Criac [CRIA]
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Criac
K'rayık bis [k:ɽɑˈjɯk biʂ]
CriacK'rayık bis [k:ɽɑˈjɯk biʂ]
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Language type
Not specified
Species
Human/humanoid
About Criac
Distantly related to 
Ramedian, and thus a distant descendent of a certain real-life Indo-European language. This language is more conservative with respects to consonant inventory and grammar, but more innovative with vowels and vocabulary.
I am not gonna lie, this language exists for me to make featural abugida.
Ramedian, and thus a distant descendent of a certain real-life Indo-European language. This language is more conservative with respects to consonant inventory and grammar, but more innovative with vowels and vocabulary.I am not gonna lie, this language exists for me to make featural abugida.
Sample of CriacCan't find any yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɳ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: | b | t̪ t̪: | d̪ | k k: | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | f f: | v | θ θ: | ð | ʂ ʂ: | ʐ | x x: | ɣ | h | |||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂ: | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɽ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Close-mid | ø | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |
| Near-open | æ | |||
| Open | ɑ | |||
Syllable StructureMaximum syllable structure is CRVRC, where the capital R represents the resonant consonants /n/, /ʋ/, /l/, /ɽ/ and /j/. However, in onset clusters, /ɽ/ are almost always restricted to the onset, where /l/ is rare therein.
Coda clusters starting with /n/ assimilate to the final consonant, and will be represented as the allophone in writing.
Coda clusters starting with /n/ assimilate to the final consonant, and will be represented as the allophone in writing.
Stress informationStress is always on the final syllable of the word. Certain grammatical words may be unstressed.
OtherWords employ front/back vowel harmony that may only be violated in compound words. Even loanwords are adapted to match the frontness/backness of its final vowel.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Criac. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| CriacOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Ää/æ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/ʈ͡ʂ/ | C' c'/ʈ͡ʂ:/ | Dd/d̪/ | Dh dh/ð/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ëë/ʌ/ | Ff/f/ | F' f'/f:/ |
| Gg/g/ | Gh gh/ɣ/ | Hh/h/ | İi/i/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Jj/ɖ͡ʐ/ | Kk/k/ | K' k'/k:/ | Kh kh/x/ | Kh' kh'/x:/ | Ll/l̪/ |
| Mm/m/ | Nn/n̪/ | Ng ng/ŋ/ | Nr nr/ɳ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Öö/ø/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/p:/ | Rr/ɽ/ | Ss/ʂ/ | S' s'/ʂ:/ |
| Tt/t̪/ | T' t'/t̪:/ | Th th/θ/ | Th' th'/θ:/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/y/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/ʋ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/ʐ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
