Ngutanese [NGU]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ngutanese
Welcome to Ngutanese (Ngutāyai)!
Ngutanese (natively: Ngutāyai, pronunciation: [ŋuˈtaː.jai̯]) is a conlang inspired on Austronesian languages (specifically, Polynesian and Filipino ones) spoken in Ngutan on Sahar.
Its features include:
• Austronesian alignment;
• length distinction on all vowels;
• mainly CV syllables;
• solar and lunar noun classes/genders;
• obligatory evidentiality marking;
• six copulas (lol)
• no laterals;
• aspectual distinction replaces tense distinction on verbs;
• verb–subject–object order (VSO);
• rhinoglottophillia lol;
• and many more I think.
I hope you like it. I don't really have much else to write here.
A full grammar document is being written.
Ngutanese (natively: Ngutāyai, pronunciation: [ŋuˈtaː.jai̯]) is a conlang inspired on Austronesian languages (specifically, Polynesian and Filipino ones) spoken in Ngutan on Sahar.
Its features include:
• Austronesian alignment;
• length distinction on all vowels;
• mainly CV syllables;
• solar and lunar noun classes/genders;
• obligatory evidentiality marking;
• six copulas (lol)
• no laterals;
• aspectual distinction replaces tense distinction on verbs;
• verb–subject–object order (VSO);
• rhinoglottophillia lol;
• and many more I think.
I hope you like it. I don't really have much else to write here.
A full grammar document is being written.
Sound samples in Ngutanese
Some sound samples of Ngutanese. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Kiungū ngi!
You must die!
You must die!
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||||
| Fricative | s̞1 | [ɕ̞]2 | h3 | |||||||||||
| Affricate | [t͡ɕ]4 | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
- very slightly fricated only
- before /i/, allophone of /s̞/
- after /h/, vowels get nasalized
- before /i/, allophone of /t/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ou̯: ou̯ | oi̯: oi̯ | ei̯: ei̯ | au̯: au̯ | ai̯: ai̯ | eu̯: eu̯ | ui̯: ui̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ngutanese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NgutaneseOrthography [edit] | |||||||
| Aa Ā /a/ | Ee Ē /e/ | Hh Aho /h/1 | Ii Ī /i/ | Kk Ako /k/ | Mm Amo /m/ | Nn Ano /n/ | NG ng Ango /ŋ/ |
| Oo Ō /o/ | Pp Apo /p/ | Rr Aro /ɾ/ | Ss Aso /s̞/2 | Tt Ato /t/ | Uu Ū /u/ | Ww Awo /w/ | Yy Ayo /j/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||
- after /h/, vowels get nasalized
- very slightly fricated only
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
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