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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:47 pm
Harléndemra (Harlen's Tongue)
Alphabet/Pronunciation: Aa ['a' in 'father'] Ää ['a' it 'cat'] Bb ['b' in 'big'] Cc ['c' in 'cat'] Dd ['d' in 'do'] Dh ['th' in 'that'] Ee [varies from the 'e' in 'café' to the 'e' in 'bed'] Ëë [ə] Ff ['f' in 'fire'] Hh [varies from the 'h' in 'hot' to a softer [x] sound] Ii [varies from 'i' in 'bromine' to the 'i' in 'big'] Ll ['l' in 'lamp'] Mm ['m' in 'man'] Nn ['n' in 'new'] Ng ['ng' in 'running' or 'ng' in 'anger' depending on the word] Oo [varies from the 'o' in 'orb' to the 'o' in 'octopus'] Pp ['p' in 'application'; usually not aspirated] Rr [can be 'r' as in spanish 'pero', 'r' as in 'miner', or a mixture of the two] Ss ['s' in 'snake'] Tt ['t' in 'tell'] Th ['th' in 'thin' but NOT the the 'th' in 'that'] Uu ['u' in 'rule', but in some dialects in may sound almost like a Canadian 'o'] Vv ['v' in 'very'] Ww or Üü ['w' in 'world'] Yy or Ïï ['y' in 'yet']
Rules:
The letters b, f, g, h, p, (v?), w, y, and (z?) never fall at the end of a word.
All nouns end in vowels, but there is no gender system.
Stress marks take precedence over all other stress rules.
The vowel before long consonants is always stressed, unless a stress mark indicates otherwise.
Stress naturally falls on the first syllable of a two-syllable word, and on the second-to-last syllable in a word with three syllables or more.
Long consonants at the ends of verbs do not need to be pronounced longer, they are there for the sole purpose of creating stress on the prior vowel, and for differentiating words such as "amón" (lookout) from "amonn" (to see).
More to come soon.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:51 pm
Sentence Structure: VSO
Verbs: Every verb ends in one of three special verb endings; ann, enn, or onn.
ANN VERB ENDINGS<< Infinitive: -ann Present: -á Past: -ésa Future: -ál Going to do / about to do: -áva Just did: -áca Have done: -ár Present progressive: -ánt Imperfect: -annca Subjunctive: -át Past progressive: -áma Passive voice: -ást
ENN VERB ENDINGS<< Infinitive: -enn Present: -é Past: -ésa Future: -él Going to do / about to do: -éva Just did: -éca Have done: -ér Present progressive: -ént Imperfect: -énnca Subjunctive: -ét Past progressive: -éma Passive voice: -ést
ONN VERB ENDINGS<< Infinitive: -onn Present: -í Past: -ís Future: -íl Going to do / about to do: -íva Just did: -íca Have done: -ír / -ór Present progressive: -ónt Imperfect: -onnca Subjunctive: -ót Past progressive: - óma Passive voice: -óst
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:13 pm
Cases Nom: No special case ending. Obj: -s Gen: -i
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:31 pm
Things I am working on right now:
• Stems / Relationships between words. • MOAR WURDZ.
If it seems a bit skimpy, those are the reasons why. I've got most of it, but I took it down to tweak. So, any thoughts on what's here so far are welcome. o-o
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 1:08 pm
English // Harléndemra
To Be // Sann Book // Vale Day // Neva To Have // Cäletlonn He // Me House // Sanca I // Sila Man // Tuola Morning // Vässo Music // Savelo Night // Mirna She // Le Song // Savva They // Satha Tree // Milä We // Hadha Woman // Tulla You // Mile
Articles - The // Am A // No equivalent.
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