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| {{DISPLAYTITLE:English}}
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| {{Distinguish|English}}
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| English is a [[conlang]] created by [[User:Coppersalts]] for CCC3.
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| == Phonology ==
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| [[English|English (c.1550-)]] is notorious for its irregular spelling which is why there have been many a spelling reform suggested for it that change the spelling to more closely match the pronunciation. But few have been bold enough to suggest the opposite; to change pronunciation to match spelling. So that's what I'll be doing with this conlang.
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| === Consonants ===
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| English's consonants are:
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| {| class="wikitable centerall"
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| |-
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| !
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| !colspan=2 | Labial
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| !colspan=2 | Alveolar
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| !colspan=2 | Palatal
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| !colspan=2 | Velar
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| !colspan=2 | Uvular
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| !colspan=2 | Glottal
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| |-
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| !Nasal
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| |colspan=2 | m
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| |colspan=2 | n
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |-
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| !Plosive
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| |p || b
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| |t || d
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| |colspan=2 | c
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| |k || g
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| |colspan=2 | q
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |-
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| !Fricative
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| |f || v
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| |s || z
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 | x
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| |colspan=2 | h
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| |-
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| !Trill
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 | r
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |-
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| !Approximant
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| |colspan=2 | w
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| |colspan=2 | l
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| |colspan=2 | j
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |colspan=2 |
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| |}
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| === Vowels ===
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| English's vowels are:
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| !
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| !colspan=2 | Front
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| !colspan=2 | Back
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| |-
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| !Close
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| |i || y
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| |colspan=2 | u
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| |-
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| !Mid
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| |colspan=2 | e
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| |colspan=2 | o
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| |-
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| !Open
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| |colspan=4 | a
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| |}
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| You may notice the distinct lack of special characters in these tables and that's no accident. These are just all the sounds represented by Latin characters in IPA.
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| == Phonotactics ==
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| English has no strict phonotactics. It can have up to four vowels in a row in words like "q'''ueue'''" and up to four consonants in a cluster in words like "stre'''ngth'''".
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| === Stress ===
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| Stress is placed on the syllable with the coolest vowel (based on the ordering below). If a word has two syllables with the same nucleus, the nuclei must battle it out to decide who becomes the primary stress. The winner is not determined systematically and every word like this just has a stress pattern you have to memorize (I've decided them randomly since they're evenly matched).
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| : y > e > o > i > a > u
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| == Morphology ==
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| English affix spelling rules are applied.
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| === Nouns ===
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| English has 5 numbers, 7 classes, and 2 cases.
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| !Number
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| !Affix
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| |-
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| !Negatival
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| |co-
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| |-
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| !Singular
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| |en-
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| |-
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| !<27631338
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| |de-
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| |-
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| !>27631338
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| |non-
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| |-
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| !Distributive
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| |ante-
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| I'll probably want to workshop these classes.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !Class
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| !Suffix
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| !Masculine
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| | -dom
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| |-
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| !Feminine
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| | -ify
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| |-
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| !Neuter
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| | -ly
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| |-
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| !Rock (object)
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| | -ent
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| |-
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| !Rock (music)
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| | -ious
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| |-
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| !Inanimate
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| | -tion
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| |-
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| !Space Rock
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| | -ure
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| |}
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |-
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| !Case
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| !Suffix
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| |-
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| !Ergative
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| | -ible
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| |-
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| !Accusative
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| | -ic
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| |}
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| == Grammar ==
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| == Sample text ==
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