Laecen [LAEC]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Place & SpeakersLaecen is spoken in Kariaes.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Laecen
LÀCEN
Laecen
Nouns:
Cases: NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument,GENGenitive (case)
possessive,DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location,ABLAblative (case)
away from,ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient,VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
Numbers: SGSingular (number)
one countable entity,PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
Genders: MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male,FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female,NEUTNeuter (gender)
neutral or neuter
Verbs:
Tense/Aspect: PREPresent,IPRFImperfect (aspect/tense)
was verb-ing,FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech,PERFPerfect (aspect/tense)
have verb-ed,PLUPPluperfect (tense)
anterior action
Voices: ACTActive voice (valency, volition)
the subject acts, voluntarily,PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed
Mood: INDIndicative mood (mood)
a common form of realis,SJVSubjunctive (TAM)
hypothetical ,INFInfinitive (TAM)
non-tensed verb,IMPImperative (mood)
command,GERGerund
verbal noun
Numbers: SGSingular (number)
one countable entity,PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
Persons: 1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I,2Second person (person)
addressee (you),3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee
Nouns:
Cases: NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument,GENGenitive (case)
possessive,DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location,ABLAblative (case)
away from,ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient,VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
Numbers: SGSingular (number)
one countable entity,PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
Genders: MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male,FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female,NEUTNeuter (gender)
neutral or neuter
Verbs:
Tense/Aspect: PREPresent,IPRFImperfect (aspect/tense)
was verb-ing,FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech,PERFPerfect (aspect/tense)
have verb-ed,PLUPPluperfect (tense)
anterior action
Voices: ACTActive voice (valency, volition)
the subject acts, voluntarily,PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed
Mood: INDIndicative mood (mood)
a common form of realis,SJVSubjunctive (TAM)
hypothetical ,INFInfinitive (TAM)
non-tensed verb,IMPImperative (mood)
command,GERGerund
verbal noun
Numbers: SGSingular (number)
one countable entity,PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
Persons: 1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I,2Second person (person)
addressee (you),3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee
Sample of Laecen[view] Canína zivis in bucele exos arborom
The dog is tied in front of the tree.[view all texts]
The dog is tied in front of the tree.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸʰ | v | sʰ | ʃʰ | ɕʰ | x | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | [w]2 | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | kʍ | (jæɯ) |
- prevelar, allophone of /n/
- pre-vocalic, allophone of /u/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e e: | ɤ | o o: | |||||
| Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ: | ɜ | ʌ | |||||
| Near-open | [ɐ]3 | |||||||
| Open | a a: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | æi |
- pre-alveolar, allophone of /i/
- after /e/, allophone of /e/
- interconsonantal, allophone of /a/
Stress informationThere are no stress-related distinctions within Laecen, however in speech, stress is placed upon either the initial syllable or, if there is a long vowel, on the initial syllable with a long vowel.
OtherLong vowels are denoted uses an acute diacritic, like so. A → Á, E → É, etc.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Laecen. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LaecenOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| A Aa Lam /a/, [ɐ]1 | À Àà Làm /ɜ/ | B Bb Eba /b/ | C Cc Eca /t͡ʃʰ/ | D Dd Eda /d/ | E Ee Lem /e/ | F Ff Efa /ɸʰ/ | G Gg Ega /g/ | H Hh Hyla /x/ | I Ii Lim /i/, [ɪ]2, [j]3 |
| Ì Ìì Lìm /ɪ/ | J Jj Jyba /j/ | K Kk Eka /k/ | L Ll Ela /l/ | M Mm Ema /m/ | N Nn Ena /n/ | O Oo Lom /o/ | Ò Òò Lòm /ɤ/ | P Pp Epa /p/ | Q Qq Qor /kʍ/ |
| R Rr Era /r/ | S Ss Esa /sʰ/ | T Tt Eta /t/ | U Uu Lum /u/, [ʌ]4 | Ù Ùù Lùm /ʌ/ | V Vv Eva /v/ | X Xx Exa /ʃʰ/ | Y Yy My /æi/, /jæɯ/5 | Z Zz Eza /ɕʰ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
- interconsonantal
- pre-alveolar
- prevocalic
- pre-fricative
- loan words only
