I Koda Yobi
This is my little conlang. It's called Koda in English and is quite simple, but yet strives for uniqueness and variation. It's inspired by a Swedish childrens' programme about the Middle Ages in Sweden. smile ...don't give me that look, okay? I know it might sound a bit odd, but it's true. Anyway, here's grammar and stuff:
Alphabet
Aa Bb Kk Dd Ee Gg Hh Ii Ll Ļļ Mm Nn Ņņ Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Ww Yy Zz
So this is the alphabet. smile
Pronounciation
Here's the pronounciation. I've written the letters and then their pronounciation in IPA, X-SAMPA and then there is, for those of you who don't know these languages, explanations of how they'd be pronounced in English. Note that some of the sounds are not found in English, but I tried to give an as close explanation of those as possible.
a ā e i ī o u ū - [a a: e i i: o u u:] - [a a: e i i: o u u:] - (a), (aa), hay, sit, see, for, foot, food
ea eo eu - [ɛ ɔ ɨ] - [E A M] - head, bought, (ew)
w y ļ/r h - [w j ɬ h] - [l w j ?/? h] - light, well, you, (tl)/butter, hat
m n ņ l - [m n ŋ l] - [m n N l] - moon, night, sing
p t k s - [p t k s] - [p t k s] - park, talk, cat, song
b d g z - [b d g z] - [b d g z] - bell, dog, gate, zoo
When a consonant is doubled, it's lengthened and the preceeding vowel becomes shorter. A diaresis (¨) is used to distinguish the diagraphs ea, eo and eu from ëa, ëo and ëu.
Phonology
Syllables
Syllables in Koda are made by an optional consonant (C) followed by a vowel (V) and an optinal l, m, n or ņ (m). Examples:
pa - CV
sam - CVm
yobi - CV.CV
salve - CVm.CV
narëo - CV.CV.V
Sound Changes
In Koda, consonants change in pronounciation under certain circumstances. All consonants are voiced inside words, except for h. The letter ļ turns into [ɾ] (r) when it appears between vowels. All sound changes are shown in ortography.
