Elemental [EMT]
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Registered by
Shareenear on 3 January 2018
Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersElemental is spoken by a population of around 10,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Elemental
Elemental is a language spoken in my conworld by the elementals. The closest languages to Elemental are Cyclopish and Arachnese, on Earth it's Galician
- Has vocabulary from English, Scottish Gaelic, Hungarian, Norwegian, Japanese and especially Spanish and Portuguese
- The grammar is close to Russian
- The phonology is close to Scottish(but with Portuguese nasalized vowels)
- 6 noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional
- No article
- Only 3 tenses
- Has vocabulary from English, Scottish Gaelic, Hungarian, Norwegian, Japanese and especially Spanish and Portuguese
- The grammar is close to Russian
- The phonology is close to Scottish(but with Portuguese nasalized vowels)
- 6 noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional
- No article
- Only 3 tenses
Sample of Elemental[view] 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.[view all texts]
Of all creatures that breathe and creep upon the earth, there is none so miserable as man.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Elemental
Some sound samples of Elemental. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
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?
Joļ, emeśimplěr: serět vakkěr palavrı, sač, komu... assim, śin zis majz atras empoja...
Well, for example: you have beautiful words such as... whatever the fuck this is...
Well, for example: you have beautiful words such as... whatever the fuck this is...
Si tu šemlegeš en jurettfardi situašonah, majd tu iskoljerěl ślis oppressora.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Bilivěš śin sore kjen ckurul soko ai ruđigiń elёzo nattju ckuruli sore śin ckuruli or nãw ckuruli, k...
Do you believe that whoever did something over here last night did what they did or didn't do, I mea...
Do you believe that whoever did something over here last night did what they did or didn't do, I mea...
Amigo miral oho en šındovsě
A friend saw an eye in the window
A friend saw an eye in the window
Miša esrevesil śin me azta serlo em iči dedo kěvišbi kě kёzeļ elёzo ınkontrãwe.
I noticed he had one less finger than when we last met.
I noticed he had one less finger than when we last met.
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 | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ää/ʲa/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ďď/ȡ/ | Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | Ee/e/ | Ěě/ʲe/ | Ff/f/ |
| Gg/g/, /ɟ/ | Hh/x/, /ç/ | Ii/ʲi/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/, /c/ | Ll/l/ | Ļļ/ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ńń/ȵ/ |
| Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʂ/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Tt/t/ | Ťť/ȶ/ | Uu/u/ | Ųų/ʲu/ |
| Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ks/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʐ/ | Ãã/ã/ | Õõ/ɤ/ | Ẽẽ/ẽ/ | Ёё/ʲo/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
