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Chii
chi͂ma̛n dǫ́m
[t͡ʃʰɪ̰mɑ͌n dʊ́m]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 31 October 2021
Language type A priori
Place & SpeakersChii is spoken by a population of around 379,000 .
Species Human/humanoid
About Chii Chii is spoken on the Isle of Chii in the north of Ullainia. It is currently one of 4 major languages on the Island along with Bramn, Budic, and Yeo. A map of the region is available at: https://conworkshop.com/gallery_view.php?g=7d4990e509ce1ccc2ae7488c56427e20
Proto-Chiig is the assumed ancestor to Chii, Yeo, Budic, and Bramn, though linguists consider them separate languages despite being in close proximity since the early Tribal Era.
Chii is a hybrid language that makes use of several particles, affixes, and classifiers to signify and express concepts. Chii has a VSO word order and complex syllable structure with phonemic tone.
Sample of Chii[view] Ño̽i a̽chál vǫ̀ñ cji yǫñ seiy chirma̛n tu̇ñ.

My belly is full of cheese.
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Latest vocabulary
chirncheese
cji yǫñadjfull
níñnegg
Language family relationships
Language treeUllainian
 ⤷ Proto-Ullainian
  ⤷ Proto-Chiigic
   ⤷ Chii
    ⤷ Archaic Chii
     ⤷ Old Chii
      ⤷ Early Modern Chii
       ⤷  Chii
[view] About UllainianUllainian is the overall family consisting of the Western Ullainian, Eastern Ullainian, and Chiigic language families. This project is taking a bit of a different turn. Instead of designing the languages from the protolang to the modern-day languages...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalVelarUvularGlottalOther
Nasal m m̥     n n̥     ȵ ȵ̥   ŋ ŋ̥      
Plosive p b     t d   ɖ     k g q    
Fricative   v ð s ʃ     ç ɣ   h  
Affricate         t͡ʃ [t͡ʃʰ]1              
Lateral approximant       l               ɫ
Approximant       ɹ       j        
  1. allophone of /t͡ʃ/
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close         u uʱ̄ ṵ̄ ūˀ ú ù ū͌
Near-close   ɪ ɪʱ ɪ̰ ɪˀ ɪ́ ɪ̀ ɪ͌   ʊ ʊʱ̄ ʊ̰̄ ʊ̄ˀ ʊ́ ʊ̀ ʊ̄͌  
Close-mid e eʱ ḛ eˀ é è e͌ ø øʱ ø̰ øˀ ǿ ø̀ ø͌       o oʱ̄ ō̰ ōˀ ó ò ō͌
Open     ä äʱ ä̰ äˀ ä́ ä̀ ä͌   ɑ ɑʱ ɑ̰ ɑˀ ɑ́ ɑ̀ ɑ͌
Syllable StructureSyllable Structure is complex (CVC) with stipulations on what consonants can occur and where. For example, a word can begin with any consonant, but if the ending consonant is not in the same articulatory class (fricative, approximant, etc.) then it cannot occur and a nasal or approximant must fill in.
Stress informationStress occurs on the vowel of each syllable. There can be instances where a single word has double stress.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Chii. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ChiiOrthography [edit]
Ȧȧ/ɑʱ/Ãã/ɑ̰/Àà/ɑ̀/Áá/ɑ́/Aa/ɑ/A̛ a̛/ɑ͌/A̽ a̽/ɑˀ/Bb/b/Cc/q/CH ch/t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃʰ]
CJ cj/ç/Dd/d/DH dh/ð/Ee/e/Ėė/eʱ/Éé/é/Ẽẽ/ḛ/Èè/è/EI ei/ä/ËI ëi/äʱ/
ȄI ȅi/ä̀/E̋I e̋i/ä́/E̛ e̛/e͌/E̽ e̽/eˀ/E͊I e͊i/äˀ/E͌I e͌i/ä̰/E͝I e͝i/ä͌/Gg/g/G͂ g͂/ɣ/Hh/h/
/ɪʱ/Ii/ɪ/Ìì/ɪ̀/Íí/ɪ́/I̛ ı̛/ɪ͌/I̽ i̽/ɪˀ/I͂ i͂/ɪ̰/Kk/k/Ll/l/, /ɫ/Mm/m̥/, /m/
Ññ/ŋ/, /ŋ̥/Ņņ/ȵ̥/, /ȵ/Nn/n̥/, /n/Oo/o/Óó/ó/Òò/ò/Ơơ/ʊ̄͌/Ǫǫ/ʊ/Ȯȯ/oʱ̄/Ǫ̀ ǫ̀/ʊ̀/
Ǫ́ ǫ́/ʊ́/Ǫ̇ ǫ̇/ʊʱ̄/O̧ o̧/ō͌/O̽ o̽/ōˀ/Ǫ̽ ǫ̽/ʊ̄ˀ/O͂ o͂/ō̰/Ǫ͂ ǫ͂/ʊ̰̄/Pp/p/Rr/ɹ/Ss/s/
SH sh/ʃ/Tt/t/Uu/u/Úú/ú/Ùù/ù/U̇ u̇/uʱ̄/U̽ u̽/ūˀ/U͂ u͂/ṵ̄/Vv/v/Yy/j/
/ø/ᴓ̀/ø̀/ᴓ́/ǿ/ᴓ̃/ø̰/ᴓ̇/øʱ/ᴓ̛/ø͌/ᴓ̽/øˀ//ɖ//ū͌/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
    Typological information for Chii

    Demonstrative proximityDistal/Medial/Proximal
    Primary directional systemAbsolute elevation (up/downhill...)
    GendersOther
    Morphosyntactic alignmentErgative/Absolutive
    Number of nominal casesThree cases

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