Byvoian [BYV]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Byvoian
The language of the people of Byvning, the Godlands. Spoken in many areas of Southern Iryba with a prominent influence on Lysorish vocabulary. The official language of Byvning, Welled, and Enfas but has prominent status in Pec and parts of Bati as well. The name "Eragian" (B: Eragóe) is also used to refer to this language, but more often refers to the standard dialect of Byvoian as spoken in the Eran Region.
Sample of Byvoian[view] bóasit halau shade suter halau ba, surit sóer táná hale midivó.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.[view all texts]
Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSouthern Iryban
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Proto-Southern-Iryban
⤷ Old Byvoian
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Byvoian
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Proto-Southern-Iryban⤷ Old Byvoian
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Byvoian[view] About Southern IrybanAncestor of most languages used in Southern Iryba including Byvoian, Antolish and Qelthvenese
[view] délerácie (Southern Byvoian)No summary available for this dialect.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | [ç]1 | [ʝ]2 | x | [ɣ]3 | h | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | (d͡ʒ) | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | [ɰ]4 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
- _j | _i, allophone of /h/
- allophone of /d͡ʒ/
- allophone of /g/
- V_V, allophone of /y/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y | [ɯ]1 | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | [ʏ]2 | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | [a]3 | ɑ | ||||
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /æ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Byvoian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ByvoianOrthography | ||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Ćć/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/x/ | Dd/d/ | DD dd/ð/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Éé/e/ |
| Ēē/i:/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Íí/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/1 | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Óó/o/, [w]2 | Öö/œ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ |
| Tt/t/ | TT tt/θ/ | Uu/u/, [ɯ] | Úú/y/, [ɰ]3 | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/, [ɪ] | Zz/z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
- loan words only
- _V
- V_V
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