Proto-Wyvernic [NGNG]
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Language type
Engineered Language (Englang)
Place & SpeakersProto-Wyvernic is spoken by a population of 6 in The Cradle.
Species
Proto-Wyvernic
About Proto-Wyvernic
Tongue of the Wyverns, the most ancient race of my conworld Djerat. The descendant of all human tongues but Qelic through Proto-Drakish and Proto-Human. Uses bioluminescence to convey emotion and some states of being (LW can be 'extremely hot' and LD can be 'extremely cold', etc.)
Goals:
-Completely isolating, no conjugation or declension of any kind
-nooby as shit, but I've come to accept that. Can't hit gold without throwing up a lot of dirt first.
-Not too concerned with naturalism
-Has plenty of pronouns, but the 6 remaining native speakers very rarely use them for obvious reasons.
-Grammar is mostly ripped (poorly) from Mandarin, Vietnamese and Thai.
-only 2 classifiers, SHÊK for 'concrete', ŁI for 'abstract'. Preceding someone's name with ŁI is considered a grave insult, especially since names don't need to take classifiers and including them is usually ungrammatical. Also, SHÊK and ŁI come after the nouns they classify if the noun starts with SH or Ł respectively.
-UPPER CASE ORTHOGRAPHY
-No distinction between adjectives and adverbs, but 'adwords' that can modify both.
-TAM marking, which is done through auxiliaries, is optional. In Proto-Drakish, it becomes mandatory.
Goals:
-Completely isolating, no conjugation or declension of any kind
-nooby as shit, but I've come to accept that. Can't hit gold without throwing up a lot of dirt first.
-Not too concerned with naturalism
-Has plenty of pronouns, but the 6 remaining native speakers very rarely use them for obvious reasons.
-Grammar is mostly ripped (poorly) from Mandarin, Vietnamese and Thai.
-only 2 classifiers, SHÊK for 'concrete', ŁI for 'abstract'. Preceding someone's name with ŁI is considered a grave insult, especially since names don't need to take classifiers and including them is usually ungrammatical. Also, SHÊK and ŁI come after the nouns they classify if the noun starts with SH or Ł respectively.
-UPPER CASE ORTHOGRAPHY
-No distinction between adjectives and adverbs, but 'adwords' that can modify both.
-TAM marking, which is done through auxiliaries, is optional. In Proto-Drakish, it becomes mandatory.
Sample of Proto-Wyvernic[view] SR CO DAR "RUDÀK ÞEZ SHÊK ŁUCA-ŁUCA DHASHZOL ŁI DÀSH-SALÊK" CO LUK 1AT SR
I'm not "showing signs of mental illness" I'm hiding them really well actually everyone thinks I act really normal. I think. I'm pretty sure[view all texts]
I'm not "showing signs of mental illness" I'm hiding them really well actually everyone thinks I act really normal. I think. I'm pretty sure[view all texts]
Sound samples in Proto-Wyvernic
Some sound samples of Proto-Wyvernic. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
LD DAR SHÊK ŁI SHUQ KÊÞEŊ LD.
LD KU TOSH HEŊ LD.
LD KU SUL ÞENH LÀR LD.
LD KU SUL DAR ŁÂŊ ZÊSH H...
There is no Light here. You are alone. You shall drift. You shall drown in the Deep.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
There is no Light here. You are alone. You shall drift. You shall drown in the Deep.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
Language family relationships
Language treeWyvernic
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Proto-Wyvernic
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Proto-Wyvernic[view] About WyvernicA family for the languages descended from NGNG , which includes nearly all known human languages, as the surface-dwelling descendents of the Wyverns, the Drakes, were responsible for teaching the first humans language. Divided into Light ...
Phonology
Phonological System: Proto-Wyvernic| Table #1 | Voiceless Dental | Voiced Dental | Voiceless Alveolar | Voiced Alveolar | Voiceless Post-Alveolar | Voiceless Retroflex | Voiced Retroflex | Voiceless Velar | Voiced Velar | Glottal |
| Nasal | n̪ | ɳ | ŋ | |||||||
| Plosive | t̪ t̪ˀ | d̪ | ʈ | ɖ | k kˀ | g | ||||
| Fricative | θ | s sˀ | z | ʃ | h | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɮ | |||||||||
| Trill | r |
| Table #2 | Unrounded Front | Rounded Front | Unrounded Central | Unrounded Back | Rounded Back |
| Close | i | y | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Near-open | æ | ||||
| Open | a | ɑ |
| Table #3 | Flash | Short | Long |
| White Bright | W | Ẃ | W̌ |
| Dark | D | D́ | Ď |
| Red Bright | R | Ŕ | Ř |
| Green Bright | G | Ǵ | Ǧ |
| Cyan Bright | C | Ć | Č |
| Blue Bright | B | B́ | B̌ |
| Yellow Bright | Y | Ý | Y̌ |
| Pink Bright | P | Ṕ | P̌ |
| Purple Light | Q | Q́ | Q̌ |
| Orange Bright | O | Ó | Ǒ |
Stress informationStress is pretty free
Othera diacritic ó is used to mark a falling tone, indicating a question.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Wyvernic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-WyvernicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ŋ/ŋ/ | A/a/ | D/d̪/ | E/e/ | G/g/ | U/u/ | H/h/ | O/o/ | K/k/ | L/l/ |
| N/n̪/ | R/r/ | S/s/ | SH/ʃ / | T/t̪/ | 1/t̪ˀ/ | À/ɑ/ | Â/æ/ | C/kˀ/ | DH/ɖ/ |
| Ê/ə/ | FB/B/ | FC/C/ | FD/D/ | FG/G/ | FO/O/ | FP/P/ | FQ/Q/ | FR/R/ | FY/Y/ |
| I/i/ | LB/B̌/ | LC/Č/ | LD/Ď/ | LG/Ǧ/ | LO/Ǒ/ | LP/P̌/ | LQ/Q̌/ | LR/Ř/ | LW/W̌/ |
| LY/Y̌/ | NH/ɳ/ | Q/sˀ/ | SB/B́/ | SC/Ć/ | SD/D́ / | SG/Ǵ/ | SO/Ó/ | SP/Ṕ/ | SQ/Q́/ |
| SR/Ŕ/ | SW/Ẃ/ | SY/Ý / | TH/ʈ / | W/W/ | Y/y/ | Z/z/ | Þ/θ/ | Ł/ɮ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
Additional Notesthe glottalised sounds are represented by 1,Q and C respectively as these are the sounds from which the clicks will evolve in Proto-Drakish.
