Thãnat
Thãnat [ˈθɑːnat(ʰ)] is a language inspired by Welsh.
| Labial | Dental | (Post)alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Laryngeal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Lateral | Plain | Labial | |||||||
| Nasal | Plain | m̥ ⟨mh⟩ m | n̥ ⟨nh⟩ n | ɴ̥ ⟨ngh⟩ ɴ ⟨ng⟩ | ||||||
| Glottalized | ˀm ⟨'m⟩ | ˀn ⟨'n⟩ | ˀɴ ⟨'ng⟩ | |||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | ||||||
| Fricative | f ⟨ff⟩ v ⟨f⟩ | θ ⟨th⟩ | ʃ ⟨x⟩ ʒ ⟨j⟩ | ɬ ⟨s⟩ ɮ ⟨z⟩ | ç ⟨xh⟩ | x ⟨ch⟩ | ʍ ⟨vh⟩ | χ ⟨c⟩ | ħ ⟨hq⟩ | |
| Approximant | Plain | ɹ ⟨rq⟩ | l | w ⟨v⟩ | ||||||
| Glottalized | ˀl ⟨'l⟩ | ˀw ⟨'v⟩ | ||||||||
| Trill | Plain | r̥ ⟨rh⟩ r | ʀ ⟨gh⟩ | |||||||
| Glottalized | ˀr ⟨'r⟩ | |||||||||
Voiceless plosives are interchangably aspirated.
/n̥ n ˀn t d ɹ l ˀl/ become palatal [ɲ̥ ɲ ˀɲ c ɟ j ʎ ˀʎ] after /i iː/, and velar [ŋ̊ ŋ ˀŋ.
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
| High | i | iː ⟨ī⟩ | ɪ ⟨y⟩ ʊ ⟨w⟩ | ɪː ⟨ȳ⟩ ʊː ⟨w̄⟩ | u | uː ⟨ū⟩ |
| Mid | e | eː ⟨ē⟩ | ə ⟨ÿ⟩ | əː ⟨ỹ⟩ | o ⟨ö⟩ | oː ⟨õ⟩ |
| Low | ɛ ⟨ë⟩ | ɛː ⟨ẽ⟩ | a | aː ⟨ā⟩ | ɑ ⟨ä⟩ ɔ ⟨o⟩ | ɑː ⟨ã⟩ ɔː ⟨ō⟩ |
Lexicon
air: nhai [n̥ai]
bird: mwi [mʊi]
black: rymm [rɪmː]
blue: iud [iud]
book: toff [tɔf]
book series: tōff [tɔːf]
clothes: ftën [vtɛn]
cloud: rhū [r̥uː]
cloudy sky: rhūf [r̥uːv]
dirt: miks [mikɬ]
dog: ghirs [xirɬ]
ear: dai [dai]
fire: kac [kaχ]
grey: fidth [vidθ]
happy: kiuch [kiux]
hair: xai [ʃai]
music: këöllffw [kɛolːfʊ]
paper: kulws [kulʊɬ]
pen: taok [taɔk]
person: name [name]
phone: boji [bɔʒi]
puppy: ghyrs [xɪrɬ]
red: tejī [teʒiː]
robot: ghulkait [ʀulkaic]
rock: pähq [pɑħ]
shoe: tyvh [tɪʍ]
storm: nha'āi [n̥aʔaːi]
there is: tyn [tɪn]
to say: xhëlbin [çɛlbiɲ]
to use: komat [kɔmat]
to work (put effort): kuru [kuru]
water: lumm [lumː]
white: toëx [tɔɛʃ]
wind: nhāi [n̥aːi]