Nɔ - The Subreddit Conlang #4

More ideas were created on the previous post by the following users: u/TheToastWithGlasnost and me.

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Phonology (not definite and orthography needed)

Consonants:

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Uvular
Plosive	p b p'	t d t'		q qʷ qˤ qˤʷ q' qʷ' qˤ' qˤʷ'
Affricate		tp db	tʃ tʃʷ tʃ' tʃʷ' dʒ dʒʷ	qχ'
Fricative	f	s z	ʃ ʃʷ ʒ ʒʷ	χ χʷ χˤ χˤʷ ʁ ʁʷ ʁˤ ʁˤʷ
Nasal	m	n
Approximant	w w̃	l	j j̃
Trill	ʙ͡r͜ʀ	r		ʀ

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Vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ẽ	ə̃ ɞ̃	ɤ ɔ õ
Open		a

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Phonotactics

Nasal harmony: Nasality spreads after a nasal vowel/consonant to all parts of a word until it reaches a plosive or an affricate.

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Morphology: Analytical language

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Word Order: SVO

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Nouns

Nouns can only end in: -a, -ɔs, -us, -um. there's no grammatical meaning to the endings. To create nouns one of this endings must be applied to the root, without the endings the word is nonsense.

Rules for determining the noun endings, if the penultimate syllable ends in a consonant:

1-) If the penultimate syllable (including the ending) has /i/ or /u/, it has to end with -us;

2-) If the penultimate syllable has /ẽ/, /õ/ or /ɔ/, it has to end with -ɔs;

3-) If the penultimate syllable has /ə̃/, it has to end with -um;

4-) If the penultimate syllable has /a/ or any other vowels that may later be added, it has to end with -a.

If the penultimate syllable ends with a vowel, then the endings can be attached or just reduced. Example: pa-, pə̃-, pẽ-, po-, põ-, pi-, pu- becomes: pa, pə̃um, pẽos, pos, põos, pius, pus

Noun Cases (maybe???)

A massive array of locatives (something like Tsez), and maybe case expressed through clitics (plz if you agree with this idea give some examples or develop it)

• -fɞ̃n "-is to the upper right of, -is under (causing it to do something unintended)"

A vocative case, but it can only be used on verbs and adverbs.

-sa fulfils the function of "er" in English when it's used on a verb ("butcher, baker"). (if you know the linguistic term plz tell)

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Adjectives

Adjectives are created by prepending [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] to an unrelated noun.

Examples: blue = [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] + "cabbage"

spherical = [ʃiʃuʃẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽr̃ẽõs̃] + "curtain"

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Pronouns

Salient/Obviative distinction on the third person.

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Vocabulary

[jaqˤʷ'ɔb]: "cellar door, death, hell"

[bɤbɤnə̃l̃ĩ]: "to ride a bicycle, vespa or small non-car vehicle such that you traverse a whole neighborhood or town, like a paperboy"

[dʒʷaʀ]: "cabbage"

[piful]: "curtain, carpet, dress"

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What other stuff do you want to see on this conlang? Crazy ideas are welcome. Hope you to enjoy it.