Nayuan [NYD]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nayuan
NAYUAN | nayu daŋ
Nayuan is a language spoken in the Nayuan Archipelago. It is part of the Naic family along with Sali and Esmian.
Some interesting features of Nayuan are:
Nayuan is a language spoken in the Nayuan Archipelago. It is part of the Naic family along with Sali and Esmian.
Some interesting features of Nayuan are:
- Hebrew-inspired grammar (construct case, possessive suffixes, etc.)
- SOV word order
- Genderless third person singular pronoun
- Weird particle structure (see below)
- A kickass conscript inspired by Semitic languages as well as Tibetan
- um. ill add more if i think of anything
Sample of Nayuan[view] Ini mesi eirenaŋi ne. Meseni ni. E wiher ini.
They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.[view all texts]
They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About NaicSpread around the Nayuan Archipelago and has some influence near the continental mainland. Includes NYD .
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ɕ | x | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [ʌ]1 | ɔ | |||
| Open | a | |||||
- when stressed, allophone of /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nayuan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NayuanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Šš/ɕ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Øø/ə/, [ʌ]1 | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- when stressed
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Nayuan Conscript!
Exactly what it says on the tin.
12-Mar-18 14:27Nayuan particle structure!
Behavior of particles in Nayuan
19-Jan-18 15:11
