Tengu [TNU]
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Registered by
Shareenear on 2 January 2018
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Tengu
Welcome to a language that looks like Inuktitut, sounds like Lojban, has as much unusual grammar as Amerindian languages do, and has a vocabulary that is not related to any other language because it's my only priori conlang.
- VSO word order
- Noun=adjective=verb=adverb
- Adjective follows the noun(I mean, the word after another word works like an adjective)
- Each tense has 8 forms depending on the possibility of the happening event
- 8 ways to answer instead of such words as "no", "yes", "possibly", "I'm not sure" etc
- Words have definite forms
- Dual/trial/plural number is formed in the beginning of the word as well as tenses
- Btw there's 27 cases
- Affixes instead of conjuctions
- VSO word order
- Noun=adjective=verb=adverb
- Adjective follows the noun(I mean, the word after another word works like an adjective)
- Each tense has 8 forms depending on the possibility of the happening event
- 8 ways to answer instead of such words as "no", "yes", "possibly", "I'm not sure" etc
- Words have definite forms
- Dual/trial/plural number is formed in the beginning of the word as well as tenses
- Btw there's 27 cases
- Affixes instead of conjuctions
Sample of Tengu[view] Kecicaggajsmisxrrojddasx ttejmaaw, kecicaggajfhesxqojvu ttejmaaw.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.[view all texts]
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Tengu
Some sound samples of Tengu. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Kecicaggajsmisxrrojddasx ttejmaaw, kecicaggajfhesxqojvu ttejmaaw.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
Ceggeritkaawfhesx.
This is my friend.
This is my friend.
Rjassivitkaawfhasx.
This is my animal.
This is my animal.
Majrrqvidxhakretkitqvisx.
What you say to her is said to me.
What you say to her is said to me.
Qomnimajxxadxhaqvitk, sicemnewrygnidxhatmajxkifhesxku rramfacaggaj.
You tell me exactly what you want, and I will very carefully explain to you why it cannot be.
You tell me exactly what you want, and I will very carefully explain to you why it cannot be.
Kkuraassekuqvitkittsxddjure?
How could I say no to that?
How could I say no to that?
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | q qʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʑ | x | ɣ | ʁ | ħ | ɧ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z d͡zʰ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ǃ ǃʰ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ɤ | o | |
| Open | a ã | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Tengu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TenguOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AA aa/ã/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/d/ | DD dd/ð/ | DH dh/dʰ/ | DX dx/d͡z/ | DXH dxh/d͡zʰ/ |
| Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | FH fh/ɧ/ | Gg/g/ | GG gg/ɣ/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Hh/ħ/ | HH hh/x/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ |
| KH kh/kʰ/ | KK kk/ǃ/ | KKH kkh/ǃʰ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | OO oo/ɤ/ | Pp/p/ |
| PH ph/pʰ/ | Qq/q/ | QH qh/qʰ/ | Rr/r/ | RR rr/ʁ/ | Ss/s/ | SS ss/ʃ/ | SX sx/ʑ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | TT tt/θ/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/z/ | XX xx/ʒ/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/t͡s/ | ZH zh/t͡sʰ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
