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'''Ldon''' /ldo̞n/ is a language spoken in [[Verse:Tricin/ | '''Ldon''' (native pronunciation: /ldo̞n/, English pronunciation: /lədɒn/ luh-DON) is a language spoken in [[Verse:Tricin/Ldonjama|Ldonjama]]. | ||
Numbers: ''pad noz doja wić heko ldov hawo zjop lkam bot'' | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
p t k b d v s z ś ź h c ć m n w l j a e i o u /p t k b d v s z ɕ ʑ h ts tɕ m n w l j a e i o u/ | |||
p t k b d v s z ś ź h c ć m n l j a e i o u | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The acceptable initial consonant clusters are lp, lb, lt, ld, lk, sm, sn, | The acceptable initial consonant clusters are lp, lb, lt, ld, lk, sm, sn, sw, sj, zm, zn, zv, zj, tm, kn, pn, tw, kw and dw. | ||
Hiatus is allowed. | Hiatus is allowed, e.g. ''hoap'' = oblique I form of ''hoc'' 'son' | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
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Ldon has a process of consonant gradation which works with certain suffixes, as in Finnish. The rules are: | Ldon has a process of consonant gradation which works with certain suffixes, as in Finnish. The rules are: | ||
*p -> | *p -> w | ||
*b, m -> l | *b, m -> l | ||
*t -> z | *t -> z | ||
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*The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | *The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | ||
Examples: ''znam'' (field); oblique I form ''znalap''; oblique II ''znama'' | Examples: ''znam'' (field); oblique I form ''znalap''; oblique II/vocative ''znama'' | ||
''swelek'' (rainbow; the final k is from *-tk); oblique I form ''swelecap'', oblique II/vocative form ''sweleka'' | |||
''hulu'' (mite); oblique I ''hulup'', oblique II ''hulua'' | |||
Ldon verbs inflect for pluractionality. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||