Àbhradoch [AVR]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Àbhradoch
Biann u mbughann mnor bhaòch ar leoch-ruitea miceaidh u nguithi adar càr abhanna ga bhaòch.
biann u mbuġann mnor ḃaòċ ar leoċ-ruitea miceaiḋ u nguiṫi adar càr aḃanna ga ḃaòċ.
[b̥ʲɪᵈn ʉ muə̯ᵈn mᵊnɔr̥ʲ βɤ:x ar̥ʲ ˈlʲʌxˌrʲɪd̥ʲə mʲɪˈkʰʲəi̯ ʉ ˈŋɪhɪ ˈad̥ər̥ʲ kʰɑ:r̥ʲ ˈəu̯nə g̊ə βɤ:x]
"When man first breathes, the evil of the world is the first thing to escape his lips."
Àbhradoch (àḃradoċ) is an a priori language spoken on the isolated island of Àbhra. Those who speak it are called the Àbhradar (SGSingular (number)
one countable entity Àbhradon).
The language was originally (fairly obviously) inspired by Goidelic languages, in particular Scottish Gaelic. Over time it's developed into more of its own unique entity with several changes, including a more complex synthetic grammar, extremely irregular plurals, and Germanic-like separable verb constructions, though many of the original elements remain.
Quick summary of features:
Biann u mbughann mnor bhaòch ar leoch-ruitea miceaidh u nguithi adar càr abhanna ga bhaòch.biann u mbuġann mnor ḃaòċ ar leoċ-ruitea miceaiḋ u nguiṫi adar càr aḃanna ga ḃaòċ.
[b̥ʲɪᵈn ʉ muə̯ᵈn mᵊnɔr̥ʲ βɤ:x ar̥ʲ ˈlʲʌxˌrʲɪd̥ʲə mʲɪˈkʰʲəi̯ ʉ ˈŋɪhɪ ˈad̥ər̥ʲ kʰɑ:r̥ʲ ˈəu̯nə g̊ə βɤ:x]
"When man first breathes, the evil of the world is the first thing to escape his lips."
Àbhradoch (àḃradoċ) is an a priori language spoken on the isolated island of Àbhra. Those who speak it are called the Àbhradar (SGSingular (number)one countable entity Àbhradon).
The language was originally (fairly obviously) inspired by Goidelic languages, in particular Scottish Gaelic. Over time it's developed into more of its own unique entity with several changes, including a more complex synthetic grammar, extremely irregular plurals, and Germanic-like separable verb constructions, though many of the original elements remain.
Quick summary of features:
- SVO word order
- No nominal cases
- Irregular plurals for almost everything (neis → nech; duimh → dumhar; càd → càis)
- Verbs are marked for 7 tensespresent, past, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, future, future perfect, 4 moodsindicative, subjunctive, conditional, imperative, active/passive voice, and first/non-first person
- Additional variant verb forms used only when a verb is within a subordinate or relative clause
- Alienability distinction
- Subordinating prepositions: sur "near, close to" → sàrr "near [the place] where"
- "Directive verbs," which are verbs with an accompanying prepositional adverb, similar to Germanic's separable verbs (e.g. "give up")
- Base-8 (octal) number system
Sample of Àbhradoch[view] Giu bhiwrdaraì nachaimeais ghiumhaim dhashbhaemeaim tiull-shgoidheaim ànuicì òch, nucar shì gead Gàidh Fhaol. Gadad fùill-ruiteaim gead. Ga shiubh, Ùlfardh gèidinn ann: ne-nacha tàr abhailea annchar adar tham ga charumh? Ne-nacha tàr aghalla ’r Siòr thas ga charumh? Ne-nacha tàr aghalla ’r sibh sgoidheach thas? Uas abhaileaimeais i Neis s’ i bPè s’...[view all texts]
Latest vocabulary
Sound samples in Àbhradoch
Some sound samples of Àbhradoch. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Fe nguithi tiuram g'aidedh uas bhùair miabh gùesgiuas uas sbhaemneaghar. Damar feonnuas uas rùa...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and con...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n nʲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | [ʰp] [ʰpʲ] pʰ pʰʲ | b̥ʲ b̥ | [ʰt] [ʰtʲ] tʰ tʰʲ | d̥ʲ d̥ | [ʰk] [ʰkʲ] kʰ kʰʲ | g̥ʲ g̥ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | β βʲ | f fʲ | v vʲ | s | ʃ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | h | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | lʲ | ɫ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r rʲ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i: | ɨ | ʉ | ɯ: | u: | |||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e: | ø: | ɵ: | ɤ: | o: | |||
| Mid | [ə] | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | ɔ ɔ: | ||||
| Open | a | ɑ: | ||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɯə̯ | uə̯ | iə̯ | əu̯ | əi̯ | ɔi̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Àbhradoch. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ÀbhradochOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| à à a mhailiòis /ɑ:/ | a a a /a/, [ə] | aò aò a s'o mhailiòis /ɤ:/ | ao ao a s'o /ʌ/, [ə] | b b baè /b̥/, /b̥ʲ/ | ḃ bh baè dhamhaes /βʲ/, /w/, /β/ | c c ceà /kʰʲ/, /kʰ/, [ʰk], [ʰkʲ] | ċ ch ceà dhamhaes /x/, /ç/ | d d dù /d̥/, /d̥ʲ/ | ḋ dh dù dhamhaes /j/, /ɣ/, /ʝ/ |
| è è e mhailiòis /e:/ | e e e /ɛ/, [ə] | f f faidh /f/, /fʲ/ | ḟ fh faidh dhamhaes // | g g ge /g̥ʲ/, /g̥/ | ġ gh ge dhamhaes /j/, /ɣ/, /ʝ/ | i i i /ɪ/ | ì ì i mhailiòis /i:/ | l l laè /lʲ/, /ɫ/ | m m mà /mʲ/, /m/ |
| ṁ mh mà dhamhaes /vʲ/, /v/ | n n ne /n/, /nʲ/ | o o o /ɔ/ | ò ò o mhailiòis /ɔ:/ | p p peò /pʰ/, /pʰʲ/, [ʰp], [ʰpʲ] | ṗ ph peò dhamhaes /fʲ/, /f/ | r r rò /rʲ/, /r/ | s s sann /s/, /ʃ/ | ṡ sh sann dhamhaes /h/ | t t tà /tʰ/, /tʰʲ/, [ʰt], [ʰtʲ] |
| ṫ th tà dhamhaes /h/ | ù ù u mhailiòis /u:/ | u u u /ʉ/, [ə] | ùa ùa u s'a mhailiòis /ɯ:/ | ua ua u s'a /ɨ/, [ə] | ẁ ẁ w mhailiòis /ɵ:/ | w w w /œ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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