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Lwaitel is a conlang used in the country Lwait, which was settled by a group of artists looking for a more scenic place. Art, particularly visual art, is important to them. As a culture that cares about art, they speak a conlang (i.e., it's a conlang in-universe, too) made by one of the original settlers. Due to a combination of these factors and of them having lots of art supplies, the language's script uses color (to distinguish vowels).
This: x_T_ should look like this: , not this: x_T_.
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Pronounce this | Like this |
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p, k, t, m, n, s, h, w, sh, ch | Like in English |
y | Like in yes |
ng | Like in singer, not in finger |
l | Sort of like L in English, but not a dark L |
lw | Try saying L at the same time as oo |
ly or yl | Try saying L at the same time as ee |
· | Syllable break |
〈pa ta ka ma na nga sa ha la wa ya〉:
Pronounce this | Like this |
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a | Like in father, or somewhere between that and the vowel in cat |
e | Like a in about |
i | Like in ski |
ai, u | Like in haiku |
au | Like in sauerkraut |
iu, ui | Like combinations of the i and u sounds |
á, í, ú | Same as above, but stressed |
〈i u e a ai au iu ui em en eng el eyl elw〉:
For more detailed information, see the phonology.