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PostPosted: 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.
PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:13 pm


Cases
Nom: No special case ending.
Obj: -s
Gen: -i
PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: 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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