Cypriot Latin [CYPRS]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersCypriot Latin is spoken in Cyprus as official language and Turkey, Greece, UK, Dodecania, USIA(United States of Ionian Islands) and Candia as minority language.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cypriot Latin
Cypriot Latin (Ciprcot [ʃipʁkot] or Gembĕ Ciprcot [ʒembə ʃipʁkot]) is the official and main language of Cyprus. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in the countries such as Turkey, UK, Greece, Dodecania, United States of Ionian Islands, Candia and by the large Cypriot diaspora. Cypriot Latin is also one of the official languages of the European Union.
Latest vocabularyNo words yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeItalic
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
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Latin
⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Langues d'oïl
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Cypriot Latin
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
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Latin⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Langues d'oïl
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Cypriot Latin [edit] [view] Chiprhiĭot Dogecanhegĕn (Dodecanese Cypriot)Dodecanese Cypriot(Chiprhiĭot Dogecanhegĕn) is spoken in Dodecanese Islands. It is debated whether it’s a different language or a dialect of Cypriot because of it developing much more isolated than other dialects. However it’s still believed to be by a majority of linguists and compared to other Cypriot dialects, it has a much stronger French influence and a majority of its modern borrowings are Italian compared to the English modern borrowings of Nicosian dialect.
[edit] [view] Chiprhiĭot Famĕgucchĕn) (Famagustan Cypriot)Famagustan Cypriot(Chiprhiĭot Famĕgucchĕn) is spoken around the eastern coast of Cyprus and it shows influences of Italian, Aragonese and Occitan much higher compared to other dialects of Cypriot Latin.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s1 | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʝ | x | ɣ | ʁ2 | ||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | (kv) |
- intervocallically
- word-finally and intervocallically
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i1 | u2 | ||||
| Close-mid | e3 | o4 | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a5 | |||||
- used to indicate stress or for homophone distinction
- used to indicate stress or for homophone distinction
- used for homophone distinction
- used to indicate stress or for homophone distinction
- used to indicate stress or for homophone distinction
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cypriot Latin. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Cypriot LatinOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb be /b/ | Cc ce /k/, /ʃ/1 | Çç çe /θ/ | CH ch/ʃ/ | Dd de /d/ | DH dh/ð/ | Ee e /e/ | Ęę ę /ə/ |
| Ff efę /f/ | Gg ge /ʒ/2, /g/ | GH gh/g/ | Hh hacę /x/ | Ii i /i/ | Jj ji /ʒ/ | Kk ka /k/ | Ll elę /l/ | Łł ełę /ʁ/3 |
| Mm emę /m/ | Nn enę /n/ | NH nh/ɲ/ | Oo o /o/ | Pp pe /p/ | Qq ki /k/4 | QU qu/kv/5 | Rr erę /ɾ/, /ʁ/ | RH rh/ɾ/6 |
| Ss exę //7, /s/, /z/8 | Tt te /t/ | Uu u /u/ | Vv ve /v/ | Ww dublę ve /v/9 | Xx ixę /s/10 | Yy i grec /ɣ/ | Zz zedhę /z/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- before <e, ę, é, ê, è, i, í, î, ì>
- before <e, ę, é, ê, è, i, í, î, ì>
- word-finally and intervocallically
- loan words only
- loan words only
- word-initally and in consonant clusters
- word-finally
- intervocallically
- loan words only
- intervocallically
