Duscan [DCN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Duscan
Duscan is a Romance language inspired mainly by Italian and Portuguese. The phonology is closer to Italian but the vocabulary is closer to Portuguese.
Note: Duscan is currently going through some changes, such as:
Note: Duscan is currently going through some changes, such as:
- Removal of /õ/, it is now always /on/.
- Diacritics are now also used for verbs. All conjugations with stress in the third-to-last syllable need to have a diacritic (e.g. zèdere, to be; ederìammo, we would eat), and also when the stress is on the second-to-last syllable and the word ends in a diphthong (e.g. zi voi bevèstei, if youPL drank).
- New diacritic marks: ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, and î. Ä, ë, and ö are used to mark plurals of words that are invariable when they not preceded by an article (e.g. filmë, movies, but le filme, the movies). Ï is used between c or g and a vowel to indicate that the i is pronounced (e.g. energïa, energy, pronounced [e.ner.ˈd͡ʒi.a] not [e.ˈnɛr.d͡ʒa]). Ü is used for the same purpose as ï, but between q and e or i, replacing the previous quu, (e.g. ecqüe, mares, pronounced [ˈɛ.kwe] not [ˈɛ.ke]). Î is used after l or n to represent /ʎi/ and /ɲi/ instead of lyi and nyi (e.g. tu vollî [ˈvɔ.ʎi], you like), except when the stress needs to be marked by a grave accent (e.g. ecco vollì [vo.ˈʎi], I liked).
- Z is now pronounced /t͡s/ or /d͡z/ before /j/.
- The suffixes -zzon and -zzion now became -zzone and -zzione, respectively.
- The preposition a now became à.
- Some changes to the conjugation of verbs and the addition of the Future Subjunctive.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p [p̚]2 | b [b̚]3 | t [t̚]4 | d [d̚]5 | k [k̚]6 | g [g̚]7 | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s8 | z | ʃ | ʒ | (x) | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]9 | (w) | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]10 | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | kw11 | ks12 |
- before /k/ or /g/, allophone of /n/
- in clusters such as "pt" or "pc", or word-finally, in native words, allophone of /p/
- word-finally, in native words, allophone of /b/
- word-finally, in native words, allophone of /t/
- word-finally, in native words, allophone of /d/
- in clusters such as "ct", or word-finally, in native words, allophone of /k/
- in the cluster "gm", or word-finally, in native words, allophone of /g/
- only before voiceless consonants or in clusters such as "ps"
- when "i" is a semivowel, allophone of /i/
- only at the end of a syllable, allophone of /ɾ/
- "qu" before "a" or "o", or "q¨ü" before "e" or "i"
- non-initial "x"
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Duscan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 DuscanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb be /b/, [b̚]1 | Cc ce /t͡ʃ/, /k/, [k̚]2 | Dd de /d/, [d̚]3 | Ee e /e/, /ɛ/ | Ff effe /f/ | Gg ghe /d͡ʒ/, /g/, [g̚]4 | Hh hacca /x/5, // | Ii i /i/, [j]6 |
| Jj yota /d͡ʒ/ | Kk kappa /k/7 | Ll elle /l/ | Mm emme /m/ | Nn enne /n/, [ŋ]8 | Oo o /o/, /ɔ/ | Pp pe /p/, [p̚]9 | Qq que /k/ | Rr erre /ɾ/, [r]10, [x]11 |
| Ss ese /s/12, /z/ | Tt te /t/, [t̚]13 | Uu u /u/, [w]14 | Vv ve /v/ | Ww dappie /w/15, /v/16 | Xx ix /d͡z/17, /ks/18 | Yy ypsilon /j/, [i]19 | Zz ze /z/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- word-finally, in native words
- in clusters such as "ct", or word-finally, in native words
- word-finally, in native words
- in the cluster "gm", or word-finally, in native words
- loan words only
- when "i" is a semivowel
- only in loan words and some words of Greek origin
- before /k/ or /g/
- in clusters such as "pt" or "pc", or word-finally, in native words
- only at the end of a syllable
- initial "r" or digraph "rr"
- only before voiceless consonants or in clusters such as "ps"
- word-finally, in native words
- when "u" is a semivowel
- loan words only
- loan words only
- initial "x"
- non-initial "x"
- when "y" is a vowel
