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'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea.
'''Telnan''' /teɫnən/, endonym: '''Telná''' /telnaː/ is a Romance language spoken in the nation of Telna in the center of the Black Sea. Please excuse me if the page is not very fleshed out.
==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.
Telnan is an Indo-European Romance conlang, most similar to Romanian and Italian. However, some features do come from the earlier languages spoken on the island, and there are some loanwords from Slavic languages, Turkish and Romanian.
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==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels
|-
| [i], [iː] || [u], [uː]
|-
| [e], [eː] || [o], [ɔː]
|-
| [a], [aː] ||
|}
There are also two diphthongs:
[ʊ̯ɔ], [i̯e]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants
|-
| [p], [b] ||  || [t], [d] ||  ||  || [k], [g] ||  ||  ||
|-
| [m] ||  || [n] ||  || [ɲ] || [ŋ] ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  || [r] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| ''[β]'' || [f], [v] || [s], [z], [ʃ], [ʒ] ||  || [ç] || [x], ''[ɣ]'' ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  ||  ||  || [j] ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  ||  ||  || [ʎ] ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|  ||  || [t͡s], [d͡z], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ] ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|}
====Syllable structure====
====Syllable structure====
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.
Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel.
===Orthography===
 
===Phonology and orthography===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|+ Alphabet (with IPA)
|-
|-
| Aa  
| Aa  
| [a]
| /a/
|-
| Āā
| /aː/
|-
|-
| Bb  
| Bb  
| [b]
| /b/
|-
|-
| Cc  
| Cc  
| [t͡s]
| /d͡z/
|-
|-
| Čč
| Čč
| [t͡ʃ]
| /t͡ʃ/
|-
|-
| Dd  
| Dd  
| [d]
| /d/
|-
|-
| Ee  
| Ee  
| [e]
| /e/
|-
|-
| Éé
| Ēē
| [e] at start of word, [eː] otherwise
| /eː/
|-
|-
| Ff  
| Ff  
| [f]
| /f/
|-
|-
| Gg  
| Gg  
| [ɣ] before ''[i]'', [g] otherwise
| /g~ɣ/
|-
|-
| Hh  
| Hh  
| [x]
| /x/
|-
|-
| Ii  
| Ii  
| [i]
| /i/
|-
|-
| Íí
| Īī
| [i] at start of word, [iː] otherwise
| /iː/
|-
|-
| Jj  
| Jj  
| [j]
| /j/
|-
|-
| Kk  
| Kk  
| [k]
| /k/
|-
|-
| Ll  
| Ll  
| [l]
| /l/
|-
|-
| Mm  
| Mm  
| [m]
| /m/
|-
|-
| Nn  
| Nn  
| [ŋ] before ''[k]'' or ''[g]'', [n] otherwise
| /ŋ/ before velar consonants, /n/ otherwise
|-
|-
| Oo  
| Oo  
| [o]
| /o/
|-
|-
| Óó
| Ōō
| [o] at start of word, [oː] otherwise
| /ɔ/
|-
|-
| Pp  
| Pp  
| [p]
| /p/
|-
|-
| Qq  
| Qq  
| [k]
| /k/
|-
|-
| Rr  
| Rr  
| [r]
| /r/
|-
|-
| Ss  
| Ss  
| [s]
| /s/
|-
|-
| Šš  
| Šš  
| [ʃ]
| /ʃ/
|-
|-
| Tt  
| Tt  
| [t]
| /t/
|-
|-
| Uu  
| Uu  
| [u]
| /u/
|-
|-
| Úú
| Ūū
| [u] at start of word, [uː] otherwise
| /u:/
|-
|-
| Vv  
| Vv  
| [β] in consonant clusters, [v] otherwise
| /βʷ/ in consonant clusters, /v/ otherwise
|-
|-
| Xx
| Xx
| [ks] at end of word, [gz] otherwise
| /ks/ word-finally, /gz/ otherwise
|-
|-
| Yy
| Yy
| [i]
| /i/
|-
|-
| Zz
| Zz
| [z]
| /z/
|-
| Žž
| /ʒ/
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonant digraphs
|-
| ni || [ɲ]
|-
|-
| Żż
| li || [ʎ]
| [dz]
|-
|-
| Žž
| gy || [ç]
| [ʒ]
|}
|}


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In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords.


===Phonotactics===
==Morphology==


===Morphophonology===
====Morphosynactic alignment====
==Morphology==
Telnan is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_alignment nominative-accusative] language.
====Nouns====
The
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
===Constituent order===
===Word order===
The SVO (subject-verb-object) word order is used
===Noun phrase===
===Noun phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Dependent clauses===
===Dependent clauses===
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==='Be'===
 
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'.
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word.
==Example texts==
==Example texts==
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==Other resources==
==Other resources==
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