Features for Knasesj

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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Average
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Large (7-14)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Low
22 consonants and 20 monophthongs distinguished by height, frontness, and lip rounding but not other factors like length or nasality (21 if you count the rhotic schwa). Thus, the ratio is 1.1. I began Knasesj due to a Speedlang challenge, and one of the requirements was having more phonemic vowels than consonants, which I did via a large monophthong inventory plus some diphthongs (for a total of 36 if you include the schwa-final and w-final diphthongs, or 23 if you exclude them).
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS In fricatives alone
Knasesj is unusual in that its plosives, fricatives, and affricates all make different distinctions. The two affricates are both voiceless, the fricatives have a voicing contrast, and the plosives contrast plain vs. ejective. The plain stops are most often realized as voiced, but the WALS page mentions that Tsou has /p t k ɓ ɗ/ and that this does not count as a voicing distinction in plosives for the chapter, so I treated Knasesj the same.
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS Other
Uvular Consonants WALS None
Glottalized Consonants WALS Ejectives only
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/, no obstruent laterals
The Velar Nasal WALS Initial velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS High and mid
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS Initial
Weight-Sensitive Stress WALS Fixed stress
Rhythm Types WALS Trochaic
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS None

Morphology

Reduplication WALS Productive full and partial reduplication

Nominal Categories

Definite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives WALS Two-way contrast
Indefinite Pronouns WALS Special

Word Order

Order of Adjective and Noun WALS Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun WALS Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Numeral and Noun WALS Noun-Numeral
Position of Polar Question Particles WALS Initial
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions WALS Not initial interrogative phrase

Simple Clauses

Polar Questions WALS Question particle

Other

Writing Systems WALS Alphabetic

Conlang-specific

Conlang type Artlang

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