Proto-Ravenish (old) [CORVI]
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𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (þiudiskōn) [θiu̯.ðiʃ.koːn]
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𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 (þiudiskōn) [θiu̯.ðiʃ.koːn]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersProto-Ravenish (old) is spoken by a population of around 20,000 in North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Ravenish (old)
𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌵𐌴𐌼𐍉!
welcome!
This language is heavily compounding. It is spoken in Finland, leading to a higher percentage of Finnish loans than any other (My excuse to include Finnish cause I love the language). I aim for this language to eventually be completely useable in the modern day using as few loan words as possible, so some words will inevitably be quite lengthy like in Icelandic. (Longest so far - tegumahtīgōnāstraumônlandan)
The English name comes from the people's affinity for ravens, they place an unusually large importance on them, even for a Germanic culture.
This language is heavily compounding. It is spoken in Finland, leading to a higher percentage of Finnish loans than any other (My excuse to include Finnish cause I love the language). I aim for this language to eventually be completely useable in the modern day using as few loan words as possible, so some words will inevitably be quite lengthy like in Icelandic. (Longest so far - tegumahtīgōnāstraumônlandan)
The English name comes from the people's affinity for ravens, they place an unusually large importance on them, even for a Germanic culture.
Sample of Proto-Ravenish (old)[view] «[biginnandz] ainalif; ainaz-newun»
/ 1: simlê an erþōi ainō razdō rādijaþai warþ.
/ 2: þanōnuh manniz gegangun in austran, at landan in sinaierun qēmun, þaruh gastādun.
/ 3: qēdun tō siz (bô): «digamaz uz [laimaz] halluz jaƕ brinnandau¹». [laimahallunz] swæ hallunz buhtēdun,
/ 4: qēdun: «timrijaim burgun midi staupilai þammī strakiþi himinai. ...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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Proto-Ravenish (old)[view] About GermanicThe Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of approximately 500 million people mainly in North America, Oceania, Western and Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approxima...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k kʷ | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | [ʃ]2 | [ʒ]3 | χ χʷ | ʁ ʁʷ | ||||||||
| Affricate | (t͡ʃ)4 | (d͡ʒ)5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̥ | l | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r̥ | r | ||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- before velars, allophone of /s/
- at end of words, allophone of /z/
- May occur through 'tsk' like in 'dōitskōn'
- occurs natively through 'dz' at the end of words.
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e:: e: | (o) o:: o: | ||
| Near-open | (æ) æ:: æ: | |||
| Open | ɑ ɑ:: ɑ: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ou̯: | ɑi̯: ɑi̯ | eu̯: eu̯ | oi̯: | iu̯ | ɑu̯ |
Stress informationFirst syllable stress
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Ravenish (old). This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-Ravenish (old)Orthography [edit] | |||||||||
| 𐌰 â /ɑ::/ | 𐍁 ä /æ/1 | 𐌰 ā /ɑ:/ | 𐌰 a /ɑ/ | 𐌱 b /v/ | 𐌳 d /ð/ | 𐌴 e /e/ | 𐌴 ē /e:/ | 𐌴 ê /e::/ | 𐍆 f /f/ |
| 𐌲 g /ʁ/ | 𐌷 h /χ/ | 𐍈 hw /χʷ/ | 𐌹 i /i/ | 𐌹 ī /i:/ | 𐌾 j /j/ | 𐌺 k /k/ | 𐌻 l /l/ | 𐌼 m /m/ | 𐌽 n /n/, [ŋ] |
| 𐍉 ô /o::/ | 𐍉 o /o/2 | 𐍉 ō /o:/ | 𐍀 p /p/ | 𐌵 q /kʷ/ | 𐍂 r /r/ | 𐍃 ś /t͡ʃ/3 | 𐍃 s /s/, [ʃ]4 | 𐍄 t /t/ | 𐌿 u /u/ |
| 𐌿 ū /u:/ | 𐍅 w /w/ | 𐌶 ź /d͡ʒ/5 | 𐌶 z /z/, [ʒ]6 | 𐍁 æ /æ:/ | 𐍁 ǣ /æ::/ | 𐌸 þ /θ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- loan words only
- loan words only
- May occur through 'tsk' like in 'dōitskōn', loan words only
- before velars
- occurs natively through 'dz' at the end of words, loan words only
- at end of words
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