Elemental [EMT]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Elemental
The language of the elementals from my conworld, spoken at the southeast of Sharkania. Some features:
- Has vocabulary from English, Scottish Gaelic, Hungarian, Norwegian, Japanese and especially Spanish and Portuguese
- The grammar is similar to Russian and Armenian
- Sounds kinda like Erzya on steroids
- 6 noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional
The script is a regular alphabet, but most letters have names with particular meanings, because they were logographs before. For example, r is for "rajn", which means "rain", and s is for "suna", which means "sand".
- Has vocabulary from English, Scottish Gaelic, Hungarian, Norwegian, Japanese and especially Spanish and Portuguese
- The grammar is similar to Russian and Armenian
- Sounds kinda like Erzya on steroids
- 6 noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional
The script is a regular alphabet, but most letters have names with particular meanings, because they were logographs before. For example, r is for "rajn", which means "rain", and s is for "suna", which means "sand".
Sample of Elemental[view] Nãw iskěser fali kon kědveššegěm.
Remember to speak with kindness.[view all texts]
Remember to speak with kindness.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Elemental
Some sound samples of Elemental. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Mjert tu semprı trisči, kwando miša kommeju?
Why are you sad whenever I come?
Why are you sad whenever I come?
Vo todos skapniŋov, śin pųstět i raštežarujet em zis planětě, no sore avśieli, komu sar.
Of all creatures that breathe and creep upon the earth, there is none so miserable as man.
Of all creatures that breathe and creep upon the earth, there is none so miserable as man.
Kwando miša kěrerų däkorlat, miša dejtarų, cucu deseo nãw kierit.
Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.
Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.
Sore, ebawt śom wi falěm, šohašem nãw enkontrariš, sёkěja, demo solё kereśi tuďet šo enkontrar.
The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.
The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.
Pare mä aprěnder. Aļgjen naserět i basahět taezu. En śom problěma?
Spare me the lecture. Lives come and go all the time. What's the big deal?
Spare me the lecture. Lives come and go all the time. What's the big deal?
Emikura mor ganarěn tu kěrerěš zem miru?
How much more defeated do you want them to be?
How much more defeated do you want them to be?
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ȶ | ȡ | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ç | x | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ks |
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | ʲi | ɯ | u ʲu | |
| Close-mid | e ʲe ẽ | ɤ | o ʲo | |
| Open | a ʲa ã | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Elemental. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ElementalOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ãã/ã/ | Aa/a/ | Ää/ʲa/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Ďď/ȡ/ | Dd/d/ | Ẽẽ/ẽ/ | Ee/e/ | Ěě/ʲe/ |
| Ff/f/ | Gg/g/, /ɟ/ | Hh/ç/, /x/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Ii/ʲi/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/, /c/ | Ll/l/ | Ļļ/ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Ńń/ȵ/ |
| Nn/n/ | Õõ/ɤ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Šš/ʂ/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Ss/s/ | Ťť/ȶ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ |
| Ųų/ʲu/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ks/ | Žž/ʐ/ | Zz/z/ | Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Ёё/ʲo/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
