Leowaþa is a fictional language spoken* by about 7 million residents of Hwensa, making it Hwensa’s most widely spoken language. It has a rich history, and the plurality of Hwensa’s literature is written in it. I haven’t worked out dialects yet.
| [i] /i/ |
[ɯᵝ] /u/ |
| [e] /e/ |
[ɔ] /o/ |
| [a] /a/ |
Leowaþa’s vowels are pure, e.g. /ai/ would be realized as [a.i] and not [aɪ].
| [m] /m/ |
[n] /n/ |
[ɲ] /ɲ/, /nj/ |
[ŋ] /ŋ/, /ng/ |
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| [p] /p/ |
[b] /b/ |
[t] /t/ |
[d] /d/ |
[k] /k/ |
[g] /g/ |
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| [ɸ] /f/ |
[β] /v/ |
[θ] /θ/ |
[ð] /ð/ |
[s] /s/ |
[z] /z/ |
[ç] /xj/ |
[x] /x/ |
[ɣ] /ɣ/ |
[h] /x/ |
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| [ʍ] /xw/ |
[w] /w/ |
[j] /j/ |
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| [l̥] /xl/ |
[l] /l/ |
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| [r̥] /xr/ |
[r] /r/ |
[ŋg] and [ŋk] are allophones of /ng/ and /nk/, while [ŋ] without [g] or [k] is a seperate phoneme. Similarly, [ɲj] is an allophone of /nj/, while [ɲ] without [j] is usually a seperate phoneme (although sometimes an [ɲ] forms from an [ɲj] losing its [j], making it an allophone.)
The tool I used to generate the phonotactics table only spits out extremely crusty HTML tables which I am too lazy to clean up, so you’ll have to see it in PDF form*.
The second‐to‐last syllable is usually stressed (but not always, e.g. /ðom/‐declined words’ third‐to‐last syllables are stressed if possible.) Words sometimes run together, causing stress to get screwy.
Names and /θa/‐suffixed verbs are nouns.
Nouns and pronouns are declined as follows: nom: no change, acc: ◌̝ final vowel and /zla/ suffix, gen: ◌̝ final vowel and /ðom/ suffix, dat: /na/ suffix (e.g. leo, leuȝla, leuðom, leona.)
Verbs are conjugated for animacy of the subject, unless the statement is imperative. When the subject is inanimate, the verb’s suffix is /nom/. When the statement is imperative, the verb’s suffix is /m/ regardless of the subject’s animacy.