Helvetican [HVC]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersHelvetican is spoken by a population of around 15,703,000 in Helvetica.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Helvetican
Helvetica is a Romlang spoken in Helvetica (or Switzerland in the real world)
Stress is usually Ultimate to Penultimate and rarely Initial
(V = Vowel, C = Consonant)
Verb endings:
First:
-ar/er
-ir
-re
-jar
Second:
-dre
-bre
-Vbre
-Vdre
(when the derivational suffix is after a vowel in a word of only two syllables, it'll be moved to the first conjugation.)
Third:
-ure
Verb to noun usually removes the verb ending, making -(ad/t)or endings, or -or for -re.
The Genitive order is usually noun-of-genitive, but if the genitive is a person, it can be genitive-noun, or noun-(of)-genitive
"I'll make you know" or any other forms of pronouns and verbs replacing "make" would be "2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you),SUBSubject (argument) do-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I,FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech know-INFInfinitive (TAM)
non-tensed verb"
Numbers are gendered by its noun. Like if it's twelve o'clock, which is the twelfth time, it uses la.
Stress is usually Ultimate to Penultimate and rarely Initial
(V = Vowel, C = Consonant)
Verb endings:
First:
-ar/er
-ir
-re
-jar
Second:
-dre
-bre
-Vbre
-Vdre
(when the derivational suffix is after a vowel in a word of only two syllables, it'll be moved to the first conjugation.)
Third:
-ure
Verb to noun usually removes the verb ending, making -(ad/t)or endings, or -or for -re.
The Genitive order is usually noun-of-genitive, but if the genitive is a person, it can be genitive-noun, or noun-(of)-genitive
"I'll make you know" or any other forms of pronouns and verbs replacing "make" would be "2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you),SUBSubject (argument) do-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I,FUTFuture (tense)
action occurring after the moment of speech know-INFInfinitive (TAM)
non-tensed verb"
Numbers are gendered by its noun. Like if it's twelve o'clock, which is the twelfth time, it uses la.
Sample of Helvetican[view] Spônu fide al bândra dal Statos Unides d'America, et al Republica per qui cônsister; uno Naçôn sub Diu, Êndúiso, co Libertat et Ústiça per totto.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.[view all texts]
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeItalic
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
⤷
Latin
⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Occitano-Romance
⤷ Helveto-Romance
⤷
Helvetican
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
⤷
Latin⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Occitano-Romance
⤷ Helveto-Romance
⤷
Helvetican [edit] [view] Dialett Helvétiqua d'Ostria (Austrian Dialect)Summary of Changes:
/ua ~ uə/ > /a/
/r/ > /ʁ/
/l/ > /ɹ/ if previous syllable contains /ɹ/
/z/ > /s/
/ɔ/ > /ɒ/
/ʎ/ > /l ~ j/
/ʏ/ > /y/
/lv ~ ɫv/ > /w/
/ua ~ uə/ > /a/
/r/ > /ʁ/
/l/ > /ɹ/ if previous syllable contains /ɹ/
/z/ > /s/
/ɔ/ > /ɒ/
/ʎ/ > /l ~ j/
/ʏ/ > /y/
/lv ~ ɫv/ > /w/
[edit] [view] Dialet Elvétique de Savoyard (Savoyard Dialect)A dialect significantly influenced by French
Summary of changes:
/kʷ/ > /k/
/r ~ ɹ/ > /ʁ/
/ɹ/ > /χ/ before voiceless consonants
/t͡s ~ t͡ʃ/ > /ʃ/
/d͡ʒ/ > /ʒ/
/c/ > /ʃ/
/ə/ > /∅/ finally
/aɫ/ > /a˞/
/əɫ/ > /ɚ/
/ɫ/ > /∅/ otherwise
/ɪ/ > /i/
/ʊ/ > /u/
/ʎ/ > /j/
/kʷa ~ kʷə/ > /kɛ/
/kʷa ~ kʷə/ > /∅/ finally
Droppings of coda plosive and fricatives.
