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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
'''Thuun''' (''Tuum'' /tʉ:m/) is the primary language of [[Uvanga]], and is distantly related to [[Mahavic languages|Mahavic]] and [[Elipo-Sucaelian]]. It has over 100 | '''Thuun''' (''Tuum'' /tʉ:m/) is the primary language of [[Uvanga]], and is distantly related to [[Mahavic languages|Mahavic]] and [[Elipo-Sucaelian]]. It has over 100 vowels but only 9 consonants. | ||
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
! | |||
! Biabial | |||
! | ! Alveolar | ||
! | ! Dorsal | ||
! | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" | | ! Nasal | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|m | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|n | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|ŋ | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! style="" | | ! Plosive | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|p | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|t | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|k | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" | | ! Fricative | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"| | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"|s | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"| | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" | | ! Approximant | ||
| | | style="text-align:center;"| | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|l | |||
| style="text-align:center;"|j | |||
| l | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! rowspan="2" | | ||
! colspan="2" | Front | |||
! colspan="2" | Back | |||
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! | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! {{small|Unrounded}} | ||
| | ! {{small|Rounded}} | ||
| | ! {{small|Unrounded}} | ||
| | ! {{small|Rounded}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Close | ||
| i i: i:: | |||
| y y: y:: | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | | | ||
| ʉ ʉ: ʉ:: | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Mid | ||
| e e: e:: | |||
| | | ø ø: ø:: | ||
| | | ɤ ɤ: ɤ:: | ||
| | | o o: o:: | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Open | ||
| æ æ: æ:: | | æ æ: æ:: | ||
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| ɑ ɑ: ɑ:: | | ɑ ɑ: ɑ:: | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
(C)V(C) syllable structure, where /ŋ/ cannot appear initially and /j/ cannot appear finally. | |||
Thuun has a system of vowel harmony. A word cannot contain both front and back vowels, so affixes automatically adapt to the same backness as the stem. The only neutral vowel is /i/, which can occur in words of either backness. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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|a<br/>{{IPA|/ɑ/}}||ä<br/>{{IPA|/æ/}}||e<br/>{{IPA|/ɤ/}}||ë<br/>{{IPA|/e/}}||i<br/>{{IPA|/i/}}||j<br/>{{IPA|/j/}}||k<br/>{{IPA|/k/}}||l<br/>{{IPA|/l/}}||m<br/>{{IPA|/m/}}||n<br/>{{IPA|/n/}}||ng<br/>{{IPA|/ŋ/}}||o<br/>{{IPA|/o/}}||ö<br/>{{IPA|/ø/}}||p<br/>{{IPA|/p/}}||s<br/>{{IPA|/s/}}||t<br/>{{IPA|/t/}}||u<br/>{{IPA|/ʉ/}}||y<br/>{{IPA|/y/}} | |||
|} | |||
Long and overlong vowels are written doubled or tripled, eg. <ää> /æ:/, äää /æ::/<br/> | |||
Diphthongs are written with their components side by side, eg. <ië> /ie̯:/, <iië> /ie̯::/ | |||
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Thuun is highly synthetic and almost exclusively suffixing. Suffixes attach agglutinatively, but are usually fusional for multiple morphemes, such as person, number, tense, and negativity. | |||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
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The word order is fairly unrestrictive, but tends to be SVO. | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||
[[Category:Uvanga]] |
Revision as of 18:26, 28 May 2016
Thuun | |
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Tuum | |
Pronunciation | [tʉ:m] |
Native speakers | ~ 300 000 (2015) |
Language family | East-Mirarian
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Writing system | Kuoggvi / Mahavic |
Official status | |
Official language in | Uvanga |
CWS code | UO1 |
Background
Thuun (Tuum /tʉ:m/) is the primary language of Uvanga, and is distantly related to Mahavic and Elipo-Sucaelian. It has over 100 vowels but only 9 consonants.
Phonology
Consonants
Biabial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |
---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
Plosive | p | t | k |
Fricative | s | ||
Approximant | l | j |
Vowels
Front | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Unrounded | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | |
Close | i i: i:: | y y: y:: | ʉ ʉ: ʉ:: | |
Mid | e e: e:: | ø ø: ø:: | ɤ ɤ: ɤ:: | o o: o:: |
Open | æ æ: æ:: | ɑ ɑ: ɑ:: |
These vowels can combine to form up to almost 80 phonemic polyphthongs, including length distinctions.
Phonotactics
(C)V(C) syllable structure, where /ŋ/ cannot appear initially and /j/ cannot appear finally.
Thuun has a system of vowel harmony. A word cannot contain both front and back vowels, so affixes automatically adapt to the same backness as the stem. The only neutral vowel is /i/, which can occur in words of either backness.
Orthography
a /ɑ/ |
ä /æ/ |
e /ɤ/ |
ë /e/ |
i /i/ |
j /j/ |
k /k/ |
l /l/ |
m /m/ |
n /n/ |
ng /ŋ/ |
o /o/ |
ö /ø/ |
p /p/ |
s /s/ |
t /t/ |
u /ʉ/ |
y /y/ |
Long and overlong vowels are written doubled or tripled, eg. <ää> /æ:/, äää /æ::/
Diphthongs are written with their components side by side, eg. <ië> /ie̯:/, <iië> /ie̯::/
Grammar
Morphology
Thuun is highly synthetic and almost exclusively suffixing. Suffixes attach agglutinatively, but are usually fusional for multiple morphemes, such as person, number, tense, and negativity.
Syntax
The word order is fairly unrestrictive, but tends to be SVO.