Language/language.md

   1 The Language of Ujuian
   2 ======================
   3
   4 Natively known as Uju /ˈudʒu/
   5
   6 Copyright & Licensing
   7 ---------------------
   8
   9 You can redistribute and/or modify this file under the terms of the
  10 GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
  11 Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or at your option) any
  12 later version.
  13
  14 This file makes use of International Phonetic Alphabet:
  15 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet>
  16
  17 Uju is written in a left-to-right pattern, from the top to the bottom of
  18 the page. The alphabet uses the Latin script.
  19
  20 Phonology
  21 ---------
  22
  23 ### Phonological Inventory
  24
  25 Consonant inventory: /b dʒ h k l m n q r s v w x ð ħ ɣ ʃ ʔ ʕ θ/
  26
  27 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+------------+---------+
  28 | ↓Manner/Place→      | Dental | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Labio-velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal |
  29 +=====================+========+==========+=============+==========+==============+=======+=============+========+======================+
  30 | Stop                |        | b        |             |          |              | k     |             | q      |            | ʔ       |
  31 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  32 | Nasal               |        | m        |             | n        |              |       |             |        |            |         |
  33 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  34 | Affricate           |        |          |             |          | dʒ           |       |             |        |            |         |
  35 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  36 | Fricative           | θ ð    |          | v           | s        | ʃ            | x ɣ   |             |        | ħ          | h       |
  37 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  38 | Approximant         |        |          |             |          |              |       | w           |        | ʕ          |         |
  39 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  40 | Trill               |        |          |             | r        |              |       |             |        |            |         |
  41 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  42 | Lateral approximant |        |          |             | l        |              |       |             |        |            |         |
  43 +---------------------+--------+----------+-------------+----------+--------------+-------+-------------+--------+----------------------+
  44
  45 Vowel inventory: /a e i u ɨ ʊ/
  46
  47 Diphthongs: None
  48
  49 Vowel Chart:
  50
  51 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  52 |           | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
  53 +===========+=======+============+=========+===========+======+
  54 | High      | i     |            | ɨ       |           | u    |
  55 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  56 | Near-high |       |            |         | ʊ         |      |
  57 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  58 | High-mid  |       | e          |         |           |      |
  59 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  60 | Mid       |       |            |         |           |      |
  61 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  62 | Low-mid   |       |            |         |           |      |
  63 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  64 | Near-Low  |       |            |         |           |      |
  65 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  66 | Low       |       |            | a       |           |      |
  67 +-----------+-------+------------+---------+-----------+------+
  68
  69 Syllable structure: Up to three consonants before and after a vowel:
  70 (C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)
  71
  72 Word stress: No fixed stress
  73
  74 Word initial consonants: b, dʒ, h, k, l, m, n, q, r, s, v, w, x, ð,
  75                          ɣ, ʃ, θ
  76
  77 Mid-word consonants:     b, bl, dʒ, h, hw, k, ks, kw, l, m, mb, n,
  78                          nh, nl, ns, nv, r, rk, rm, rs, s, v, w, x,
  79                          ð, ɣ, ʃ, ʔ, θ
  80
  81 Word final consonants:   b, dʒ, h, l, n, r, s, w, x, ð, ɣ, ʃ, ʔ, θ
  82
  83 Phonological rules (in order of application):
  84
  85 * 'h' turns into 'g' before a 'b'.
  86
  87 ### Grammar
  88
  89 Sentence order: Sentence order is Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique.
  90
  91 Adjectives: Adjectives (and modifying nouns) occur to the left of
  92 the noun.
  93
  94 Gender in nouns: Nouns have no gender.
  95
  96 Adpositions: Postpositions. The preferential order of postpositional
  97 phrases is Time-Manner-Place:
  98
  99 > "I am travelling on Monday [time] by car [manner] to Seoul [place]."