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Caerimoscnë

2026-05-23T01:29:42Z

A-friendly-ghost: omg i discovered this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Languages/Template#Writing_system and it is like a godsend honestly this helps so much

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Brausian languages|Brausian language]] native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by particular groupings of and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how phonemes behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?), and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in the (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
The table above provides a general overview of the phonemic consonants of Caerimoscnë. However, from the perspective of the many morphophonological processes in Caerimoscnë which occur upon affixation, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of this morphophonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, the use of voiced consonant letters to transcribe them is merely convention. Refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this rearrangement of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

Caerimoscnë also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which with the exception of /r/ may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/. However these consonants may still appear at the ends of morphemes in their underlying forms, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone. The lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants. This occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Writing system ==
The Caerimoscnë language uses its own unique (SCRIPT NAME) script, an abugida-like writing system with letters for consonants to which vowel diacritics attach.

== Grammar ==
Caerimoscnë is a polysynthetic language, which allows a heavy amount of inflection on both nouns and verbs. It has no grammatical gender, unlike the majority of Brausian languages. Nouns inflect for case, number and definiteness, and may be inflected for possessor. Caerimoscnë lacks individual declensions, and instead declines nouns through separate agglutinative affixes for each category they inflect for. There are five numbers and six base case forms which may take additional suffixes to form a total of eighteen actual cases. Verbs inflect for person and number, and rather than having a set number of tense forms, allow a wide range of different affixes to be added and combined in different positions throughout the verb for tense, aspect, mood and derivational purposes. Verbs in Caerimoscnë also allow for the marking of non-subject arguments, as well as for noun incorporation. Adjectives are verb-like rather than noun-like as in most Brausian languages, and may take all the same marking as verbs; functionally Caerimoscnë possesses no separate 'adjective' word class.

== Vocabulary ==
[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2026-05-23T00:31:07Z

A-friendly-ghost: made it more normal (why was it written so weirdly tbh it is still written weirdly)

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Brausian languages|Brausian language]] native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by particular groupings of and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how phonemes behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?), and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
The table above provides a general overview of the phonemic consonants of Caerimoscnë. However, from the perspective of the many morphophonological processes in Caerimoscnë which occur upon affixation, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of this morphophonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, the use of voiced consonant letters to transcribe them is merely convention. Refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this rearrangement of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

Caerimoscnë also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which with the exception of /r/ may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/. However these consonants may still appear at the ends of morphemes in their underlying forms, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone. The lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants. This occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Kzmr language

2026-05-23T00:08:11Z

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<nowiki>{{delete|Page topic no longer exists.}}</nowiki>{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Kzmr|NativeLanguage={{Kzmr|KZMR`}}|NativePronunciation=[[w:Help:IPA|[kəzamr̩ tɵ̞ðr̩]]]|Speakers=3.4 million|LanguageFamily=[[Proto-Ukilen]]|WritingSystem=[[Ukilen logographs#Traditional|Traditional Ukilen]]|OfficialLanguage=[[Baphia]], [[Kzmr]]|3Lettercode=KZM}}'''Kzmr''' ({{Kzmr|KZMR`}} ''tþru Kzmrk'', pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[tɵ̞ðr̩ kəzamrak]]]) is a [[Proto-Ukilen]] [[w:dialect continuum|dialect continuum]] spoken in [[Kzmr]] and some parts of western [[Baphia]] primarily by the [[Kzmrš|Kkzmrš]]. It is the official language of Kzmr itself, and also held official status in the former [[Kzmr Autonomous Country]].

Collectively, the varieties of the Kzmr language form the Kzmric branch of the Proto-Ukilen family. The dialect continuum as a whole is [[w:Pluricentric language|pluricentric]], with the [[Srn Kzmr|Srn]] variety having prestige status in most of the country and [[Šžtcu Kzmr|Šžtcu]] being dominant in the far north. All varieties of the language are written in [[Traditional Ukilen logographs|traditional Ukilen]].

