Lontish [CCMWD]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersLontish is spoken by a population of 42,744,562 in Joçkam Lonta.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lontish
Introduction
A language in the Lontic family. Its phonological inventory and vocabulary have been heavily influenced by the Germanic and Romance language families. Lontish exists in two dialects, West Lontish and East Lontish. With the primary differences being that West Lontish is spoken with a uvular fricative, and East Lontish is spoken with an alveolar tap. They also have slight variations in noun declension and verb conjugation.
A language in the Lontic family. Its phonological inventory and vocabulary have been heavily influenced by the Germanic and Romance language families. Lontish exists in two dialects, West Lontish and East Lontish. With the primary differences being that West Lontish is spoken with a uvular fricative, and East Lontish is spoken with an alveolar tap. They also have slight variations in noun declension and verb conjugation.
Sample of Lontish[view] Umani au freu çpry eulam imanan freuma egaliktama ekszik. Chaugza au chokan gzeuça yszo ewa'besztowad auç, Jedren breu w sza'çiak.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About LonticA language family that has large amounts of influence from the Germanic and Romance language families. Languages in this family tend to use OSV word order and robust noun declination.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k kʰ1 | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [f]2 | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | [χ]3 | ʁ4 | h | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃ: | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ̥]5 | |||||||||||||||
- Word initial.
- allophone of /ɸ/
- allophone of /ʁ/
- Only used in Western Lontish
- Only used in Eastern Lontish, allophone of /ʁ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||
| Close-mid | e: | o [õʶ]2 | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | a | ɑ̝ˑ | ||||
| Polyphthongs | aʊv | oɪ | aʊ: |
- Unstressed syllables only, never word final, allophone of /i/
- allophone of /ʁ/
Syllable StructureThe syllable structure trends toward CVC, but sometimes adds in one or two consonants and maybe a vowel for CCCVVCCC. On some exceedingly rare cases, there will be cross-syllable clusters of four consonants, such as in the word "ençkrik".
Stress informationStress is always on the first syllable of a word.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lontish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LontishOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa Ama /a/ | Ææ Æweuma /e:/ | Bb Ban /b/ | Cc Çauñ /t͡s/ | Dd Dænja /d/ | Ee Ewama /ɛ/ | Ff/ɸ/, [f] | Gg Gama /g/ | Ii Iwæma /i/ | Jj Janar /j/ | Kk Chentro /k/ | Ll Læç /l/ |
| Mm Meuna /m/ | Nn Neuma /n/ | Oo Owo /o/ | Pp Paleu /p/ | Rr Rasz /ʁ/1, [õʶ], [ɾ̥]2 | Ss Szærna // | Tt Trana /t/ | Uu Uweula /u/ | Ww Wæla /v/ | Xx Xelwy /h/ | Yy Yaw /i/ | Zz Zekta /z/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- Only used in Western Lontish
- Only used in Eastern Lontish.
