User:Cameron Nedland/Graeko-Latina

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Graeko-Latina is my idea of the best constructable Auxlang. However, some people will find stuff the don't like, so it will probably never really succeed, so I'm mostly doing this for fun.

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[edit] Phonology

I designed the phonology so Greek and Latin words will have a good Pan-European sound to them.

[edit] Vowels

FU FR BR
Close i y u
Close-mid e ø o
Open-mid ɛ œ ɔ
Open a

[edit] Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ  
Plosive p  b t  d   k  g  
Affricate     ts tʃ  dʒ      
Fricative f  v θ s  z ʃ   x h
Approximant         j  
Lateral approximant   l ʎ    
Trill   r̥  r      
  labial-velar
approximant w

[edit] Orthography

Most letters represent their values in IPA, but some forms and combinations are taken from various European languages.

Vowels, one letter
IPA Pronunciation
A, a
a
E, e
e
I, i
i
O, o
o
U, u
u
Y, y
y
Vowels, two letters
IPA Pronunciation
Ae, ae
ɛ
Au, au
ɔ
Eu, eu
ø
Oe, oe
œ
Consonants, one letter
IPA Pronunciation
B, b
b
C, c
ʦ
D, d
d
F, f
f
G, g
g
H, h
h
K, k
k
L, l
l
M, m
m
N, n
n
P, p
p
R, r
r
S, s
s
T, t
t
V, v
v
X, x
ʃ
Z, z
z
Consonants, two letters
IPA Pronunciation
Ch, ch
x
Dz, dz
dʒ
Gn, gn
ɲ
Ll, ll
ʎ
Ng, ng
ŋ
Rh, rh
r̥
Th, th
θ
Tz, tz
tʃ
Semivowels
IPA Pronunciation
J, j
j
W, w
w

[edit] Grammar

Graeko-Latina has no inflections, information is transmitted using word order and qualifiers.