Dozian [DZN]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Dozian
Dozian, like its sister languages, is an VSO language spoke in Eastern Europe. Unlike Colese, Edievian, and Laendian, Dozian ended up developing deeper in Slavic territory, and has evolved to sound (superficially) more Slavic than its sisters.
Like the other surviving Gaevian languages, Dozian nouns display ablaut for singular/plural distinction. Verbs are less complicated than Edievian's, but still conjugate for 3 persons, singular/plural, and 3 tenses. Stress is final in almost all words.
Like the other surviving Gaevian languages, Dozian nouns display ablaut for singular/plural distinction. Verbs are less complicated than Edievian's, but still conjugate for 3 persons, singular/plural, and 3 tenses. Stress is final in almost all words.
Sample of Dozian[view] Ovnojon em emon vu jo samoc geja fonoltoj jo prov. Ovsajon lojêc jo žončôr, jo objazon tojat iji so dôc un cavaltoj.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Dozian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DozianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/k/ | Dd/d̪/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |