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Revision as of 23:37, 12 November 2010
| Plitnakya | |
| Spoken in: | Scotland (Sxutlande) |
| Conworld: | League of Lost Languages |
| Total speakers: | ~2,000 |
| Genealogical classification: | Atlantic
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| Basic word order: | VSO |
| Morphological type: | Polysynthetic |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Active-Stative, Hierarchical |
| Writing system: | |
| Created by: | |
| Taylor Selseth | 2010 C.E. |
Plitnakya [ˈpʰlitʰˌnakjə] is a highly endangered language isolate spoken by about 2,000 people in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland It has a complex, polysythetic morphology that is very unusual for Europe and is likely a relic of the first people to populate Britain after the Pleistocene Glaciation.
Phonology
IPA
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
| Stops, plain | p | t | ʧ | k | q | |
| Stops, aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʧʰ | kʰ | qʰ | |
| Fricatives | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Nasals | m | n | ||||
| Liquids | w | l | j | ʁ |
| Front | Center | Back | |
| High | i i | u uuː | |
| Mid | ə əː | ||
| Low | a aː |
Orthography
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
| Stops, plain | b | d | j | g | x | |
| Stops, aspirated | p | t | c | k | q | |
| Fricatives | f | s | sh | h | ||
| Nasals | m | n | ||||
| Liquids | w | l | j | r |
| Front | Center | Back | |
| High | i ii | u uu | |
| Mid | e ee | ||
| Low | a aa |