The various Kzmr lects share a consistent [[w:Diaphoneme|diaphoneme]] inventory noteworthy for having two separate 'null' phonemes as well as wholly lacking phonemic vowels.

== History ==

=== Šzþ Kzmr ===

Due to the lack of phonetic writing in early Kzmr usages of traditional Ukilen, it is difficult to delineate the history of the language cluster into separate periods. Nonetheless, the variety used in the [[Šzþ|ššzþ]], or traditional epic poems of the Kkzmrš, has various distinctive syntactical features not shared with modern varieties, and is thus classified by linguists as the distinct Šzþ Kzmr form. Some bionyms in the [[Baphian language|Baphian]] and [[Jkawi language|Jkawi]] languages are speculated to be loaned from this early variety.

=== Modern Kzmr ===

== Diaphonology ==

== Orthography ==

== Noun morphology ==

Though Kzmr preserves the original nine cases of Proto-Ukilen (albeit with the dative and locative being homophonous outside of pronouns), most other aspects of Proto-Ukilen noun morphology are either eroded or completely overhauled. Firstly, the animacy distinction is removed, with the original animate case endings having far more widespread reflexes in Kzmr. Secondly, the dual no longer exists and pluralization is instead marked, except in some irregular nouns, by reduplication of the first consonant (excluding, of course, //∅//).

=== Carrier nouns ===

In Kzmr, carrier nouns are nouns comprised of a declined carrier root prefixed to an indeclinable nominal root. There are two different carrier roots used in Kzmr, being the standard root ''t-'' and the honorific root ''þks-''. The former, along with its case affix, is attached directly to the word and is affected by the relevant prosody, whereas the latter uses the declension patterns of pronouns and is considered to be the first half of a compound. While nouns using the honorific carrier are usually merely [[w:Honorific speech in Japanese#Honorific prefixes|''bikago'']]-analogous forms of standard nouns (thought to be an areal feature influenced by Baphian), nouns using the standard carrier are almost always obligatory and the root usually only applies to proper nouns and recent loanwords, although there are sporadic unconventional uses of each.

There is also a much rarer carrier with primarily negative affect, ''thn-'', which patterns like ''t-''. Though commonly translated as "damned [noun]", it can also be associated with emotional valences besides contempt, such as shock or fear.

=== ''Vocativa tantum'' ===

A ''vocativum tantum'' is a noun which appears solely in the vocative case. To be used in other syntactic roles, it must be used in conjunction with a classifier noun. Though these overlap with mass nouns, not all mass nouns are ''vocativa tantum'' and vice versa. For instance, "caribou" in the nominative is phrased as ''dždu xhvnmi'' (<code>CLF caribou-VOC</code>). ''Vocativa tantum'' are pluralized by pluralizing the classifier rather than the classified noun.

=== Defective nouns ===

Defective nouns are a variety of indeclinable nouns which are assigned their syntactic role by using one of two topical postpositions and replacing their intended place in the sentence with a pronominal. The two topical postpositions are ''bþ'', used when the topic takes an agentive or patientive role, and ''nn'' used otherwise. Baphian loans, as well as abbreviated forms of Kzmr nouns, are frequently defective nouns. Take the following sentence, for instance:

''''Kshkhi bþ hhnry þ' h'u.''' <code>kuzeke.elang TOP play-PRES.IMPF 1-NOM 3.INAM-ACC</code> ''I play [[kuzeke elang]].''

The literal meaning of this expression could be translated as "As for kuzeke elang, I play it."

