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== Writing == | == Writing == | ||
The romanized version of Songulda, which will be used from here on, is as follows: | The romanized version of Songulda, which will be used from here on, is as follows: | ||
== | == Romanization and pronunciation == | ||
<p style="text-align: center;">'''A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, | <p style="text-align: center;">'''A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ĭ ĭ, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y'''</p> | ||
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Revision as of 06:07, 16 July 2008
| Songulda Songulda | |
| Spoken in: | |
| Conworld: | |
| Total speakers: | |
| Genealogical classification: |
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| Basic word order: | |
| Morphological type: | agglutinative |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | ergative |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| Qwynegold | |
Phonology
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasals | m | n | ŋː | |||||||||||||
| Plosives | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricatives | s | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | |||||||||||
| Affricates | ts | tʃ | dʒ | |||||||||||||
| Approximants | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | ||||||
| High | i | y | ɨ | u | ||||||
| Near-high | ||||||||||
| High-mid | ||||||||||
| Mid | e | ø | o | |||||||
| Low-mid | ||||||||||
| Near-low | ||||||||||
| Low | ɑ | |||||||||
Syllable structure
The syllable structure for non-final syllables is (O)V(ː)((C)D(ː)), and for final syllables (O)V(ː)((C)D). For both syllable types, V can be any vowel. For non-final syllables O can be any consonant except /p/ or/ŋː/, and for final syllables any consonant except /ŋː/. The C and D have certain constraints. For non-final syllables, the coda can be any of the following consonants or clusters:
| m | ||||||||||||||
| n | nd | ns | nʒ | nx | nh | nts | ndʒ | |||||||
| p | ||||||||||||||
| b | ||||||||||||||
| t | ||||||||||||||
| d | ||||||||||||||
| k | ||||||||||||||
| g | ||||||||||||||
| s | st | sk | ||||||||||||
| ʃ | ||||||||||||||
| ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| x | ||||||||||||||
| h | ||||||||||||||
| tʃ | ||||||||||||||
| dʒ | ||||||||||||||
| ʋ | ʋd | ʋs | ||||||||||||
| j | jt | jd | jk | jm | jn | jr | js | jx | jts | jdʒ | jl | |||
| r | rt | rd | rk | rm | rs | rx | rts | rj | ||||||
| l | lt | ld | lk | lm | ls | lʒ | lx | lts | ldʒ | lj |
For final syllables, the coda can be any of the following consonants or clusters:
| m | mp | mt | mts | mtʃ | |||||||||||
| n | nt | nd | ns | nʒ | nts | ndʒ | |||||||||
| ŋk | |||||||||||||||
| b | |||||||||||||||
| t | |||||||||||||||
| d | |||||||||||||||
| g | gt | gd | gs | ||||||||||||
| s | sp | st | sk | ||||||||||||
| ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| x | |||||||||||||||
| h | |||||||||||||||
| tʃ | |||||||||||||||
| dʒ | |||||||||||||||
| ʋ | ʋt | ʋd | ʋs | ||||||||||||
| j | jt | jd | jk | jm | jn | jr | js | jx | jts | jdʒ | jl | ||||
| r | rt | rd | rk | rm | rts | rj | rx | ||||||||
| l | lp | lt | ld | lk | lm | ls | lʃ | lʒ | lx | lts | ltʃ | ldʒ | lj |
Writing
The romanized version of Songulda, which will be used from here on, is as follows:
Romanization and pronunciation
A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ĭ ĭ, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y
| Letter | Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|
| A a | ɑ | |
| B b | b | |
| CH ch | tʃ | |
| D d | d | |
| DZ dz | dʒ | |
| E e | e̽ | |
| F f | f | |
| G g | g | |
| H h | h | |
| I i | i | |
| Ĭ ĭ | ɨ | |
| J j | ʒ | |
| K k | k | |
| KH kh | x | |
| L l | l | |
| M m | m | |
| N n | n | |
| NG ng | ŋː | |
| O o | o̽ | |
| Ö ö | ø̽ | |
| P p | p | |
| R r | r | |
| S s | s | |
| SH sh | ʃ | |
| T t | t | |
| TS ts | ts | |
| U u | u | |
| Ü ü | y | |
| V v | ʋ | |
| Y y | j |
