Eshtonian [EFK]
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Eshtonian
Eešte keel [eːʃte keːl(ʲ)]
EshtonianEešte keel [eːʃte keːl(ʲ)]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Eshtonian
A what-if scenario of a language/dialect diverging from Estonian in the same ways Karelian diverges from Finnish
Sample of Eshtonian[view] Inimeše olend šizaldab vigu, ebaõnneštumiži, puuduži, eluvalličuid, himoid, egzistenciaalžeid värevuži, väljukuččeid ga vastušeikkuid.
A person's existence includes mistakes, failures, deprivations, life choices, desires, existential anxieties, challenges and contradictions.[view all texts]
A person's existence includes mistakes, failures, deprivations, life choices, desires, existential anxieties, challenges and contradictions.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p: | b | t t: | d | k k: | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s s: | z | ʃ ʃ: | ʒ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡s: | t͡ʃ t͡ʃ: | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l l: | [ȴ]1 [ȴ:]2 | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r r: | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /l/
- allophone of /l:/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i:: i: | y y:: y: | ɯ ɯ:: ɯ: | u u:: u: |
| Close-mid | e e:: e: | ø ø:: ø: | o o:: o: | |
| Near-open | æ æ:: æ: | |||
| Open | ɑ ɑ:: ɑ: | |||
| Polyphthongs | æɪ̯ | ɑɪ̯ | ɯɪ̯ | eɪ̯ | ɑʊ̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Eshtonian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 EshtonianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ää/æ/ | Aa/ɑ/ | ÄÄ ää/æ:/, /æ::/ | AA aa/ɑ:/, /ɑ::/ | ÄI äi/æɪ̯/ | AI ai/ɑɪ̯/ | AU au/ɑʊ̯/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ |
| CC cc/t͡s:/ | ČČ čč/t͡ʃ:/ | Dd/d/ | DŽ dž/d͡ʒ/ | Ee/e/ | EE ee/e::/, /e:/ | EI ei/eɪ̯/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/, /i::/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KK kk/k:/ | Ll/l/, [ȴ] | LL ll/l:/, [ȴ:] | Mm/m/ | MM mm/m:/ | Nn/n/ |
| NN nn/n:/ | Õõ/ɯ/ | Öö/ø/ | Oo/o/ | ÕI õi/ɯɪ̯/ | OO oo/o:/, /o::/ | ÖÖ öö/ø:/, /ø::/ | ÕÕ õõ/ɯ:/, /ɯ::/ | Pp/p/ | PP pp/p:/ |
| Rr/r/ | RR rr/r:/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | SS ss/s:/ | ŠŠ šš/ʃ:/ | Tt/t/ | TT tt/t:/ | Üü/y/ | Uu/u/ |
| UU uu/u:/, /u::/ | ÜÜ üü/y:/, /y::/ | Vv/v/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | |||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
