Dera [DDA]
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[Deactivated User] on 15 December 2017
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dera
This is a non-orthographic language I'm working on that is spoken by the nomadic people of a tundra in a story I'm writing. They have ram-like horns on their heads and it's kind of a big deal to them. Their culture resembles something of a cross between the Mongolian empire and the Ghana empire at their respective peaks. I'll update this with more information when I have more time and as I develop it. This isn't my first language, but it's the first one I am putting out into the world to be judged, so I hope you like it!
Sample of Dera[view] Dohano qi qeil veidalen radali veil qeil rel doqel, ngiñaz qaraziten qi boqainov nibra vinta qaim qel.
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived.[view all texts]
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ɴ | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʼ | b | t tʼ | d | c cʼ | q qʼ | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ɕ | χ | h | |||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||
Click | ʘ | ǀ | ǂ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||
Close-mid | ø | ɤ | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||
Open | ä |
Polyphthongs | aɪ | oʊ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dera. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DeraOrthography | ||||||||||
'/ʘ/ | Aa/ä/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/c/ | C' c'/cʼ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/f/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
Jj/j/ | Kk/ǂ/ | K' k'/ǀ/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ɴ/ | Oo/ɔ/, /oʊ/ | Pp/p/ | P' p'/pʼ/ |
Qq/q/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ | Rr/ʀ/ | Ss/s/ | SC sc/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | T' t'/tʼ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/χ/ | Zz/z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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