Proto-Sands [PSAND]
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Proto-Sands
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | χ | h | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ʌ | |||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||
Open | a |
Stress information2 syllables: stress generally falls on first syllable that begins with a consonant
- EXCEPT on nouns, where it’s the second after a CV-only gender identifier (including definite infixes where applicable)
- The “ai” on “ai” adjectives is always destressed
- The stress always falls on the end of dipthongs
- E.g., QAtik (10) vs luKIT (child) vs eLAtai (west) vs leUP (the dog)
3+ syllables: stress generally falls on the second syllable
- This INCLUDES nouns declined for definite case (e.g., “tree” [tamluk: /tam' lʌk/] becomes “the tree” [teamluk: /te am’ lʌk/]
- EXCEPT when second vowel is first vowel of a dipthong, where stress goes to end of dipthong: (e.g., tekuit = /tɛ ku it'/)
(Basically, it’s rote memorization XD)
Stressed/nonstressed rules of thumb for vowel pronunciation:
- U for stressed = ʌ for unstressed (unless it is terminal vowel or immediately connected to another vowel)
- i for stressed = ɪ for unstressed (unless it is ending vowel or immediately connected to another vowel, or a preposition)
- EXCEPT “ui/ai/eii” are always pronounced with /i/
- EXCEPT on nouns, where it’s the second after a CV-only gender identifier (including definite infixes where applicable)
- The “ai” on “ai” adjectives is always destressed
- The stress always falls on the end of dipthongs
- E.g., QAtik (10) vs luKIT (child) vs eLAtai (west) vs leUP (the dog)
3+ syllables: stress generally falls on the second syllable
- This INCLUDES nouns declined for definite case (e.g., “tree” [tamluk: /tam' lʌk/] becomes “the tree” [teamluk: /te am’ lʌk/]
- EXCEPT when second vowel is first vowel of a dipthong, where stress goes to end of dipthong: (e.g., tekuit = /tɛ ku it'/)
(Basically, it’s rote memorization XD)
Stressed/nonstressed rules of thumb for vowel pronunciation:
- U for stressed = ʌ for unstressed (unless it is terminal vowel or immediately connected to another vowel)
- i for stressed = ɪ for unstressed (unless it is ending vowel or immediately connected to another vowel, or a preposition)
- EXCEPT “ui/ai/eii” are always pronounced with /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Sands. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-SandsOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
-// | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
Kk/k/ | KH kh/χ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/θ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |