Zevanian [ZEVN]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersZevanian is spoken by a population of around 18,354,000 in Shangeth.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Zevanian
The language of the Zevanian (Çevan) population of Shangeth (Çangeṱ). This is the most widely spoken language in the country, though it only accounts for roughly 35% of the population. Its speakers mostly reside in the Çevan Kingdom, one of the two kingdoms that comprise the larger Empire.
Sample of Zevanian[view] Leli, fau one planuje ṭevi // I'm sorry, I can't tell you / Barai nyv davn planu ṭevi // I can tell you in my dreams / Gafmyk one planuje jibau // I can't think of anything else / Tav fau one hocu ṱeṭi // I want to return to you now / / / / / / / / / / / -- / / / / / / / / / / / -- / / / / / / / / [view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ʍ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | ɑ | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Zevanian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ZevanianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ʃ/ | Çç/ʒ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Ṭṭ/ð/ | Ṱṱ/θ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ϣϣ/ʍ/ | Zz/z/ | Yy/y/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
