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Dera
Dera
[dɛʀɐ]*
Registered by [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.
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Latest vocabulary
zinvdo
pralvgo
qaipenadjbouncy
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarAlveolo-
palatal
PalatalUvularGlottal
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    
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i y   ɯ u
Close-mid ø   ɤ
Open-mid ɛ   ɔ
Near-open   ɐ  
Open   ä  
Polyphthongs
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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    Typological information for Dera

    Double negativesAmplify negative
    Pronoun numbersSingular/Plural
    Pronoun persons1st/2nd/3rd persons
    Primary writing systemLanguage not written

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