My first conlang - Leware kääñ

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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby aaakknu » 2016-10-27, 11:16

I decided to get rid of all the dialects. It's interesting, but difficult.

B - [b]
D - [d]
Ď - [dzʲ]
G - [g]
Ģ - [gʲ]
J - [j]
K - [k]
Ķ - [kʲ]
L - [l]
Ļ - [lʲ]
M - [m]
N - [n]
Ņ - [nʲ]
Ñ - [ŋ]
Ñj - [ŋʲ]
P - [p]
R - [r]
Ŗ - [rʲ]
S - [s]
Ś - [sʲ]
T - [t]
Ț - [tsʲ]
W - [w]
Z - [z]
Ź - [zʲ]

A - [ɑ]
E - [e]
I - [i]
O - [o]
U - [u]
Ä - [æ]
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby aaakknu » 2016-10-27, 11:46

Cases:

1. Nominative
2. Accusative
3. Locative
4. Essive-Translative
5. Comitative
6. Abessive
7. Vocative

Moods:

1. Indicative
2. Interrogative
3. Optative

Tenses:

1. Past
2. Present
3. Future (used only in optative and interrogative)
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby hashi » 2016-10-27, 20:23

Irusia wrote:I decided to get rid of all the dialects.

Ď - [dzʲ]
Ģ - [gʲ]
Ķ - [kʲ]
Ļ - [lʲ]
Ņ - [nʲ]
Ñ - [ŋ]
Ñj - [ŋʲ]
Ŗ - [rʲ]
Ś - [sʲ]
Ț - [tsʲ]
Ź - [zʲ]
Ä - [æ]


Are you sure? Also, why are there palatalised versions of [n] and [ŋ], but not [m]?
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby linguoboy » 2016-10-27, 21:52

What mood do you use for commands in the absence of an imperative?
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby Llawygath » 2016-10-28, 15:12

hashi wrote:Also, why are there palatalised versions of [n] and [ŋ], but not [m]?

I can't speak for Irusia, but there seem not to be any palatalized labials at all (except for wʲ), which is not unprecedented.

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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby aaakknu » 2017-01-22, 23:42

linguoboy wrote:What mood do you use for commands in the absence of an imperative?

I don't know. I'll think about it later.
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby aaakknu » 2017-01-22, 23:44

Llawygath wrote:
hashi wrote:Also, why are there palatalised versions of [n] and [ŋ], but not [m]?

I can't speak for Irusia, but there seem not to be any palatalized labials at all (except for wʲ), which is not unprecedented.

You're right. It's exactly like I planned.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kaañasi

Postby aaakknu » 2017-01-23, 0:08

Nominative - meaļu
Accusative - meaļuñu
Locative - meaļumi
Essive-Translative - meaļussu
Comitative - meaļuwu
Abessive - meaļuta
Vocative - meaļuju
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Re: My first conlang - Lewami

Postby mōdgethanc » 2017-01-23, 2:45

hashi wrote:Are you sure? Also, why are there palatalised versions of [n] and [ŋ], but not [m]?
I have a feeling there are no palatalized labials because OP is Ukrainian and that language doesn't have them, but it does have palatalized sounds at other places. The phonology is fairly similar. I think most of us have been influenced by the sounds of our own language when coming up with a new one.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby aaakknu » 2017-01-23, 10:23

mōdgethanc wrote:I have a feeling there are no palatalized labials because OP is Ukrainian and that language doesn't have them, but it does have palatalized sounds at other places. The phonology is fairly similar. I think most of us have been influenced by the sounds of our own language when coming up with a new one.

My main inspiration is Estonian (look at my cases, for example), but Ukrainian and other languages I know or learn also influenced it.

There are no palatalized labials, because it is more difficult to pronounce them.

Leware phonology: all Tagalog phonemes (except [h]) + z + palatalized consonants + ä.
(this is how I created it)
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby mōdgethanc » 2017-01-24, 1:58

Irusia wrote:There are no palatalized labials, because it is more difficult to pronounce them.
That's kind of subjective, though. I find them easy, but I find /rʲ/ very hard to pronounce.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby aaakknu » 2017-01-24, 2:48

mōdgethanc wrote:
Irusia wrote:There are no palatalized labials, because it is more difficult to pronounce them.
That's kind of subjective, though. I find them easy, but I find /rʲ/ very hard to pronounce.


Yes, it is subjective, of course. I meant, than they are harder for me, not for everyone.
They do exist in Ukrainian, but are rare.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby aaakknu » 2018-06-25, 20:24

I decided to continue with the conlang, but I will probably change most of what I have created so far.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby aaakknu » 2018-06-25, 20:47

She is my friend. (one of them)
Li ķi meñki mi.
She is my only friend.
Li tu meñki mi.
A man is in the room. (there might be somebody else as well)
Iñu ķi nerami.
A man is in the room. (he's the only person there)
Iñu tu nerami.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby aaakknu » 2022-05-05, 18:22

I am interested in reviving this project. I started a TAC, but haven't done anything with it (like always), which makes me feel guilty, so I decided to entertain myself with a conlang. (That doesn't make any sense, I know. And probably I won't get far with the conlang either).
This is the only conlang where I got a little bit further than an outline of phonology, so I'll try to develop it further.
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Re: My first conlang - Leware kääñ

Postby Dormouse559 » 2022-05-14, 22:38

aaakknu wrote:I am interested in reviving this project. I started a TAC, but haven't done anything with it (like always), which makes me feel guilty, so I decided to entertain myself with a conlang. (That doesn't make any sense, I know. And probably I won't get far with the conlang either).

You can still say you’re learning a language. It just happens to be one that didn’t exist until you invented it, and that no one else speaks :P

This is the only conlang where I got a little bit further than an outline of phonology, so I'll try to develop it further.

Cool! I look forward to seeing where you take it.
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