Standard Akotwo [AKOSD]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersStandard Akotwo is spoken by a population of 1,021,062 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Standard Akotwo
One of the most spoken out of the Shadh languages. It's considered a very reasonable language, and the country has a very good economy run by a king and queen.
A group of upperclass people are in charge of keeping the language "pure", which it split into several lowerclass dialects.
A group of upperclass people are in charge of keeping the language "pure", which it split into several lowerclass dialects.
Sample of Standard AkotwoCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAkosduwoan
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Proto Akosduwo
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Standard Akotwo
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Proto Akosduwo⤷
Standard Akotwo[view] About AkosduwoanThe language derived from Proto Akosduwo.
[edit] [view] Okútwu (Low/Northern Akotwo)Spoken in the northern parts of Akotwo and some parts of Khetha by the lowerclass.
Notable features are:
High > high rising, low > low falling, creaky > low falling creaky
The creaky tone may merge completely with low tone (maybe influence from Akotwo Creole)
kʰ > kx
pʰ > pɸ
e and o merge with i and u, usually realised as [ɪ] and [ʊ].
/ɑ/ may be rounded [ɒ].
Dropping of all consonants at the end of a word (influence from Akotwo Creole
Notable features are:
High > high rising, low > low falling, creaky > low falling creaky
The creaky tone may merge completely with low tone (maybe influence from Akotwo Creole)
kʰ > kx
pʰ > pɸ
e and o merge with i and u, usually realised as [ɪ] and [ʊ].
/ɑ/ may be rounded [ɒ].
Dropping of all consonants at the end of a word (influence from Akotwo Creole
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t | ʈ | k kʰ | [ʔ]1 | |||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʂ | [h]2 | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | ʈ͡ʂ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
- Intervocallic and word-final allophone of [t] and [k]
- Intervocallic , allophone of /s/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | ḭ̄ í ì ī | ɯ̰̄ ɯ́ ɯ̀ ɯ̄ | ||||
| Close-mid | ḛ̄ é è ē | ō̰ ó ò ō | ||||
| Mid | ə̰̄ ə́ ə̀ ə̄ | |||||
| Open | ɑ̰̄ ɑ́ ɑ̀ ɑ̄ | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Standard Akotwo. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Standard AkotwoOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '[ʔ]1 | Aa/ɑ̄/ | Ää/ɑ̰̄/ | Áá/ɑ́/ | Àà/ɑ̀/ | Bb/p/ | Èè/è/ | Éé/é/ | Ëë/ḛ̄/ | Ee/ē/ | Gg/k/ |
| Ïï/ḭ̄/ | Íí/í/ | Ii/ī/ | Ìì/ì/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NH nh/ɳ/ | Òò/ò/ |
| Öö/ō̰/ | Óó/ó/ | Oo/ō/ | Pp/pʰ/ | Rr/ɭ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʂ/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/ʈ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TSH tsh/ʈ͡ʂ/ |
| Uu/ɯ̄/ | Úú/ɯ́/ | Ùù/ɯ̀/ | Üü/ɯ̰̄/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/ə̄/ | Ÿÿ/ə̰̄/ | Ýý/ə́/ | Ỳỳ/ə̀/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- Intervocallic and word-final allophone of [t] and [k]