=== Table ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Case
! þ' (I)
! dgšu (bird)
! Srn ([[Srn]])
! þksatrs (bat ''(hon.)'')
! *xhhny (caribou)
|-
| Nominative
| þ'
| dgšu
| Srn, tSrn
| þksatrs
| gdu xhhnmy
|-
| Accusative
| þ'u
| dgšgu
| tgSrn
| þksutrs
| gdgu xhhnmy
|-
| Dative
| þ'
| dgšvu
| tvSrn
| þksatrs
| gdvu xhhnmy
|-
| Genitive
| þž
| dgšku
| tkSrn
| þksžatrs
| gdku xhhnmy
|-
| Ablative
| þ'
| dgšdu
| tdSrn
| þksatrs
| gddu xhhnmy
|-
| Vocative
| rowspan="3" | þ'i
| dgšmu
| tmSrn
| rowspan="3" | þksitrs
| xhhnmy
|-
| Locative/Instrumental
| dgšvu
| tvSrn
| gdvu xhhnmy
|-
| Allative
| dgšhnu
| thnSrn
| gdhnu xhhnmy
|-
| Adessive
| þ'u
| dgšzu
| tzSrn
| þksutrs
| gdzu xhhnmy
|}

== Word formation ==

=== Compounding strategies ===

Kzmr compounding usually undergoes a type of sandhi where multisyllabic words in which the last epenthetic vowel was originally unstressed, the following word does not begin with //H// or //∅//, and the last consonant is not already //∅//, have //∅// appended.

Many multimorphemic words in Kzmr are formed by compounding; the resultant words are classified into various types based on the nature of the compound. The vocative strategy of compounding, inherited from Proto-Ukilen, is in modern Kzmr only one of several. The types are as follows:

==== Verbal-nominal and pseudoverbal-nominal (*''Tatpuruṣa'') ====

One common form of compound is the the verbal-nominal, stemming from a verb participle followed by a noun taking one of the seven oblique cases in Kzmr to create an adjective:

(THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE FIXED UNTIL I ACTUALLY READD PARTICIPLES

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Word !! Translation !! Case
|-
| mhsn'innmþþgi || killing hyenas || Accusative
|-
| kksn'axxdv'i || fighting for Sirius, fighting on behalf of Sirius || Dative
|-
| tgbn'akrtšku || forged out of steel || Genitive
|-
| 'rnn'iddžbrd || having come from the mountains || Ablative
|-
| mhsbnn'izkrtmv || having been killed with a lance || Locative/Instrumental
|-
| bþrn'annrþhni || facing towards the stars || Allative
|-
| shdn'itrgzi || standing in the road || Adessive
|}

The pseudoverbal-nominal is a similar construction in which the verb is replaced with a deverbal noun which can be given a case, such as ''mhscsi'bhg'' "patricidist" and ''mhscsvi'bhg'' "to the patricidist".

== Sentence structure ==

Kzmr word order is primarily VSO.

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2026-01-17T23:48:06Z

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{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Brausian languages|Brausian language]] native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
The table above provides a general overview of the phonemic consonants of Caerimoscnë. However, Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation, and when looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, however these consonants may still appear at the ends of roots and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2026-01-17T23:46:55Z

A-friendly-ghost: it's called brausian now

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Brausian languages|Brausian language]] native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
The table above provides a general overview of the phonemic consonants of Caerimoscnë. However, Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation, and when looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, however these consonants may still appear at the ends of roots and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2025-07-30T18:56:09Z

A-friendly-ghost: /* Consonants */

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
The table above provides a general overview of the phonemic consonants of Caerimoscnë. However, Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation, and when looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, however these consonants may still appear at the ends of roots and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2025-03-27T19:01:22Z

A-friendly-ghost: b

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series comes in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in the morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, however these consonants may still appear at the ends of roots and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2025-01-21T19:33:43Z

A-friendly-ghost:

{{Infobox:Language|LanguageName=Caerimoscnë|NativeLanguage=caerimoscnë|LanguageNPrnnctn=[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]|LanguageFamily=[[Mallo-Brausian]]|WritingSystem=PLACEHOLDER|3LetterCode=CAE|OfficialLanguage=[[Caerimrodhë]]|Speakers=PLACEHOLDER}}
Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tonal
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tonal
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tonal
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tonal
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tonal
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tonal
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tonal" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tonal consonant phoneme receives a high tone. The tonal consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tonal equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

[[Category:Languages]]

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-10T18:49:03Z

A-friendly-ghost: peak is coming

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

It also permits the phonemes /m/, /n/, /ɲ/, /r/ and /l/ to act as syllable nuclei, which may also be long.

