hlə⁷n m⁵un

 

hlə⁷n m⁵un hlëʔn mʔw'un
Type		isolating
Alignment		nominative accusative
Word Order		OSV
Head direction		medial
Tonal		No
Declensions		No
Conjugations		No
Topic-Prominence		Yes
Classes
Nouns decline according to...
Case		Number
Definiteness		Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice		Mood
Person		Number
Tense		Aspect

osswix's ugly proto-lang for the terne shared worldbuilding project.

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
					plain	labialized		plain	labialized
nasals		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
stops	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ	kʷʰ	qʰ
	plain	p	t		k	kʷ	q	ʔ	ʔʷ
	voiced	b	d		g	gʷ	ɢ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ		ɠ		ʛ
fricatives	plain	ɸ			x	xʷ		h	hʷ
	voiced	β	ð		ɣ	ɣʷ
	breathy	βʱ	ðʱ		ɣʱ	ɣʷʱ		ɦ	ɦʷ
sibilants	aspirated		sʰ	ɕʰ
	plain		s	ɕ
	voiced		z	ʑ
affricates	aspirated		ʦʰ	ʨʰ	ksʰ
	plain		ʦ	ʨ	ks
	voiced		ʣ	ʥ	gz
approximants			l	j	ɰ	w
trills		ʙ	r				ʀ
tap			ɾ

Palatal sibilants and affricates only appear before front and central vowels.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
			plain	nasalized
Close			u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ	ɔ̃
Open			ɑ	ɑ̃

Phonotactics

(C)(l/j/ɰ/w/ʙ/ʀ)(ʔ/ʔʰ)V(ʔ/ʔʰ)(C)

Writing Systems

Natural Notation

Sound	m	n	pʰ	tʰ	p	t	b	d	ɓ	ɗ	ɸ	β	ð	βʱ
Letter	m	n	ph'	th'	p	t	b	d	b	d	f	v	dh	vvh'
Sound	ðʱ	ɲ	sʰ	ɕʰ	s	ɕ	z	ʑ	ʦʰ	ʨʰ	ʦ	ʨ	ʣ	ʥ
Letter	ddh'	nj	sh'	xh'	s	x	z	j	tsh'	txh'	ts	tx	dz	dj
Sound	l	j	ʙ	r	ɾ	ŋ	ŋʷ	kʰ	kʷʰ	qʰ	k	kʷ	q	ʔ
Letter	l	y	rb'	r	rr'	ng	ngw'	kh'	kwh'	qh'	k	kw'	q	ʔ
Sound	ʔʷ	g	gʷ	ɢ	ɠ	ʛ	x	xʷ	h	hʷ	ɣʱ	ɣʷʱ	ɦ	ɦʷ
Letter	ʔw'	g	gw'	c	g	c	hkw'	hk'	h	hw'	ggh'	ggwh'	hh'	hhw'
Sound	ksʰ	ks	gz	ɰ	w	ʀ	u	ɛ	ə	ɔ	ɔ̃	ɑ	ɑ̃	1
Letter	ksh'	ks	gz	gj'	w	rg'	u	e	ë	o	õ	a	ã	'

1 is an hiatus between consonant, so it break possible consonant clusters.

ɣ and ɣʷ are written like their counterparts, just with one g less.

Eastern Scientific Notation

Sound	m	n	pʰ	tʰ	p	t	b	d	ɓ	ɗ	ɸ	β	ð	βʱ
Letter	m	n	p'	t'	p	t	b	d	b'	d'	f	v	dh	v²
Sound	ðʱ	ɲ	sʰ	ɕʰ	s	ɕ	z	ʑ	ʦʰ	ʨʰ	ʦ	ʨ	ʣ	ʥ
Letter	dh²	nʲ	s'	sʲ'	s	sʲ	z	zʲ	ts'	tsʲ'	ts	tsʲ	dz	dzʲ
Sound	l	j	ʙ	r	ɾ	ŋ	ŋʷ	kʰ	kʷʰ	qʰ	k	kʷ	q	ʔ
Letter	l	j	r³	r	ŕ	ng	ng³	k'	k³'	q'	k	k³	q	7 *
Sound	ʔʷ	g	gʷ	ɢ	ɠ	ʛ	x	xʷ	h	hʷ	ɣʱ	ɣʷʱ	ɦ	ɦʷ
Letter	7³ *	g	g³	c	g₂	c₂	kh	kh³	h	h³	gh	gh³	hh	hh³
Sound	ksʰ	ks	gz	ɰ	w	ʀ	u	ɛ	ə	ɔ	ɔ̃	ɑ	ɑ̃	1
Letter	ks'	ks	gz	g²	w	ř	u	e	ə	o	õ	a	ã	_

1 is an hiatus between consonant, so it break possible consonant clusters.

* the glottal stop is only written as 7 at the beginning of a word and if it is the only consonant of the coda, if it happens in between consonants and vowels it is written as a superscript ⁷. ʔʷ is written as a superscript ⁵.

ɣ and ɣʷ are written as /hg/ and /hg³/ respectively

Western Scientific Notation

Sound	m	n	pʰ	tʰ	p	t	b	d	ɓ	ɗ	ɸ	β	ð	βʱ
Letter	m	n	p²	t²	p	t	b	d	ḃ	ḋ	f	v	dh	vh
Sound	ðʱ	ɲ	sʰ	ɕʰ	s	ɕ	z	ʑ	ʦʰ	ʨʰ	ʦ	ʨ	ʣ	ʥ
Letter	dhh	jn	s²	š²	s	š	z	ž	ts²	ch²	ts	ch	dz	j
Sound	l	j	ʙ	r	ɾ	ŋ	ŋʷ	kʰ	kʷʰ	qʰ	k	kʷ	q	ʔ
Letter	l	y	br̀	r	ř	gn	gn³	k²	k²³	q²	k	k³	q	3'
Sound	ʔʷ	g	gʷ	ɢ	ɠ	ʛ	x	xʷ	h	hʷ	ɣʱ	ɣʷʱ	ɦ	ɦʷ
Letter	3³'	g	g³	c	ġ	ċ	hk	hk³	h	h³	hg	hg³	ḥ	ḥ³
Sound	ksʰ	ks	gz	ɰ	w	ʀ	u	ɛ	ə	ɔ	ɔ̃	ɑ	ɑ̃	1
Letter	x²	x	gz	jg³	w	ṛ	u	e	e³	o	oⁿ	a	aⁿ	'-

1 is an hiatus between consonant, so it break possible consonant clusters.

* the glottal stop is only written as 3' at the beginning of a word and if it is the only consonant of the coda, if it happens in between consonants and vowels it is written as a superscript  ³'. ʔʷ is written as a superscript ³³'.

ɣ and ɣʷ are written as /gh/ and /gh³/ respectively