Water Language

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Waterspeak {{{nativename}}}
Language Family	Water
Dialects	(Freshwater) (Saltwater)
Written Forms	(Knotted String)
Location
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Phonology

Consonants

• z (Eng: 'ruse')
• ʒ (Eng: 'rouge')
• n (Eng: 'run')
• ŋ (Eng: 'rung')

Vowels

• iː (Eng: 'key')
• eɪ (Eng: 'cane')
• aɪ (Eng: 'kite')
• ɛ (Eng: 'ken')
• æ (Eng: 'cat')
• ɝː (Eng: 'cur')
• ʌ (Eng: 'cult')
• ɑː (Eng: 'cop')
• aʊ (Eng: 'cow')
• ɔɪ (Eng: 'coy')
• ɔː (Eng: 'caw')
• ʊ (Eng: 'could')
• oʊ (Eng: 'cope')
• uː (Eng: 'cool')

Phonotactics

• BEWARE OF DIPTHONGS. If there's two vowels next to each other, assume dipthong FIRST.
• Duplicated vowels are a shift in pitch/register?
• Add the list of forms from the generator, later, lazyass

Morphology

Nouns

• Numerative markers? Plural? One-two-many?
• Case?

Pronouns

• Pronouns are genderless
• Pronouns exist for person, place, thing, abstract concept

Prepositions

• I expect we have some?

Syntax

• Word order
• Verb tenses

Lexicon

See: Water Language/Lexicon