Gedalvim [GED]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Gedalvim
Gedalvim is the language spoken in the Gedalvian Confederacy, 13 states with a common language and their own dialect.
Notable features:
Syllable rules that don't always reflect actual syllabification
A lot of vowels
Bizarre consonantal patterns
Odd phonology
Prefixed articles
Somewhat fusional, slightly agglutinative
Adjectival substantives as constructs
Notable features:
Syllable rules that don't always reflect actual syllabification
A lot of vowels
Bizarre consonantal patterns
Odd phonology
Prefixed articles
Somewhat fusional, slightly agglutinative
Adjectival substantives as constructs
Sample of Gedalvim[view] D'ay pølum goblæq tzel v'g'porrha gøc
There is a man with a knife behind the curtain.[view all texts]
There is a man with a knife behind the curtain.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
[edit] [view] Beyarhim (Beyarhim)Spoken in Beyarha. Has the longest historical tradition of being a different dialect.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | z | ɣ | ħ | h | |||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | ɥ | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | ɒ | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Gedalvim. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 GedalvimOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| ' 'h' /ɜ/ | Aa aha /ɒ/ | Bb b' /b/ | Cc c' /ɣ/ | Dd d' /d/ | Ee ehe /ɛ/ | Ff f' /ɬ/ | Gg g' /g/ | Hh h' /h/ | HH hh hh' /ħ/ | Ii ihi /i/ |
| Jj j' /j/ | Kk k' /k/ | Ll l' /l/ | LY ly ly' /ʎ/ | Mm m' /m/ | Nn n' /n/ | Oo oho /o/ | Pp p' /p/ | Qq q' /ŋ/ | Rr r' /ɹ/ | RR rr rr' /r/ |
| Ss s' /t͡s/ | SZ sz sz' /t͡ʃ/ | Tt t' /t/ | Uu uhu /u/ | Vv v' /v/ | Ww w' /w/ | Xx x' /ʔ/ | Yy y' /ɥ/ | Zz z' /z/ | Ææ æhæ /æ/ | Øø øhø /ə/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Lexember
How Lexember is for Gedalvim
17-Dec-17 11:18Affixes For Forming Words
some affixes
16-Dec-17 11:25Dialects
The dialects and their names
21-Nov-17 14:50Gedalvim Syntax
Syntax
14-Nov-17 11:58
