿḿ/m͋/Mm/m/Ńń/n͋/Nn/n/Ññ/ɲ/Ǒǒ/ø᷉/Oo/ø̀/, [o], [ʊ]Òò/ø̏/Ôô/ø̂/
Pp/pʰ/Rr/ʁ/Ùù/y̏/Uu/ỳ/, [ɯ], [ʉ], [u]Ûû/ŷ/Ǔǔ/y᷉/Vv/β/Ww/w/Xx/ɣ/Ŋŋ/ŋ/Ɂɂ/ʔ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
    Typological information for Cowspeak

    GendersOther
    Inclusive/exclusive pronounsDistinct forms
    Morphological typologyPolysynthetic
    Morphosyntactic alignmentTripartite
    Number of nominal casesEight cases or more

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