Elemental [EMT]
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Registered by
Shareenear on 3 January 2018
Language type
A posteriori
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] Mjert tu semprı trisči, kwando miša kommeju?
Why are you sad whenever I come?[view all texts]
Why are you sad whenever I come?[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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
