Chii [CIHI]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersChii is spoken by a population of around 379,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Chii
Chii is spoken on the Isle of Chii in the north of Ullainia. It is currently one of 4 major languages on the Island along with Bramn, Budic, and Yeo. A map of the region is available at: https://conworkshop.com/gallery_view.php?g=7d4990e509ce1ccc2ae7488c56427e20
Proto-Chiig is the assumed ancestor to Chii, Yeo, Budic, and Bramn, though linguists consider them separate languages despite being in close proximity since the early Tribal Era.
Chii is a hybrid language that makes use of several particles, affixes, and classifiers to signify and express concepts. Chii has a VSO word order and complex syllable structure with phonemic tone.
Proto-Chiig is the assumed ancestor to Chii, Yeo, Budic, and Bramn, though linguists consider them separate languages despite being in close proximity since the early Tribal Era.
Chii is a hybrid language that makes use of several particles, affixes, and classifiers to signify and express concepts. Chii has a VSO word order and complex syllable structure with phonemic tone.
Sample of Chii[view] Ño̽i a̽chál vǫ̀ñ cji yǫñ seiy chirma̛n tu̇ñ.
My belly is full of cheese.[view all texts]
My belly is full of cheese.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeUllainian
⤷ Proto-Ullainian
⤷ Proto-Chiigic
⤷ Chii
⤷ Archaic Chii
⤷ Old Chii
⤷ Early Modern Chii
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Chii
⤷ Proto-Ullainian
⤷ Proto-Chiigic
⤷ Chii
⤷ Archaic Chii
⤷ Old Chii
⤷ Early Modern Chii
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Chii[view] About UllainianUllainian is the overall family consisting of the Western Ullainian, Eastern Ullainian, and Chiigic language families. This project is taking a bit of a different turn. Instead of designing the languages from the protolang to the modern-day languages...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m m̥ | n n̥ | ȵ ȵ̥ | ŋ ŋ̥ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ɖ | k | g | q | ||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | v | ð | s | ʃ | ç | ɣ | h | |||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ [t͡ʃʰ]1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɫ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | u uʱ̄ ṵ̄ ūˀ ú ù ū͌ | |||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪʱ ɪ̰ ɪˀ ɪ́ ɪ̀ ɪ͌ | ʊ ʊʱ̄ ʊ̰̄ ʊ̄ˀ ʊ́ ʊ̀ ʊ̄͌ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e eʱ ḛ eˀ é è e͌ | ø øʱ ø̰ øˀ ǿ ø̀ ø͌ | o oʱ̄ ō̰ ōˀ ó ò ō͌ | |||||||
| Open | ä äʱ ä̰ äˀ ä́ ä̀ ä͌ | ɑ ɑʱ ɑ̰ ɑˀ ɑ́ ɑ̀ ɑ͌ | ||||||||
Syllable StructureSyllable Structure is complex (CVC) with stipulations on what consonants can occur and where. For example, a word can begin with any consonant, but if the ending consonant is not in the same articulatory class (fricative, approximant, etc.) then it cannot occur and a nasal or approximant must fill in.
Stress informationStress occurs on the vowel of each syllable. There can be instances where a single word has double stress.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Chii. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ChiiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ȧȧ/ɑʱ/ | Ãã/ɑ̰/ | Àà/ɑ̀/ | Áá/ɑ́/ | Aa/ɑ/ | A̛ a̛/ɑ͌/ | A̽ a̽/ɑˀ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/q/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃʰ] |
| CJ cj/ç/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/ð/ | Ee/e/ | Ėė/eʱ/ | Éé/é/ | Ẽẽ/ḛ/ | Èè/è/ | EI ei/ä/ | ËI ëi/äʱ/ |
| ȄI ȅi/ä̀/ | E̋I e̋i/ä́/ | E̛ e̛/e͌/ | E̽ e̽/eˀ/ | E͊I e͊i/äˀ/ | E͌I e͌i/ä̰/ | E͝I e͝i/ä͌/ | Gg/g/ | G͂ g͂/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ |
| Iı/ɪʱ/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Ìì/ɪ̀/ | Íí/ɪ́/ | I̛ ı̛/ɪ͌/ | I̽ i̽/ɪˀ/ | I͂ i͂/ɪ̰/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/, /ɫ/ | Mm/m̥/, /m/ |
| Ññ/ŋ/, /ŋ̥/ | Ņņ/ȵ̥/, /ȵ/ | Nn/n̥/, /n/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ó/ | Òò/ò/ | Ơơ/ʊ̄͌/ | Ǫǫ/ʊ/ | Ȯȯ/oʱ̄/ | Ǫ̀ ǫ̀/ʊ̀/ |
| Ǫ́ ǫ́/ʊ́/ | Ǫ̇ ǫ̇/ʊʱ̄/ | O̧ o̧/ō͌/ | O̽ o̽/ōˀ/ | Ǫ̽ ǫ̽/ʊ̄ˀ/ | O͂ o͂/ō̰/ | Ǫ͂ ǫ͂/ʊ̰̄/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/ | Ss/s/ |
| SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/ú/ | Ùù/ù/ | U̇ u̇/uʱ̄/ | U̽ u̽/ūˀ/ | U͂ u͂/ṵ̄/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/j/ |
| ᴓ/ø/ | ᴓ̀/ø̀/ | ᴓ́/ǿ/ | ᴓ̃/ø̰/ | ᴓ̇/øʱ/ | ᴓ̛/ø͌/ | ᴓ̽/øˀ/ | ᵭ/ɖ/ | ꭒ/ū͌/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
