Plitnakya

Plitnakya
Spoken in:	Scotland (Skotlanda)
Conworld:	League of Lost Languages
Total speakers:	~2,000
Genealogical classification:	Atlantic Scotic NW Scotic Plitnakya
Basic word order:	VSO
Morphological type:	Polysynthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:	Active-Stative, Hierarchical
Writing system:
Created by:
Taylor Selseth	2010 C.E.

Plitnakya [pʰlitʰnakja] 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

Plitnakya is unusual in that it contrasts between Laminal-Dental and Aplical-Alveolar points of articulation. It has a root structure of (F){C}(F|L)V(F|L)(C) where C is any consonant, F is a fricative, and L is a liquid or nasal.

IPA

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stops, plain	p	t̻	t̺	ʧ	k
Stops, aspirated	pʰ	t̻ʰ	t̺ʰ	ʧʰ	kʰ
Fricatives	f	θ	s	ʃ	x
Nasals	m	n
Liquids	w	l	j

Plain stops and fricatives are voiced when between two voiced phonemes. /l/ is velarized when it follows a back vowel. /t̻ʰ/ is realized as [ʦ̻] between vowels.

	Front	Center	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Low		a aː

Orthography

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stops, plain	b	dh	d	j	g
Stops, aspirated	p	th	t	c	k
Fricatives	f	z	s	sh	h
Nasals	m	n
Liquids	w	l	y

	Front	Center	Back
High	i ii		u uu
Mid	e ee		o oo
Low		a aa