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Updates on Si-ka, including name stability
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(Note: Minor updates are allowed here, in case this wasn't already known.)

The development of my language has definitely been sporadic, but I think I'm comfortable enough with the phonology and name of the language for those to stay constant. I still have it on GitHub, though under a different name, naturally. Also, most of that repository is (as of posting) inaccurate, though that should change soon.

The language is going to incorporate (along with non-expert friendly explanations that seem to be lacking at present):

As for what hasn't changed:

  • Everything is lexically and syntactically unambiguous, even when whispering.
  • The grammar is very simple.
  • The semantics, though unusual and relatively abstract at first, are designed to provide short, useful words that don't have good equivalents in other languages.

As always, I appreciate feedback, or things that you'd like to see translated.


Phonotactics, phonology, and orthography

Every word consists of a head and tail, which it meant to make word boundaries obvious. The head uses voiceless/aspirated versions of its phonemes, and the tail uses voiced/tenuis versions. The Latin orthography is purely phonemic, with an apostrophe <'> to indicate the head-tail division where ambiguous. IPA is also acceptable. Here's a pronunciation table:

letter head tail
k k g
t t d
p p b
g ŋ̊ ŋ
n n
m m
x x ɣ
r ɹ̝̊ ɹ̝
z ʃ ʒ
l ɬ ɮ
s s z
f ɸ β
u ɯ̊~ů ɯ~u
o ɤ̊~o̊ ɤ~o
a å a
e e
i i

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