Alfian [ALIF]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersAlfian is spoken by a population of around 25,000 in Andvail & Ky Ygodh.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Alfian
(WIP conscript, to be changed!.) -changed lang code from LJO to ALIF, so some things were lost like votes and so on.
The Alf/Low are a peoples that hail from Andvail, their main professions are fishing & farming; exiled for their ideologies and stoic nature.
The main races that make of the Alf and Lows are the Alwi, a race known for their long life-spans, and the horns that jut out from their skulls. Alongside them are the h'Eusna, spirits who possess inanimate objects; though they cannot speak, they use Alfian as a written language for intercommunication.
Alfian's word-order is O2VO1S, though the less formal, the more free-flow.
Alfian is a Satellite-Framing language.
Alfian does not have phrasal verbs: as english possesses.
Alfian, depending on dialect, can be quite agglutinative. (Standard dialects tend to be more Analytic)
Alfian is considered a language of the low-man, the poor, though once upon a time, it was the language of class and education, but after their ideologies no longer matched that of the common folk and royalty, they were set out to exile, where they largely remain poor and homeless, taking up fishing and other jobs to feed themselves.
The people that still speak the language predominately live near the coast of Andvail and Ky Ygodh.
The language is the daughter language of
Eskrian, and is closely related to 
Takayann.
The Alfs often times must trade with fremd peoples, thus leading in outside influences.
The Mhidi people contribute most of the influence, due to them abiding on the rivers, and conversing and settling down with the Alf populations.
The East-Eskrians, though limited with contact, still have loose influences on the language due to their proximity: Though often times, Alfs will intentionally avoid using East-Eskrian vocabulary
Peoples
The Alf/Low are a peoples that hail from Andvail, their main professions are fishing & farming; exiled for their ideologies and stoic nature.
The main races that make of the Alf and Lows are the Alwi, a race known for their long life-spans, and the horns that jut out from their skulls. Alongside them are the h'Eusna, spirits who possess inanimate objects; though they cannot speak, they use Alfian as a written language for intercommunication.
Language
Alfian's word-order is O2VO1S, though the less formal, the more free-flow.
Alfian is a Satellite-Framing language.
Alfian does not have phrasal verbs: as english possesses.
Alfian, depending on dialect, can be quite agglutinative. (Standard dialects tend to be more Analytic)
Position within the Conworld
Alfian is considered a language of the low-man, the poor, though once upon a time, it was the language of class and education, but after their ideologies no longer matched that of the common folk and royalty, they were set out to exile, where they largely remain poor and homeless, taking up fishing and other jobs to feed themselves.
The people that still speak the language predominately live near the coast of Andvail and Ky Ygodh.
The language is the daughter language of
Eskrian, and is closely related to Takayann.Influences
The Alfs often times must trade with fremd peoples, thus leading in outside influences.
The Mhidi people contribute most of the influence, due to them abiding on the rivers, and conversing and settling down with the Alf populations.
The East-Eskrians, though limited with contact, still have loose influences on the language due to their proximity: Though often times, Alfs will intentionally avoid using East-Eskrian vocabulary
Sample of Alfian[view] Sıenaar hıȷsaen kaşe aȷera oseı eıdtr ıl. Els fruią vrıed ıl, sıesıala hen.
Every day I'm reminded why I hate this site. And yet I cannot leave because it's just so entertaining. [view all texts]
Every day I'm reminded why I hate this site. And yet I cannot leave because it's just so entertaining. [view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About AlfrinicLanguages that descend from Takayo-Eskriak (Taage) & their descendants.
[edit] [view] Khazaan (Khesani)A dialect spoken by the Khaza, a group of Alwi who have attained partial hnalakk (obtaining soul strength), and can access the Shu'na ;
They're closely linked to the abHunnal, the soullings who attained full hnalakk.
They're closely linked to the abHunnal, the soullings who attained full hnalakk.
[edit] [view] Teȷwa / Teakga (Takga)Originally a northern dialect of the Hapsi region, it was adopted as a bridge dialect, due to it's similarities to related languages.
[edit] [view] Ygodha (Ygotan)A northern-alfiridi dialect from the Ky Ygodh Empire, a more conservative tongue that relies heavily on the elder texts. They split from standard Alfian in 2461, after Nenka started a revolution to free the Senith (Senitt) people from Knai's reign as king of Andvail.
The dialect is spoken in central and lower Ky Ygodh, and small pockets on Andvail's coast.
The dialect is spoken in central and lower Ky Ygodh, and small pockets on Andvail's coast.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | m | n̥ | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | [d̪]1 | t tʰ | d dʰ | c | k kʰ | g gʰ | ʔ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f fʰ | v vʰ | θ θʰ | ð | s sʰ | z zʰ | (ʒ) | x | [χ]2 | ʁ | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ʈ͡ʂ | t͡ɬ | d͡ɮ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | [ɹ]3 | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ð/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | ɵ | [o]1 | ||||||
| Mid | ə | o̞ o̞: | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | (ɔ) | |||||
| Near-open | æ æ: | (ɐ) | ||||||
| Open | a | ä ä: | ||||||
| Polyphthongs | ai | aə |
- allophone of /o̞/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Alfian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 AlfianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| ą ą /ä/ | æ æ /æ/, /æ:/ | a a /ä/, /a/, /ɐ/1, /æ/ | aa aa /ä:/ | ę ę /ai/ | e e /ɛ/ | i i /ɪ/ | ı ı /i/ | ıȷ ıȷ /i:/, /i/ | œ œ /œ/ | o o /ɵ/, /ɔ/2, /o/ |
| oo oo /o̞:/ | ǫ ǫ /o̞/, [o] | u u /ə/ | ų ų /ə/ | ui ui /u/ | uu uu /u:/ | b b /b/ | bh bh /bʰ/ | c c /t͡ʃ/ | d d /d/ | dh dh /dʰ/ |
| dl dl /d͡ɮ/ | f f /f/, /ʋ/ | fh fh /fʰ/ | v v /ʋ/, /v/ | vh vh /vʰ/ | h h /h/ | hȷ hȷ /x/, [χ] | hm hm /m̥/ | hn hn /n̥/ | hw hw /ʍ/ | k k /k/ |
| kh kh /kʰ/ | kȷ kȷ /c/ | g g /g/ | gh gh /gʰ/ | l l /l/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | ŋ ŋ /ŋ/ | p p /p/ | ph ph /pʰ/ | r r /ɾ/, [ɹ] |
| rr rr /ʁ/ | ş ş /t͡s/, /ʈ͡ʂ/ | s s /s/ | sh sh /sʰ/ | sz sz /s/ | z z /z/ | zh zh /zʰ/ | ȥ ȥ /ʒ/3 | t t /t/ | tt tt /θ/ | th th /tʰ/ |
| tl tl /t͡ɬ/ | þ þ /θ/ | þh þh /θʰ/ | w w /w/ | ð ð /ð/, [d̪] | y y /j/ | ȷ ȷ /j/ | j j /j/ | |||
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