Zǧlhe'spht

[Shemtov]

This is the language of one of the major alien races in the Thagi Union

Phonology
/m n ŋ ŋʷ mʱ nʱ ŋʱ ŋʷʱ/ <m n ń ńw mh nh ńh ńwh>
/p pʰ b bʱ t tʰ d dʱ k kʰ g gʱ kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʱ q qʰ ɢ ɢʱ ʔ ʔʰ/ <p ph b bh t th d dh k kh g gh kw kwh gw gwh q qh ǧ ǧh ' 'h>
/ɸ ɸʰ β βʱ s sʰ z zʱ x xʰ ɣ ɣʱ xʷ xʷʰ ɣʷ ɣʷʱ h ɦ/ <f fh v vh s sh z zh c ch ġ ġh cw cwh ġw ġwh h hh>
/l ɹ ɰ w lʱ ɹʱ ɰʱ wʱ/ <l r w u lh rh wh uh>

/ɐ ə ɨ/ <a e i>

Phonotactics:
(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)(C)


Word order:
OSV


Morphology: Isolating, but has some non-cacatanitive (SP) derivational morphology


Nouns:
Nouns, and all words in Zǧlhe'spht, consist of a consonantal root. Zǧlh-'spht means speech or language. The vowel used depends on the "level" of the Noun. <a> is the normal noun, while <e> is augmentative, and <i> is diminutive. What those words mean depend on the noun.

Plurals:
There are 2 ways to form the plural: Reduplication and use of the adjective root psh-hs following the noun. For most nouns, the latter is used to specify that the number is over 12, by using the augmentative adjective form, or dual by using the diminutive adjective form. Some nouns cannot be pluralized by Reduplication and must use pshahs.

[Incorruptus]

Wow. ::imagines a boiler room steam pipe:: So much aspiration! ;)

[Birdlang]

Is the ǧ usage from Americanist?

[zyma]

Is the ǧ usage from Americanist?

Probably not, since, as far as I can tell, Americanist phonetic notation doesn't use <ǧ> at all, let alone for /ɢ/ as Shemtov is using it. Americanist phonetic notation uses <ġ> for /ɢ/.

/ɸ ɸʰ β βʱ s sʰ z zʱ x xʰ ɣ ɣʱ xʷ xʷʰ ɣʷ ɣʷʱ h ɦ/ <f fh v vh s sh z zh c ch ġ ġh h hh>

I think you're missing a few orthographic representations there. I'd assume that /xʷ xʷʰ ɣʷ ɣʷʱ/ are <cw cwh ġw ġwh>?

[Shemtov]

I think you're missing a few orthographic representations there. I'd assume that /xʷ xʷʰ ɣʷ ɣʷʱ/ are <cw cwh ġw ġwh>?

Yes.