Turnalon

* Name of the language in English: Turnalon
* Name of the language in the language: türnalōn / Türnalōn
*Language family: [possibly tbd?]
*Native to: Western Continent - East
*Areas where spoken: Imai Turna
See also: Grammar and Socio-linguistics of Türnalōn
== Phonology ==
=== Consonant Inventory ===
b d f h k l m n p s t v ɹ ɾ ʃ ʤ ʦ ʧ θ 
Consonant IPA Chart
↓Manner/Place→ 	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal 	m 	 	 	n 	 	 	
Stop 	p b 	 	 	t d 	 	k 	
Affricate 	 	 	 	ʦ 	ʧ ʤ 	 	
Fricative 	 	f v 	θ 	s 	ʃ 	 	h
Approximant 	 	 	 	ɹ 	 	 	
Tap 	 	 	 	ɾ 	 	 	
Lateral approximant	 	 	 	l 	 	 	
===Vowel inventory===
Turnalon has partial-word vowel harmony, with diphthongs present in each group.
[Group 1] eɪ̯ a i u o ʌ oʊ̯ ai̯ ʊə̯ e      [Group 2] ɔ eɪ̯ o ʌ oʊ̯ ɪ ɜ ʊ ʊə̯
Vowel IPA Chart
↓Manner/Place→	Front	Central	Back
High 	i 	 	u
Near-high 	ɪ 	 	ʊ
High-mid 	e 	 	o
Low-mid 	 	ɜ 	ʌ ɔ
Low 	a 	 	
==Word Order==
Turnalon uses SVO, and adjectives usually come before the noun, though they can come after as well.
====Word Structure and Phonotactics====
Vowels can appear anywhere in a word, and some single vowels can also be morphemes.
Typical syllable structures are CV, CVC, and V. Much more rare are CCV and VCC, and only specific consonants can cluster this way.
Consonant clusters allowed in a single syllable:
Onset: 	ʃk, ʃt, pɹ
Nucleus:	None
Coda: 	ʃk, ʃt, ɹn
Word structures allowed for starting, middle, and ending consonants & consonant clusters (note that many of these are not true clusters, as they are not single-syllable):
Initial, Mid-Word & Final Consonants
Word Initial Consonants:	m n k f s t l θ ʃ b d h ɹ v p
Mid-Word Consonants: 	p lm m s t n ʃk d b ʦ v l ʃ ʧ θ ɾ ʤ ɹn f l.n l.pɹ n.t ʃt ɹ pɹ
Word Final Consonants: 	t s ʃ m n d θ ɹn l ɹ
== Writing System/Romanization==
Orthography Chart[1]
Consonants	Consonants 	Consonants 	Vowels 	Vowels 	Vowels
Phoneme 	Stylized Letter	Roman Letter	Phoneme	Stylized Letter	Roman letter
θ 	ȶ 	th 	a 	á 	a
ɹ 	r 	r 	i 	í 	i
ʃ 	ȿ 	sh 	ai 	aí 	ai
ʦ 	ʄ 	ts 	oʊ̯ 	ơ 	o
ɾ 	ṙ / ļ 	r'/l' 	eɪ̯ 	ẹ̇ 	ei
ʤ 	ƺ 	dj 	ʊə̯ 	ü 	u
 	 	 	e 	è 	e
 	 	 	ɜ 	e 	e
 	 	 	ɪ 	ī 	i
 	 	 	ɔ 	ō 	o
 	 	 	u 	ú 	u
 	 	 	ʊ 	u 	u
 	 	 	ʌ 	u 	u
----[1]Any letter not included is identical to the Roman letter in all 3 categories including IPA.
==Basic Translations ==
From the Language Sheet
Man 	kơȿá
/ˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
Woman 	láraí
/laˈɹai̯/
Tree 	tás
/tas/
A man 	(sá)[1] kơȿá
/ sa ˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
The man 	(ẹ̇) kơȿá
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
That man there 	lẹ̇nè kơȿá
/ˈleɪ̯ne ˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
That (said) man 	èlẹ̇ kơȿá
/eˈleɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
Sleep (n.) 	os
/os/
Sleep (v.) 	osơmí
/osˈoʊ̯mi/
The man sleeps 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm osơmí ȿím
/sa ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m osˈoʊ̯mi ʃim/
The man slept 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm osơmíȶá
/ eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m osˈoʊ̯miˌθa/
The man will sleep 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm ẹ̇ʦosơmí
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m ˈeɪ̯ʦoˌsoʊ̯mi/
The man sees (the) tree 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm büs èȿím átás
/eɪ̯ koʊ̯ˈʃa oʊ̯m bʊə̯s eˈʃim ˈatas/
The man will see (the) tree 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm ẹ̇ʦúbüs átás
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m eɪ̯ˈʦubʊə̯s aˈtas/
The man saw (the) tree 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm büsơȶơ átás
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ ˈatas/
The man who saw (the) tree sleeps 	èlẹ̇ kơȿá ơm ílèt büsơȶơ ẹ̇ átás os èȿím
/eˈleɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m ˈilet bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ eɪ̯ ˈatas os eʃim/
The man, who saw (the) tree, sleeps 	ẹ̇ kơȿá, ílèt ơm büsơȶơ ẹ̇ átás, os èȿím
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa ˈilet oʊ̯m bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ eɪ̯ ˈatas os eʃim/
Does the man see the tree?
