User:Pole, the/Snow

The Devilcat's Snowlang is a language sketch created in Winter 2013 for the Akana Third Reconstruction Relay. It belongs to the Language Family A.

Phonology

Sound changes

Secondary articulation variant

• ʈ ʂ ɭ > tʷ sʷ lʷ

Glottalization shift

• t c k > tʰ cʰ kʰ
• tʼ cʼ kʼ > t c k

Labialization and delabialization

• ʔ > p / _u, u_V
• h > f / _u, u_V

• Cʷ > C / _u
• w > ɰ / _u

• u > ɯ

• i > y / Cʷ_, w_
• ə > u / Cʷ_, w_
• a > ɔ / Cʷ_, w_

• Cʷ > C
• ʔ > j / _i
• ʔ > ɰ / _{ə a}

MOA shift

• f s ç h > v z ʝ ɦ / V_V
• p t c k > b d ɟ ɡ / V_V

• tʰ cʰ kʰ > s ç x / V_V

• n ŋ l > n̥ ŋ̥ l̥ > t k ɬ / ʔ_

• ʔ > 0

Later vowel changes

• V > 0 / C_#, VC_CV (unstressed short)

• ɯ > i
• ə > ɛ

• ĭ y̆ ŭ > e ø o
• Vː > V

Later consonant changes

• v z ʝ > w ɹ j
• c ɟ ç > tʃ dʒ ʃ

Consonants

	labial	dental		palatal	velar	glottal
nasal	(m)	n			ŋ
stop	p	t		tʃ	k
	b	d		dʒ	ɡ
fricative	f	s	ɬ	ʃ	x	h
semivowel	w	ɹ	l	j	ɰ	ɦ

• /m/ is present almost exclusively in borrowings; assimilation of word-final /n/ also results in [m] before labials.
• /w ɹ j ɰ/ can be realized as [v z ʒ ɣ] in onset of a stressed syllable.
• /tʃ dʒ ʃ j/ are written ‹c j ş y›.
• /ŋ ɬ w ɹ ɰ ɦ/ are written ‹ñ ł v r w q›.

Vowels

	front		back
high	i	y	u
mid-high	e	ø	o
mid-low	ɛ		ɔ
low	a

• /y ø ɛ ɔ/ are written as ‹ü ö è ò›

Numerals

1.	nay	/naj/
2.	tòr	/tɔɹ/
3.	yil	/jil/
4.	lo	/lo/
5.	cor	/tʃoɹ/
6.	şu	/ʃu/
7.	kib	/kib/
8.	ti	/ti/
9.	sob	/sob/
10.	tej	/tedʒ/
11.	nadnay	/nadnaj/
12.	na	/na/
144.	weñ	/ɰeŋ/
1728.	şex	/ʃex/

Possessive affixes

tal house
1.	talañ sg	taliñ pl ex	talseñ pl in
2.	talas sg	talis pl
3.	talad sg	talid pl

lawrö leech
1.	lawròñ sg	lawriñ pl ex	lawreseñ pl in
2.	lawròs sg	lawris pl
3.	lawròd sg	lawrid pl

wèrèltè metal
1.	wèrèltañ sg	wèrèltiñ pl ex	wèrèlteseñ pl in
2.	wèrèltas sg	wèrèltis pl
3.	wèrèltad sg	wèrèltid pl

takşò (?)
1.	takşòña sg	takşiña pl ex	takşesña pl in
2.	takşòsa sg	takşisa pl
3.	takşòdò sg	takşidò pl