Dragonspeak [DGSP]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersDragonspeak is spoken by a population of around 37,000 in the Drake Islands.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dragonspeak
Dragonspeak is the official language of the Drake Islands, an archipelago based on Celtic and Norse cultures. According to local legend, the language was gifted to the humans by the dragons, and the two live in peace.
Language family relationships
Language treeIsolates
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Dragonspeak
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Dragonspeak[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t [tʲ]2 tʰ [tʰʲ]3 | k [kʲ]4 kʰ [kʰʲ]5 | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | [ʃ]6 | [ç]7 | [ʝ]8 | x | ɣ | h | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l | [ʎ]9 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ [ɾʲ]10 | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /tʰ/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /kʰ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /x/
- allophone of /ɣ/
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | y y: | u u: | |
| Close-mid | e e: | ø ø: | o o: | |
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||
| Near-open | æ æ: | |||
| Open | ɑ ɑ: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ɑu | ɛi | œy |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dragonspeak. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| DragonspeakOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa A /ɑ/ | Áá Apú /ɑ:/ | Ææ Æ /æ/ | Ǽǽ Æpú /æ:/ | Åå Å /ɔ/ | Bb Bo /p/ | Cc Cocé /kʰ/ | Dd Dodé /t/ | Ee E /e/ | Éé Epú /e:/ |
| Ff Fo /f/ | Gg Gogé /k/ | Hh atha /h/ | Ii I /i/ | Íí Ipú /i:/ | Ll Lolé /l/ | Mm Mo /m/ | Nn Noné /n/ | Oo O /o/ | Óó Opú /o:/ |
| Ơơ Ơ /ø/ | Ớớ Ơpú /ø:/ | Pp Po /pʰ/ | Rr Roré /ɾ/ | Ss Sosé /s/ | Tt Toté /tʰ/ | Uu U /u/ | Úú Upú /u:/ | Yy Y /y/ | Ýý Ypú /y:/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
