Qagun Maruhe (48-hour-challenge lang) (now much weirder and more implausible)
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 1:21 am
Like a lot of people, I'm breaking some of my own norms for my 48 hour challenge language (challang?). It's not going to be the most unique conlang in the world (and it doesn't need to be!) but I'm at least going to break out of my own mold in the following ways:
Qagun Maruhe phonology:
/m n ɲ/ <m n j> (N)
/p t c k ʔ/ <p d q k t> (T)
/f s ç h/ <f s c h> (S)
/ʋ j/ <v y> (Y)
/ɾ/ <r>
i y ə a u ỹ ã ũ <i u e a o ug ag og>
Maximal syllable structure is CVC.
A bit of allophony (not complete yet)
V→Ṽ / _Nσ
ɾ→l / _σ
ɾɾ→tt
T→ʔ / _N
Stress is trochaic and primary stress falls on the penult. Stress is primarily indicated through pitch.
Nasal vowels were historically a sequence of back vowels and /ŋ/. Historical /ŋ/ has merged with /ɲ/ before front vowels and has been deleted otherwise.
Still hammering out the sound changes, but they're necessary for the noun classes so I should have them done soon.
- Significant nominal case morphology (almost none of my languages mark case!)
- More than 2 noun classes
- Noun classes are arbitrary, not based on animacy
- No lateral consonants
- No affricates
- Simple prosody, with stress based on neither syllable weight nor stress
Qagun Maruhe phonology:
/m n ɲ/ <m n j> (N)
/p t c k ʔ/ <p d q k t> (T)
/f s ç h/ <f s c h> (S)
/ʋ j/ <v y> (Y)
/ɾ/ <r>
i y ə a u ỹ ã ũ <i u e a o ug ag og>
Maximal syllable structure is CVC.
A bit of allophony (not complete yet)
V→Ṽ / _Nσ
ɾ→l / _σ
ɾɾ→tt
T→ʔ / _N
Stress is trochaic and primary stress falls on the penult. Stress is primarily indicated through pitch.
Nasal vowels were historically a sequence of back vowels and /ŋ/. Historical /ŋ/ has merged with /ɲ/ before front vowels and has been deleted otherwise.
Still hammering out the sound changes, but they're necessary for the noun classes so I should have them done soon.