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Aethi
Aethi
[eθi]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 19 October 2015
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersAethi is spoken by a population of around 220,000,000,000 in Aethi Imperium (interstellar empire).
Species Human/humanoid
About Aethi The (intentionally anglo-accessible) language of an alien world, designed to be transplantable to most sci-fi universes.

Word order and syntax in Aethi should be familiar to speakers of Western European languages on Earth, particularly English, save for a few quirks: there is no definite article, prepositional phrases typically come first, adjectives/adverbs both go directly after what they modify and there is no formal distinction between the two, there is a distance-neutral indicative rank, there are a few particles/marking auxiliaries, and verbs inflect for more things than in English but less than most familiar languages with heavier inflectional systems.
Sample of Aethi[view] Os tai sil, eilath eldai lanta?

At what point does river become coast?
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Latest vocabulary
aztiir'thenmajesty
aztiirnmajestic thing
sathlaannterritory
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottalOther
Nasal m     n          
Plosive       t d        
Fricative   v θ s z (ʃ) ʒ     h  
Affricate         (t͡ʃ) d͡ʒ       t͡ɬ d͡ɮ
Lateral approximant       l          
Approximant           j      
Flap       ɾ          
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i: [i̠]1       u:
Near-close   ɪ   ʊ  
Close-mid e        
Mid        
Near-open     ɐ:2    
Open a   ä   ɒ
Polyphthongs ɐi e̞i
  1. before other vowels, allophone of /ɪ/
  2. near-back; not quite central.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Aethi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AethiOrthography [edit]
AE ae
AE ae
aeya
/e/
Ee
Ee
eser'aeya
/e̞/
Mm
Mm
ma
/m/
Vv
Vv
va
/v/
Dd
Dd
de
/d/
Tt
Tt
tam
/t/
Aa
Aa
ata
/ä/
AA aa
AA aa
eser'ata
/ɐ:/1
Jj
Jj
je
/d͡ʒ/
Zz
Zz
za
/z/
ZH zh
ZH zh
zha
/ʒ/
Ss
Ss
sa
/s/
Nn
Nn
nam
/n/
Ii
Ii
isi
/ɪ/
II ii
II ii
eser'isi
/i:/
Ll
Ll
le
/l/
Rr
Rr
ri
/ɾ/
TL tl
TL tl
tle
/t͡ɬ/
DL dl
DL dl
dle
/d͡ɮ/
Uu
Uu
uth
/ʊ/
UU uu
UU uu
eser'uth
/u:/
Oo
Oo
olo
/ɒ/
Yy
Yy
ye
/j/
TH th
TH th
tha
/θ/
Hh
Hh
ha
/h/
Kk
Kk
ke
/k̠/
'
'
daia / elni
//
-
-
eser'elni
//
TJ tj
TJ tj
/t͡ʃ/2
SZH szh
SZH szh
/ʃ/3
✔ Shown in correct order [change]
  1. near-back; not quite central.
  2. loan words only
  3. loan words only
Typological information for Aethi

Definite articleNone
Primary word orderSVO
Primary writing systemConscript
Script typeAlphabet

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