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
- 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
- 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
- n ŋ l > n̥ ŋ̥ l̥ > t k ɬ / ʔ_
- Later vowel changes
- V > 0 / C_#, VC_CV (unstressed short)
- 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
|
