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Revision as of 16:00, 15 June 2015
Ash is my attempt at a "universal language". While I do not believe a universal language is either possible or recommendable, this is a project devoted to that specific task. It is not based on any language or language group, but rather strictly upon linguistic regularities.
Contents
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | (Alveo-)Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive (Voiceless) | p | t | k | ||
| Plosive (Voiced)1 | b | d | |||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Fricative (Voiceless) | f | s | ɕ | h | |
| Fricative (Voiced) | v | z | ʑ | ||
| Affricate (Voiceless)2 | ts | tɕ ‹ch› | |||
| Affricate (Voiced) | dz | dʑ ‹j› | |||
| Approximant | r3 | j ‹y› | w |
- Voiced consonants only occur word-medially and may instead be articulated as making the preceding vowel long.
- Affricates are allophones of their corresponding plosives before certain high vowels ([t~ts~tɕ] _[HIGH]) but are phonemic elsewhere.
- Any rhotic.
Vowels
| Back | Front | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Low | a | |
Diphthongs
/aɪ/, /aʊ/
Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C)V(Q), where Q is a nasal, fricative, or rhotic.
([[13 onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/)] * 6 codas {[[ + 5 voiced onsets * 5 nuclei] + 12 voiced affricates+/a/,/aɪ/,/aʊ/] * 6 codas} = 462 monosyllables, 222 word-medial syllables.
- Coronal (labial and alveolar) consonants assimilate place regressively in contact.
- Voicing assimilates regressively in contact.
Grammar
SVO, head-initial.
Analytical language with minimal differentiation.
These larger cattle-dogs here that we saw to buy were cheaply purchased by my father.
| SUBJECT | Noun adjunct | Adjectival Phrase | Number | Adnominal | Complement | Determiner/Genitive | Infinitive Phrase | Relative clause | VERB+Adverb+Tense+Voice | Preposition | OBJECT | Noun adjunct | Adjectival Phrase | Number | Adnominal | Complement | Determiner/Genitive | Relative clause | Infinitive Phrase | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (The) Dog | cattle | large +more | [plural] | here | these | to buy | that we saw | were cheaply purchased | by | father | my. |
Nominal Suffixes
| To: | |
|---|---|
| Noun | 'ar |
| Verb | 'in |
| Adjective | 'ish |
| Adverb | ri |
Pronominal Suffixes
- Plural: ti
- Reflexive: sif
