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Frase is a bit like Bahasa Indonesia in that it has a standard, but also much variation in incidental vocabulary and stress patterns. The general plan so far: Phonological 1. Palatal consonants become dentals. 2. Nasal vowels denasalize but gain or retain length; [&~], [a~] > [a:]; [O~] > [o:]; [2~] > [e:]. 3. The French vowel system collapses to a five vowel system; [i], [y] > [i]; [O], [o] > [o]; [E], [2], [e] > [e]; [u] > [u]; [a] > [a]. 4. [8] disappears if the speaker can handle the consonant cluster; otherwise it becomes [a]. 5. A non-phonemic [?] is inserted between two adjacent vowels. Morphological 1. Verbal roots derive from impersonal forms:ovwa [o:v"wa] `see'; os(a)lav [o:slav] `wash' 2. Personal affixes derive from phrases structured as "as for X"; amwa-, atwa-, alwi-, anu-, avu-, ae-. 3. Avoidance of homophony leads to adjustment (additional qualification) lalinsiel < /la lune-ciel/. 4. `la' and `le' are the universal singular and plural. 5. Grammatical gender has dissappears 6. Vowel-initial nouns are reanalyzed as beginning with /z/; lazo, lezo < -zo < lo, lezo `water' 7. The stress pattern of a personal affix is subordinate to that of the verbal root, but still analyzable as a distinct stress pattern 8. `?pa' is the negative suffix; `amwaovwa' `I see', `amwaovwapa' `I don't see'. 9. Object incorporation; `amwatovwa' `I see thee', `atwamoem' `Thou lovest me'. 10. Adjectival forms derive from the French masculine singular form; gra [gra:] < /grand/