Cornish (Levrian) [CNSL]
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Place & SpeakersCornish (Levrian) is spoken by a population of around 14,560,000 in Corland.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cornish (Levrian)
Cornish is the one of three official languages spoken in Corland along with Ravanian and a dialect of 
Marinese known as Cornish Marinese. Although Ravanian is prevalent in Corland and taught in the vast majority of schools, Cornish is the language of choice for corporations, the judicial systems and parliament.
Although descended from the same family tree as Marinese and Ravanian, Cornish is vastly different. Unlike the other two, Cornish has no genders, no verb inflections aside from past tense and no cases for nouns. It also has the word order VSO, with clauses starting with verbs. No one is quite sure what happened between Old Levarian and Chorinsh as surviving written texts from the era are extremely rare. There is also a minor, dying language called Crettish which is similar to Cornish spoken by a small group of people in the far north-east of Corland which experts believe will become extinct within the next 10 years.
Marinese known as Cornish Marinese. Although Ravanian is prevalent in Corland and taught in the vast majority of schools, Cornish is the language of choice for corporations, the judicial systems and parliament. Although descended from the same family tree as Marinese and Ravanian, Cornish is vastly different. Unlike the other two, Cornish has no genders, no verb inflections aside from past tense and no cases for nouns. It also has the word order VSO, with clauses starting with verbs. No one is quite sure what happened between Old Levarian and Chorinsh as surviving written texts from the era are extremely rare. There is also a minor, dying language called Crettish which is similar to Cornish spoken by a small group of people in the far north-east of Corland which experts believe will become extinct within the next 10 years.
Sample of Cornish (Levrian)[view] Blaen már nyd marwg nyfryn un Ufryn, barod udd imgwychwy marw yn agerdd ly y Ddir.
When there is no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the Earth. [view all texts]
When there is no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the Earth. [view all texts]
Sound samples in Cornish (Levrian)
Some sound samples of Cornish (Levrian). Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Sarchyddodd chawth aithwy un Aebera un orsa amsud: Armenog, Casawrog, Syriog, Israelog, Groechog agh...
At that time six languages were spoken in Iberia: Armenian, Khazar, Syriac, Hebrew, Greek, and the r...
At that time six languages were spoken in Iberia: Armenian, Khazar, Syriac, Hebrew, Greek, and the r...
Blaen már nyd marwg nyfryn un Ufryn, barod udd imgwychwy marw yn agerdd ly y Ddir.
When there is no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the Earth.
When there is no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the Earth.
Chrymfodd udd aeroiwyrwyr marwyn cwym wy ngalis.
Softly the great white snowflakes fell.
Softly the great white snowflakes fell.
Ai, flaer i og wrion a charfyn.
Hey, I've got a family to feed.
Hey, I've got a family to feed.
Már i o ffen mafyr. Már osaghad thorn. Glarach chyr aefyr a glara i charfedwych.
I am such a freak. Society is bad. You drink water, I drink anarchy.
I am such a freak. Society is bad. You drink water, I drink anarchy.
Language family relationships
Language treeEastern Levrian
⤷ Proto-Est-Lervrian
⤷ Old Levarian
⤷ Chorinsh
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Cornish (Levrian)
⤷ Proto-Est-Lervrian
⤷ Old Levarian
⤷ Chorinsh
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Cornish (Levrian)[view] About Eastern LevrianLanguage family on the continent of Levria
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ̃ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | fʰ | v | θʰ | ð | s | ɣ | χ | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | w͡ɪ |
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||
| Polyphthongs | ai̯ | ɔi̯ | ui̯ | ɑu̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cornish (Levrian). This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Cornish (Levrian)Orthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Cc Cc cern /k/ | Ch k Ch ch chardd /χ/ | Dd Dd eda /d/ | Dd á Dd dd ddan /ð/ | Aa Aa affa /a/ | Áj Áá áffa /ɑ/ | Bb Bb byn /b/ | Ee Ee el /ɛ/ | Mm Mm mim /m/ |
| Ng x Ng ng ngydd /ŋ̃/ | Nn Nn any /n/ | Ff Ff fen /v/ | Ff fv Ff ff ffal /fʰ/ | Oo Oo os /ɔ/ | Gg Gg gern /g/ | Gh q Gh gh ghardd /ɣ/ | Hh Hh hocha /h/ | Ii Ii im /i/ |
| Ll Ll ala /l/ | Pp Pp pyn /p/ | Rr Rr ra /ɾ/ | Uu Uu urdd /ʌ/ | Ss Ss esa /s/ | Tt Tt ta /t/ | Th z Th th thet /θʰ/ | Yy Yy yn /ɪ/ | Ww Ww wn /u/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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