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion", as well as hiatus between short vowels. All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes. Certain sequences such as a plosive followed by /j/, or an /u/ adjacent to an /y/ are disallowed, and certain phonemes are not permitted at the ends of words, such as /θ/ and /h/, and therefore only surface upon suffixation.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel (or syllabic resonant) directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

== Grammar ==

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-09T22:52:43Z

A-friendly-ghost: rom

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) ''wthvrué'' /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-08T15:27:48Z

A-friendly-ghost: /* History */

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

(DIASPORA AND HISTORY STUFF HERE)

Caerimoscnë's phonology is governed extensively by a series of groups and correspondences between phonemes, which dictate how they behave in different morphological environments. It is a largely polysynthetic language, uniquely for a member of the Mallo-Brausian family (VALIDATE: is this true in bw?) and allows for high levels of inflection on both nouns and verbs. Caerimoscnë is written in its own (SCRIPT NAME) script, a phonemic writing system also used for various minority languages of the area, such as Caerimrodhë Anhic and (PLACEHOLDER).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-08T00:33:06Z

A-friendly-ghost: /* Tone */

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than as separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone, where the lower can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone, due to being much more common, and because it can be overridden by a high tone in certain grammatical contexts.

A vowel directly preceding a tone-causing phoneme receives a high tone. The tone-causing consonants are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts, and the use of voiced consonant symbols to represent them in phonemic transcription is merely a convention. Vowels can also carry a high tone themselves, irrespective of following consonants, which occurs less frequently than consonant induced tone, and is most commonly seen in certain grammatical markers. This innate tone also behaves differently than consonant induced tone, being that two consecutive syllables cannot both carry it; consonant induced tone has no such restriction.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-07T19:15:58Z

A-friendly-ghost: i am trying so hard to sound like wikipedia aaa

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation. In terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As seen in this presentation of the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. Another notable feature is that the consonants of Caerimoscnë's coronal series come in pairs of alveolar versus palatalized, which plays a part in certain morphological processes in the language. The palatalized equivalent for the approximants, /ɾʲ/ and /lʲ/, have merged with the clusters /ɾj/ and /lj/, though the distinction is still maintained for other consonants of the coronal series.

The phonemic status of /w/ and /j/ as consonants is arguable, as they pattern regularly with their corresponding high vowels /u/ and /i/. There is also a marginally phonemic semivowel /ɥ/, which likewise patterns regularly with the vowel /y/, but is also pronounced when /w/ and /j/ come into contact.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}
Caerimoscnë has ten vowel qualities, with each distinguishing length with a long and short equivalent. The mid vowels /e/, /o/ and /ø/ are most often true mid vowels [e̞], [o̞] and [ø̞], and the phoneme /a/ can vary between central [ä] and back [ɑ] depending on speaker. Caerimoscnë does not have a specific set of phonemic diphthongs, but sequences of any vowel followed by /i/ /u/ or /y/ are pronounced with a non-syllabic second element, which may be heard as slightly centralized ([ɪ̯], [ʊ̯] and [ʏ̯]).

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone. The lower is far more common than the higher, and can be analyzed rather as a default tone, or as the absence of tone.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-04T21:01:56Z

A-friendly-ghost: oops i forhot these

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation.

The following is a table showing the consonants of Caerimoscnë as they are pronounced.

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}However, in terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described like this:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|d͡z
|d͡ʑ
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|v
|ð
|z
|ʑ
|ʝ
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As shown in the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. This table also shows the patterning between plain and palatalized equivalences for the coronal series.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone. The lower is far more common than the higher, and can be analyzed rather as the absence of tone.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-04T20:59:11Z

A-friendly-ghost: stuff

Caerimoscnë ((SCRIPT HERE), pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen to occur at morpheme boundaries upon affixation. When looking at these processes, certain consonant phonemes in some cases pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation.

The following is a table showing the consonants of Caerimoscnë as they are pronounced.

