Azen [AZN]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Azen
Azen is spoken by the same species that speaks Tirina. In general, all you need to know is that Azen speakers mostly hate Tirina speakers, Tirina speakers mostly hate Azen speakers, everyone hates humans, and yes, they have a word for Xbox controller too.
Even if I have no clue what it is yet.
Currently areas of focus: veeeery sloooooowly evolving grammar from Old to Modern Azen, vocabulary
Even if I have no clue what it is yet.
Currently areas of focus: veeeery sloooooowly evolving grammar from Old to Modern Azen, vocabulary
Sample of Azen[view] Gēji balu ēma gēk. / Balu gēji ēma gēk.
The bird saw the fish. / / The fish saw the bird.[view all texts]
The bird saw the fish. / / The fish saw the bird.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About AzenicThe Azenic language family, ultimately deriving from Old Azen, is comprised of languages primarily spoken by the Tuanmali. Although many Sanmra have at least a passing familiarity with Modern Azen, the other Azenic languages are much less commonly kn...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||
Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | [t͡ʃ]3 | [d͡ʒ]4 | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t͡s/
- allophone of /d͡z/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||
Close-mid | e e: | |||||
Near-open | æ æ: | |||||
Open | a a: | ɒ ɒ: |
Polyphthongs | ie | ua | ia |
- allophone of /i/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Azen. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
AzenOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Āā/a:/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/x/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ēē/e:/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
Īī/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ōō/ɒ:/ | Oo/ɒ/ | Pp/p/ |
Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | Ww/w/ | Zz/z/ | Ææ/æ/ | Ǣǣ/æ:/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Modern Azen Phonotactics
Phonotactics of Modern Azen
19-Jul-22 13:52An Introduction to Azen Grammar 15-May-19 19:37
Azen Orthography
Various ways of writing Azen.
29-Jan-18 23:13Azen in the Dulic Alphabet 29-Jan-18 16:47
Numbers in Modern Azen
Even weirder than Old Azen. But still fun.
08-May-17 21:07