Aqqiik Constructed Language Project P4 by Viktor Medrano Initiated: 2006.04.04 Last modified: 2010.06.03 Inspiration: Arctic Aboriginal, Inuktitut; Finnish

Phonology Phonemic equivalents in IPA are given within slashes. Consonants   labial alveolar palatal velar uvular voiceless stop p /p/ t /t/   k /k/ q /q/ voiceless fricative   s /s/ hl /ɬ/       voiced v /v/ l /l/ j /j/ g /g/ r /R/ nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/     <hl> is a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative, sounded by placing the tongue so as to say /l/ and hissing out of one side of the mouth, as in Welsh <ll> or Icelandic <hl>. Uvular consonants are pronounced at the back of the throat. <j> is pronounced like <y> in English <yoyo>. Vowels   short long open front unrounded a /a/ aa /aː/ closed front unrounded i /i/ ii /iː/ closed back rounded u /u/ uu /uː/ Diphthongs: ai, au, ia, iu, ui, ua. Phonotactics C = consonant C: = geminated (double) consonant V = short vowel V: = long vowel D = diphthong Shapes of root morphemes:   V- V:- D- CV- CV:- CD- -CV VCV V:CV DCV CVCV CV:CV CDCV -C:V VC:V V:C:V DC:V CVC:V CV:C:V CDC:V -C:V: VC:V: V:C:V: DC:V: CVC:V: CV:C:V: CDC:V: -CD VCD V:CD DCD CVCD CV:CD CDCD -C:D VC:D V:C:D DC:D CVC:D CV:C:D CDC:D Stress is on the second syllable of a root morpheme. Basic Grammar Suffix Function null numberless substantive -k singular substantive -p dual substantive -t plural substantive -s verb -r adjective -ng adverb -m particles, prepositions, conjunctions A "substantive" is a noun or pronoun.