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}However, in terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described like this:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
Note: for the "tone-causing" obstruents, refer to the section on Tone.

As shown in the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate. This table also shows the patterning between plain and palatalized equivalences for the coronal series.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i iː
|y yː
|ɨ ɨː
|u uː
|-
!Mid
|e eː
|ø øː
|ə əː
|o oː
|-
!Low
|æ æː
|
|a aː
|
|}

=== Phonotactics ===
Caerimoscnë's syllable structure allows for large consonant clusters, including those which violate the sonority hierarchy, e.g. (SCRIPT HERE) /fθfɾweː/ "to blow a dandelion".

All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant, rather than separate phonemes.

=== Tone ===
Caerimoscnë is a tonal language, distinguishing two tones, a lower and a higher tone. The lower is far more common than the higher, and can be analyzed rather as the absence of tone.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-03T03:00:15Z

A-friendly-ghost: started

Caerimoscnë (pronunciation: [[w:Help:IPA|[t͡se̞ɾʲimo̞ɕt͡ɕɲə]]]) is a [[Mallo-Brausian]] language native to the Brausian country of [[Caerimrodhë]]. It is also spoken in (GFHGJFGJKSJ).

== History ==
Within the Mallo-Brausian language family, Caerimoscnë appears to exist on a separate branch from all other extant Mallo-Brausian languages.

== Phonology ==
Caerimoscnë's phonology involves many morphophonological processes that can be seen when words are affixed. In some cases, certain consonant phonemes pattern differently to their phonetic pronunciation when looking at these processes.

The following is a table showing the consonants of Caerimoscnë as they are pronounced.

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Dental
!Alveolar
!Alveolo-Palatal
!Palatal
!Velar
!Uvular
!Glottal
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|n̥
|
|ɲ̊
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Plosive
|p
|
|t
|
|c
|k
|q
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|
|
|h
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|
|j
|
|
|
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|
|
|
|
|
|}
All consonants apart from /w/, /j/, /ɾ/, /h/, and the voiceless resonants are able to be geminated, though this may be better analyzed as a sequence of two of the same consonant.

However, in terms of phonological patterning, the consonants may be better described like this:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! rowspan="2" |Dental
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Palatal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
|-
!Plain
!Palatalized
|-
! rowspan="2" |Nasal
!Voiced
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|
|(ŋ)
|-
!Voiceless
|ʍ
|
|n̥
|ɲ̊
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!Non-tone-causing
|p
|
|t
|c
|
|k
|-
!Tone-causing
|b
|
|d
|ɟ
|
|g
|-
! rowspan="2" |Affricate
!Non-tone-causing
|p͡f
|
|t͡s
|t͡ɕ
|
|q
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
!Non-tone-causing
|f
|θ
|s
|ɕ
|ç
|h
|-
!Tone-causing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Approximant
!Voiced
|w
|
|ɾ l
|ɾʲ~rj lʲ~lj
|j
|
|-
!Voiceless
|
|
|ɾ̥ l̥
|ɾ̥ʲ~ɾ̥j l̥ʲ~l̥j
|
|
|}
As shown in the table, the phoneme /ʍ/ in fact patterns as the voiceless counterpart to /m/, and /q/ patterns as the dorsal affricate.

The term "tone-causing" when discussing Caerimoscnë refers to consonants which give a high tone to a preceding vowel. They pattern as separate phonemes, or perhaps diaphonemes, since they are pronounced identically to their non-tone-causing equivalents in all contexts.

This table also shows the patterning between plain and palatalized coronal consonants, which forms the basis of Caerimoscnë's highly pervasive palatalization process.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Central
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!Close
|i
|y
|ɨ
|u
|-
!Mid
|e
|ø
|ə
|o
|-
!Low
|æ
|
|a
|
|}
All vowels also have long equivalents.

Caerimoscnë

2024-12-03T00:21:00Z

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Caerimoscnë is a langauge 👍

Caerimrodhë

2024-12-03T00:19:45Z

A-friendly-ghost: initial

Caerimrodhë is a country 👍