Droppings of final /ə/, /a/ or /ɛ/
Summary of changes:
/kʷ/ > /k/
/r ~ ɹ/ > /ʁ/
/ɹ/ > /χ/ before voiceless consonants
/t͡s ~ t͡ʃ/ > /ʃ/
/d͡ʒ/ > /ʒ/
/c/ > /ʃ/
/ə/ > /∅/ finally
/aɫ/ > /a˞/
/əɫ/ > /ɚ/
/ɫ/ > /∅/ otherwise
/ɪ/ > /i/
/ʊ/ > /u/
/ʎ/ > /j/
/kʷa ~ kʷə/ > /kɛ/
/kʷa ~ kʷə/ > /∅/ finally
Droppings of coda plosive and fricatives.
Droppings of final /ə/, /a/ or /ɛ/
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ)1 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k kʷ | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ2 | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ɫ3 | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ̠ | j | w | (ɥ) | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | (k͡s) |
- Before ⟨k⟩, ⟨q⟩, ⟨c⟩ or ⟨g⟩
- Before /i/, /ɪ/, /y/, /ʏ/, /e/, or /ɛ/
- Non-apical, before consonants, coda
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y1 | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | (ʏ) | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø2 | o | |||||||
| Mid | ə3 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | ||||||||
| Open | a | ɑ̃ | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | ei | eɛ |
- Influenced by palatal vowels and consonants
- Influenced by palatal vowels and consonants
- Rarely appears unstressed, Finally only on 3/more syllable words
Syllable Structure[C] [C] V [C] [C]
Stress informationIn 2-syllable words, the first syllable is always primary. In 2+-syllable words, when /ɔ, o, a/ and sometimes /u/ are in the 2nd-4th syllable words, around the middle syllables, that is primary. In 3-5 syllable words, the final syllable may be secondary if the middle syllable is stressed, otherwise it's the second to last. If a syllable is monophthong, then that is primary, or secondary.
In third syllables, if none above are there, the first and second will be primary and secondary respectively.
For fourth syllables, the default is second syllable for primary, and last syllable for secondary
In third syllables, if none above are there, the first and second will be primary and secondary respectively.
For fourth syllables, the default is second syllable for primary, and last syllable for secondary
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Helvetican. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| HelveticanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/, /ə/1 | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/2, /k/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/, /ʃ/, /s/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/, /ə/3 | Éé/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/d͡ʒ/4, /g/ |
| Hh// | Ii/i/, /ɪ/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Ĵĵ/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, /ɫ/5 | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, /ŋ/6 | Oo/ɔ/, /ø/7 |
| Óó/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/8 | Rr/r/, /ɹ̠/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/y/9, /ʊ/, /ɥ/10, //11, /u/ | Úú/y/12, /ɥ/13, /ʏ/14 | Vv/v/ |
| Ww/w/ | Xx/k͡s/15 | Yy/j/ | Ýý/ʎ/ | Zz/t͡s/, /z/ | Ââ/ɑ̃/ | Ôô/ɔ̃/ | Êê/ɛ̃/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- Rarely appears unstressed, Finally only on 3/more syllable words
- Before /i/, /ɪ/, /y/, /ʏ/, /e/, or /ɛ/
- Rarely appears unstressed, Finally only on 3/more syllable words, loan words only
- Before /i/, /ɪ/, /y/, /ʏ/, /e/, or /ɛ/
- Non-apical, before consonants, coda
- Before ⟨k⟩, ⟨q⟩, ⟨c⟩ or ⟨g⟩, loan words only
- Influenced by palatal vowels and consonants
- Before ⟨u⟩ or ⟨ú⟩
- Influenced by palatal vowels and consonants
- Influenced by /j ~ ʎ/
- Only after ⟨g⟩ and before a vowel
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
- loan words only
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