Difference between revisions of "Letilan"

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Introduction

Letilan is one of the languages of Letila. It is characterized by very long words and a love of suffixes.

OOC: Letilan is of a language category known as polysynthetic. It is influenced heavily by the Bantu languages of Africa as well as by Inuktitut.

Alphabet

p -- As in spot /p/
t -- As in step /t/
k -- As in scar /k/
b -- As in bed /b/
d -- As in dog /d/
g -- As in game /g/
b' -- Implosive b /b_</
d' -- Implosive d /d_</
g' -- Implosive g /g_</
mb -- Prenasalized b /m_b/
nd -- Prenasalized d /n_d/
ng -- Prenasalized g /N_g/
mb' -- Prenasalized b' /m_b_</
nd' -- Prenasalized d' /n_d_</
ng' -- Prenasalized g' /N_g_</
m -- As in me /m/
n -- As in nice /n/
l -- As in leaf /l/
w -- As in wonder /w/
y -- As in yellow /j/

a -- As in father /a/
i -- As in Misato /i/
u -- As in flute /u/
e -- As in café /e/
o -- As in Misato /o/
è -- As in bed /E/
ò -- As in dog /O/

These descriptions not exact to be honest. If you want exact values for the sounds, the letters inclosed in the slashes are X-SAMPA and correspond more correctly than the "as in X" descriptions.

On implosives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implosive

Prenasalized consonants just have a short nasal sound (m or n) that merges into them.

Grammar

Vocabulary