Áenadhelic
  1. Notes

Áenadhelic

Áenadhelic is the language of the Áena ya Dhía during the first years of the world. 

Inspiration/Style

Áenadhelic is based solely on Irish Gaelic and some other Goidelic Languages such as Manx and Scottish Gaelic.

Spreadsheet

Phonology

Consonants

Labial

Dental

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Plosive

p b


t d


k g


Nasal

m


n




Trill



r




Fricative

f v

θ ð

s


x ɣ

h

Approxoment



l

j

w


Vowels

Front

Central

Back

Diphthongs

Close

i i:

u

aɪ̯, aʊ̯, əʊ̯, eɪ̯

Near Close

ɪ

ʊ

ɔɪ̯, iə

Neutral

ə (ɚ)

Open Mid

ɛ

ʌ, ɔ

Near Open

æ

Opena
ɑ
Examples:
[briˈ.dar.ti.na]Brídartína
[leɪ̯ˈ.ɣlɪ.n]Láeghlin
[aɪ̯ˈ.nɛx.ta]Ainechta

Stress

Usually the first syllable of every word will be stressed, though there are some exceptions and some special rules.

Usually, a suffix will be skipped over and the next syllable will be stressed.

Romanization:

IPARomanized
pp
bb
tt
dd
kc
gg
mm
nn
rr
ff
vv
θth
ðdh
ss
xch
ɣgh
ll
jy
ww
hh

i i:

é (-y) ea

u

ú

ɪ

i

ʊ

ə (ɚ)

u

ɛ

e

ʌ

u

ɔ

o

æ

æ

a

a

ɑ

á

aɪ̯

Ai

aʊ̯

ó

əʊ̯

au

eɪ̯

áe (-ë)

ɔɪ̯

oi

ía

ɛr (er)

air

Phonotactics

Syllable Structure

The Áenadhelic syllable structure is roughly (c)(c)v(c)(c)(c) 

Sound position 


Onset sounds: all consonants - 

Nucleus sounds: all vowels and diphthongs 

Coda sounds: all consonants - 

Word Order

Áenadhelic word order is almost entirely head final 

SOV 

Adjective - Noun

Noun - relative clause

Demonstrative - noun

(an+inan)Numeral - noun

Noun - (ordinal)Numeral

Possessive - noun

Genitive - noun

Adverb - Adjective

Origin - Material - Purpose - Color - Age - Size - Opinion - Quantifier

Verb - auxiliary

Auxiliary order: Modal - Negative - Aspect - Question

Time - Manner - Place


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Etymology and Translation/Language

Etymology:

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Translations:

AES:

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Other:

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