Ezhenesal [COH]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ezhenesal
Ezhenesal is a Brittonic Celtic conlang bearing strong resemblance to Cornish, Breton and, more distantly, Welsh. It is spoken on a cluster of islands north of the Isles of Scilly, where children are raised bilingually in Ezhenesal and English.
Language family relationships
[view] About CelticThe Celtic languages (usually pronounced /ˈkɛltɪk/ but sometimes /ˈsɛltɪk/) are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group b...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k kʷ | g gʷ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
Close | i | |||||||
Near-close | ʊ | |||||||
Close-mid | o | |||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | eu | ɔi | aʊ | ʊe | oʊ | ʊa | ei | iə |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ezhenesal. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
EzhenesalOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/x/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GW gw/gʷ/ | Hh/h/ | HW hw/ʍ/ |
Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KW kw/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | LL ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ |
Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/ə/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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Background
A brief overview of the history and background of Ezhenesal
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