(does the man see the tree?)
(does the man see the tree?)	[depending on what we're questioning:]
ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm büsün nílá ẹ̇ átás
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m bʊə̯ˈsʊə̯n ˈnila eɪ̯ ˈatas/
ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm büsün ẹ̇ átás nílá
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m bʊə̯ˈsʊə̯n eɪ̯ ˈatas niˈla/
Where did the man see the tree? 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm büsơȶơ ẹ̇ átás íȿơlá nílá
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ eɪ̯ ˈatas iʃoʊ̯ˈla ˈnila/
I know where the man saw the tree. 	èná voȶámítú íȿơlá ákơȿá büsơȶơ átás
/eˈna ˌvoθaˈmitu iˈʃoʊ̯la aˈkoʊ̯ʃa bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ aˈtas/
The tree which the man saw. 	ẹ̇lè tás ơm ákơȿá büsơȶơ
/ˈeɪ̯le tas oʊ̯m aˈkoʊ̯ʃa bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯/
The man is at the tree. 	ẹ̇ kơȿá ơm dā nom átásẹ̇rá
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa oʊ̯m dɔ nom ataˈseɪ̯ɹa/
The man is tall. 	ẹ̇ kơȿá hodaítír
/eɪ̯ ˈkoʊ̯ʃa hoˈdaitir/
I 	èná
/eˈna/
You (sing.) 	ơȶẹ̇
/oʊ̯ˈθeɪ̯/
He 	táè
/ˈtae/
She 	táè
/ˈtae/
It 	átí
/aˈti/
We (excl.)[2] 	ẹ̇nánko
/eɪ̯ˈnanko/
We (incl.) 	ẹ̇nán
/eɪ̯ˈnan/
You (pl.) 	ơȶènán
/oʊ̯ˈθenan/
They (pl.) 	táènán
/ˈtaenan/
The place where the man saw the tree. 	íȿơlámẹ̇rá kơȿá büsơȶơ átás
/iˌʃoʊ̯laˈmeɪ̯ɹa koʊ̯ˈʃa bʊə̯ˈsoʊ̯θoʊ̯ aˈtas/
If I see the tree, I’ll sleep. 	èná ẹ̇ʦosơmí aí èná büsẹ̇ átás
/eˈna ˌeɪ̯ʦoˈsoʊ̯mi ai̯ eˈna bʊə̯ˈseɪ̯ aˈtas/
When I sleep, I see the man. 	íká èná osơmídẹ̇ èná büs ẹ̇ȿím ákơȿá
/ˈika eˈna ˌosoʊ̯ˈmideɪ̯ eˈna bʊə̯s ˈeɪ̯ʃim aˈkoʊ̯ʃa/
Had I seen/if I had seen the tree, I would have slept.	èná nẹ̇m büsẹ̇s átás èná nẹ̇m osẹ̇rn
/eˈna neɪ̯m bʊə̯ˈseɪ̯s ˈatas eˈna neɪ̯m oˈseɪ̯ɹn/
You, sleep! 	ơȶẹ̇ osẹ̇dáká
/ˈoʊ̯θeɪ̯ oˈseɪ̯daˌka/
I should sleep. (Benefit) 	ȶẹ̇ nom ná osèdá
/θeɪ̯ nom na ˈoseda/
You shouldn’t/won’t sleep. (Precept) 	ơȶẹ̇ aínẹ̇m osèdáká
/oʊ̯ˈθeɪ̯ ˈai̯neɪ̯m ˈoseˌdaka/
I want to sleep.
(also I like to sleep) 	èná tánẹ̇ osơmí
/eˈna taˈneɪ̯ oˈsoʊ̯mi/
My tree is green. 	ènátú tátú doȿát om
/eˈnatu ˈtatu ˈdoʃat om/
----[1]articles are often dropped in casual speech
[2] See Social Positioning & the Turnan Honorific System for clarification. Clusivity is complex in Turnalon.
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