Zuman Language

The Zuman Langauge is a language of the Valruzian Federation spoken primarily in Tirkalara state, and also in Bandorra. Contents [hide]

* 1 Alphabet * 2 Phonology o 2.1 Plosives o 2.2 Nasals o 2.3 Fricatives o 2.4 Approximates o 2.5 Vowels o 2.6 Stress o 2.7 Syllable Structure * 3 Verbs o 3.1 Tense o 3.2 Aspect o 3.3 Voice o 3.4 Infinitives * 4 Inflection * 5 Pronouns * 6 Declension * 7 Adjectives and Adverbs * 8 Syntax o 8.1 Word order o 8.2 Subordinate clauses o 8.3 Relative clauses * 9 Dictionary

[edit] Alphabet

The Zumans have traditionally used a syllabic writing system. For the purposes of exposition all words are transcribed into the Latin Alphabet. [edit] Phonology

Phoneme representation uses X-SAMPA [edit] Plosives

B /p/ unvoiced bilabial plosive as in Parrot T /t, d/ unvoiced alveolar plosive as in Toucan; the grapheme  is only used by speakers of the Valruzian Language, while the [d] phone is actually an allophone of [t] K /k/ unvoiced velar plosive as in Kestrel Q /q/ unvoiced uvular plosive [edit] Nasals

M /m/ nasal bilabial as in Merlin N /n/ nasal alveolar as in Nuthhatch [edit] Fricatives

V /v/ voiced labio-dental fricative as in Vengeance Z /z/ voiced alveolar fricative as in Zebra S /z`/ voiced retroflex fricative X /X/ voiced velar fricative H /h/ unvoiced glottal fricative as in Hawk [edit] Approximates

L /l/ alveolar lateral approximant as in Light R /r\/ alveolar approximant as in Run W /v\/ labiodental approximant [edit] Vowels

A /A/ open back unrounded E /E/ open mid-front unrounded I /I/ near-close near-front unrounded O /o/ close back rounded U /}/ close central rounded Y /y/ close front rounded [edit] Stress [edit] Syllable Structure [edit] Verbs [edit] Tense [edit] Aspect [edit] Voice [edit] Infinitives [edit] Inflection [edit] Pronouns [edit] Declension

Zuman makes use of four cases: The nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. [edit] Adjectives and Adverbs [edit] Syntax [edit] Word order [edit] Subordinate clauses [edit] Relative clauses [edit] Dictionary

* hin = middle * lara = valley * mow = flat * qan = land * tirka = large * súd = south * xod = north * zid = dry * zidor = desert

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