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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Freshwater dialect has shortened syllables? Less 'whale noises' and more 'frog noises'. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
* z (Eng: 'ruse') | * z (Eng: 'ruse') | ||
* | * ʒ (Eng: 'rouge') | ||
* n (Eng: 'run') | * n (Eng: 'run') | ||
* ŋ (Eng: 'rung') | * ŋ (Eng: 'rung') | ||
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* uː (Eng: 'cool') | * uː (Eng: 'cool') | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Hard to indicate 'stress' underwater, I imagine. Maybe a change in pitch? *whale noises* | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
* BEWARE OF DIPTHONGS. If there's two vowels next to each other, assume dipthong FIRST. | |||
* Duplicated vowels are a shift in pitch/register? | |||
* Add the list of forms from the generator, later, lazyass | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
* Numerative markers? Plural? One-two-many? | * Numerative markers? Plural? One-two-many? | ||
** Some sort of duplication to indicate plural? The way we have 'I' and then 'I-I' or 'me-me' = 'we'. For longer words, reduplicate the first syllable? Except vowels, so. Hm. Lengthen first syllable? Last syllable? Throw a consonant into the works just for shits? | |||
* Case? | * Case? | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
* Pronouns are genderless | * Pronouns are genderless | ||
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* Word order | * Word order | ||
* Verb tenses | * Verb tenses | ||
* | ** To add to the person/number fun-times, the verbs don't conjugate, or only conjugate in certain forms? So essentially the forms would be: 'I walk', 'you walk', 'person walk', 'I-I walk', 'you-you walk', 'person-person walk'. Or swim. Because water. | ||
** This would make word order important, at least in relation to subject-verb. | |||
==Semantic fields and pragmatics== | ==Semantic fields and pragmatics== | ||
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==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
See: [[Water Language/Lexicon]] | See: [[Water Language/Lexicon]] | ||
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Introduction
Phonology
Freshwater dialect has shortened syllables? Less 'whale noises' and more 'frog noises'.
Consonants
- z (Eng: 'ruse')
- ʒ (Eng: 'rouge')
- n (Eng: 'run')
- ŋ (Eng: 'rung')
Vowels
- iː (Eng: 'key')
- eɪ (Eng: 'cane')
- aɪ (Eng: 'kite')
- ɛ (Eng: 'ken')
- æ (Eng: 'cat')
- ɝː (Eng: 'cur')
- ʌ (Eng: 'cult')
- ɑː (Eng: 'cop')
- aʊ (Eng: 'cow')
- ɔɪ (Eng: 'coy')
- ɔː (Eng: 'caw')
- ʊ (Eng: 'could')
- oʊ (Eng: 'cope')
- uː (Eng: 'cool')
Stress
Hard to indicate 'stress' underwater, I imagine. Maybe a change in pitch? *whale noises*
Phonotactics
- BEWARE OF DIPTHONGS. If there's two vowels next to each other, assume dipthong FIRST.
- Duplicated vowels are a shift in pitch/register?
- Add the list of forms from the generator, later, lazyass
Morphology
Nouns
- Numerative markers? Plural? One-two-many?
- Some sort of duplication to indicate plural? The way we have 'I' and then 'I-I' or 'me-me' = 'we'. For longer words, reduplicate the first syllable? Except vowels, so. Hm. Lengthen first syllable? Last syllable? Throw a consonant into the works just for shits?
- Case?
Pronouns
- Pronouns are genderless
- Pronouns exist for person, place, thing, abstract concept
Adjectives
Prepositions
- I expect we have some?
Conjunctions
Numbers
Names
Derivational morphology
Syntax
- Word order
- Verb tenses
- To add to the person/number fun-times, the verbs don't conjugate, or only conjugate in certain forms? So essentially the forms would be: 'I walk', 'you walk', 'person walk', 'I-I walk', 'you-you walk', 'person-person walk'. Or swim. Because water.
- This would make word order important, at least in relation to subject-verb.
Semantic fields and pragmatics
Writing system
Examples
Lexicon
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