Thread: Vaqwí

After some refining:

Vaqwí [va.kwe:]

Alphabet:

abcdefghijlmnopqrstuvwz


Phonology:

<a á b d e é f g h i í j l m n o ó p q r s t u ú v w z>
/a a: b d e e: f g h i e:/i: y l m n o o: p k r s t @ u v w z/

<í> represents [i:] only when preceded by <r, t, m, or n> and is usually written as <î> for distinction.

<ss> is the only time having duplicate consonant increases the length of the consonant and is sometimes written as <ś>. All other occurrences are split by syllables.

Digraphs:

<ts dz zh/sh th>
/tS dZ Z T/

eu - /u/
ae - /a:/
ea - /e:/
au - /aw/
uu → ú - /u/

Diphthongs:

ua - /ua/
uo - /uo:/
ue - /we:/
iu - /e:w/

Diacritics:

Macrons are used over long vowels to indicate that the vowel is pronounced where they would otherwise be silenced or not pronounced, and diaeresis are used over short vowels.

<i> is a special vowel which has three forms; <i> [i] <í> [e:] and <î> [i:], where <î> and <í> may be interchangeable for both [e:] and [i:], depending on the surrounding consonants. It is for this reason that <i> forms no diphthongs.

Scenarios where this occurs:

At the end of a word when following <n, p, q or t> which is preceded by a vowel.
Where the vowel forms a diphthong, the macron/ diaeresis is used to indicate that the vowel be pronounced separate

Syllable Structure:

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Numbers:

1 - Sem
2 - Sún
3 - Ten
4 - Taq
5 - Baq
6 - Róva
7 - Rúdan
8 - Rita
9 - Dasa

10 - Që
20 - Be
30 - Tä
40 - Tē
50 - Rú
60 - Batä
70 - Baví
80 - Bála
90 - Qútë
100 - Qásï
1000 - Qozú
10000 - Qúze
100000 – Qadi

27 – Be-rúdan
1243 – Qozú-Semqásï Téten

This all of course a major WIP, but I don't think the phonology/ orthography will be changing any time soon

I'm almost done with the grammar. I'll post it up tomorrow with some translations.