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Nayuan
nayu-daŋ
[naju daŋ]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 14 November 2017
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:
  • 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.
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Language family relationships
Language treeNaic
 ⤷ Old Naic
  ⤷  Nayuan
[view] About NaicSpread around the Nayuan Archipelago and has some influence near the continental mainland. Includes NYD.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
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          
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i   u
Mid   ə  
Open-mid ɛ   [ʌ]1 ɔ
Open a    
  1. 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]1Ŋŋ/ŋ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. when stressed
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Nayuan Conscript!
Exactly what it says on the tin.
12-Mar-18 14:27
Nayuan particle structure!
Behavior of particles in Nayuan
19-Jan-18 15:11
Typological information for Nayuan

Adjective agreementNumber
Definite articleNone
GendersNone
Noun-noun possessionConstruct or possessed case
Primary word orderSOV

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