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+ | Analytical language with minimal differentiation. | ||
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+ | '''These larger cattle-dogs here that we saw to buy were cheaply purchased by my father.''' | ||
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+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; width:1600px;" | ||
+ | !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 | ||
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+ | |my. | ||
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Revision as of 16:09, 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.
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. |