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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width:700px;text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Alveolar
! rowspan="2" |Postalveolar
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Velar
! rowspan="2" |Radical
! rowspan="2" |Glottal
|-
! |<small>plain</small>
! |<small>palatalized</small>
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
|
| '''n''' /n/
| '''nı''' /nʲ/
|
|
| [ŋ]
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
|
|
| '''t''' /t/
| '''tı''' /tʲ/
| '''ch''' /tʃ/
|
| '''k''' /k/
|
| ''' ' ''' /ʔ/
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
|
| '''d''' /d/
| '''dı''' /dʲ/
| '''j''' /dʒ/
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
| '''f''' /f/
| '''th''' /θ/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''sı''' /sʲ/
| '''sh''' /ʃ/
|
| '''kh''' /x/
| '''x''' /ħ/
| '''h''' /h/
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
| '''w''' /w/
|
| '''l''' /l~ɫ/
| '''lı''' /lʲ/
| '''r''' /ɹ~ɾ/
| '''y''' /j/
|
| '''c''' /ʕ/
|
|}
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Shalian has many vowels.
Shalian has many vowels.

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IlL/Spare pages 1/80
Šel hamśaųfý
Pronunciation[/ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/]
SettingVerse:Tricin
Dodellic
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Shalian (Šel hamśaųfý /ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/) is a Dodellic language spoken in Cualuav. It is the sole descendant of Old Shalian. Its aesthetics is inspired by Lithuanian, Estuary English, and the Semitic conlang Alashian.

card /tsaʋd/ = moon, month; cord /tsuːʋd/ = your armor

Diachronics

  • R-intrusion is retained within words but disappears across word boundaries.
  • tʲ dʲ sʲ nʲ lʲ > ts z s ɲ l
  • l > l/w
  • w > v unless geminated
  • ā > oː > uː o
  • ħ > ʀ
  • ʕ > h
  • ʔ is retained within words but disappears initially.
  • nC > CC (> Cʰ)
  • plosives spirantize before a consonant

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Radical Glottal
plain palatalized
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ /nʲ/ [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless t /t/ /tʲ/ ch /tʃ/ k /k/ ' /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ /dʲ/ j /dʒ/
Fricative f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ /sʲ/ sh /ʃ/ kh /x/ x /ħ/ h /h/
Approximant w /w/ l /l~ɫ/ /lʲ/ r /ɹ~ɾ/ y /j/ c /ʕ/

Vowels

Shalian has many vowels.

a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou ao eo io ouo uo a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ əʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ

Nasal vowels: ą ę ę̇ į ǫ ų aį eį oų ãː æ̃ː ẽː ĩː ũː ỹː ɒĩ æɪ̃ əʏ̃

Grammar

Possessive suffixes: hamśaųfuł, hamśaųft, hamśaųfý, hamśaųfē, hamśaųfřo, hamśaųfáfa

-aųf = abstract noun