Thânat
Thânat [ˈθɑːnat(ʰ)] is a language inspired by Welsh.
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | (Post)alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Laryngeal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Lateral | Plain | Labial | |||||||
| Nasal | Voiceless | m̥ ⟨mh⟩ | n̥ ⟨nh⟩ | ɴ̥ ⟨ngh⟩ | ||||||
| Voiced | m | n | ɴ ⟨ng⟩ | |||||||
| Glottalized | ˀm ⟨'m⟩ | ˀn ⟨'n⟩ | ˀɴ ⟨'ng⟩ | |||||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ ⟨'⟩ | |||||
| Voiced | b | d | g | |||||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | f ⟨ff⟩ | θ ⟨th⟩ | ʃ ⟨x⟩ | ɬ ⟨s⟩ | ç ⟨xh⟩ | x ⟨ch⟩ | ʍ ⟨vh⟩ | χ ⟨c⟩ | ħ ⟨hq⟩ |
| Voiced | v ⟨f⟩ | ʒ ⟨j⟩ | ɮ ⟨z⟩ | ʀ ⟨gh⟩ | ||||||
| Trill | Voiceless | r̥ ⟨rh⟩ | ||||||||
| Voiced | r | |||||||||
| Glottalized | ˀr ⟨'r⟩ | |||||||||
| Approximant | Plain | ɹ ⟨rq⟩ | l | w ⟨v⟩ | ||||||
| Glottalized | ˀl ⟨'l⟩ | ˀw ⟨'v⟩ | ||||||||
Voiceless plosives are interchangably aspirated.
Coda /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 k g ɰ ʟ ˀʟ].
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Unrounded | Rounded | Short | Long | |||
| Short | Long | Short | Long | |||||
| Close | i | iː ⟨ī⟩ | ɨ ⟨í⟩ | ɨː ⟨î⟩ | ʉ ⟨ú⟩ | ʉː ⟨û⟩ | u | uː ⟨ū⟩ |
| Near-close | ɪ ⟨y⟩ | ɪː ⟨ȳ⟩ | ʊ ⟨w⟩ | ʊː ⟨w̄⟩ | ||||
| Close-mid | e ⟨é⟩ | eː ⟨ê⟩ | ə ⟨ý⟩ | əː ⟨ŷ⟩ | o ⟨ó⟩ | oː ⟨ô⟩ | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ ⟨e⟩ | ɛː ⟨ē⟩ | ɔ ⟨o⟩ | ɔː ⟨ō⟩ | ||||
| Open | a | aː ⟨ā⟩ | ɑ ⟨á⟩ | ɑː ⟨â⟩ | ||||
Lexicon
Grammatical Particles
accusative (to):
- affected accusative: unn [uŋː]
- unaffected accusative: el [ɛl]
superessive (above): án [ɑn]
A
air: nhai [n̥ai]
animal: gonxý [gɔnʃə]
B
bird: míi [mɨi]
black: rymm [rɪmː]
blue: iúd [iʉd]
book: toff [tɔf]
book series: tōff [tɔːf]
C
clothes: ften [vtɛn]
cloud: rhū [r̥uː]
cloudy sky: rhūf [r̥uːv]
coffee: rāith [raːiθ]
D
day: aivín [aiwɨn]
dirt: miks [mikɬ]
dog: chirs [xirɬ]
E
ear: dai [dai]
F
fire: kac [kaχ]
G
green: rī [riː]
grey: fidth [viɟθ]
H
happy: kiuch [kiux]
hair: xai [ʃai]
I
idea: kwmach [kʊmax]
J
jade: hqalimd [ħalimd]
K
L
M
machine: giwx [giʊʃ]
music: keóllffw [kɛolːfʊ]
N
night: krīd [kriːɟ]
O
P
paper: kulws [kulʊɬ]
pen: taok [taɔk]
person: namé [name]
phone: boji [bɔʒi]
plant: kóix [koiʃ]
- flowering plant: kóith [koiθ]
puppy: chyrs [xɪrɬ]
Q
R
red: téjī [teʒiː]
robot: ghulkait [ʀuʟkaic]
rock: páhq [pɑħ]
S
shoe: tyvh [tɪʍ]
storm: nha'āi [n̥aʔaːi]
T
there is: tyn [tɪn]
to say: xhelbin [çɛlbiɲ]
to use: komat [kɔmat]
to work (put effort): kuru [kuru]
U
V
W
water: lumm [lumː]
white: toex [tɔɛʃ]
wind: nhāi [n̥aːi]