Enigentian [ENGL]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersEnigentian is spoken in Enigentian Empire.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Enigentian
Classical Enigentian is an Athru-Kherzomian language of the Tuilohic branch, descending from Ververian (also called Old Enigentian), with its sister language(s) Common Enigentian, the non-standardized commonly spoken form(s). It is the official language of the Enigentian Empire, as well as the main language of trade and interspecies communication (being also the first Yotunian language spoken by a human).
It is a synthetic, nominative-accusative language with flexible, but mostly SVO (or SOV in certain circumstances) word order, with modifiers usually-but-not-always preceeding the head. It exhibits three numbers (SG, PL and dying PAUC) seven distinct cases for nouns and pronouns (NOM, ACC, GEN, LAT, ABL, ABE, INS). Verbs are declined for person, number, mood and tense, though only the IND shows different tenses, while PROSP, DES, OPT, IMP are tenseless or only imply tense. In verbs as well as pronouns, the paucal (evolved from original dual) can also be used for inclusivity in the first person.
For more information, check the [unfinished] articles.
It is a synthetic, nominative-accusative language with flexible, but mostly SVO (or SOV in certain circumstances) word order, with modifiers usually-but-not-always preceeding the head. It exhibits three numbers (SG, PL and dying PAUC) seven distinct cases for nouns and pronouns (NOM, ACC, GEN, LAT, ABL, ABE, INS). Verbs are declined for person, number, mood and tense, though only the IND shows different tenses, while PROSP, DES, OPT, IMP are tenseless or only imply tense. In verbs as well as pronouns, the paucal (evolved from original dual) can also be used for inclusivity in the first person.
For more information, check the [unfinished] articles.
Sample of Enigentian[view] Xugte irtxu xeliut uemeu utxicu natxica. Eu ulcuvcu atxetex taltxama, vemili eivutxe vililtxugic.
Even a mighty lake did not fall whole. It had to rain down in droplets, else the birds would drown.[view all texts]
Even a mighty lake did not fall whole. It had to rain down in droplets, else the birds would drown.[view all texts]
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Language family relationships
Language treeSouthern/Athrutian dialects
⤷ Athrutian
⤷ Tuilohic
⤷ Western Tuilohic
⤷ Old Enigentian / Ververian
⤷ High Enigentian Dialect
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Enigentian
⤷ Athrutian
⤷ Tuilohic
⤷ Western Tuilohic
⤷ Old Enigentian / Ververian
⤷ High Enigentian Dialect
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Enigentian[view] About Southern/Athrutian dialectsThe Athru-Kherzomian family is a language family from a planet called Yotune on continents named Athrut and Kherzom, after which it is named. Many languages of said planet, both living and dead, belong to this family, as does the current lingua franc...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t̪ | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]1 | [β]2 | v3 | θ | x | |||||||||
| Affricate | c͡ç | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]4 | |||||||||||||
| Blends | [tx]5 | [kx]6 | mp |
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /v/
- From Proto-Tuilohian /w/ -> /v/; from that /β/ -> /ɸ/ -> /p/
- allophone of /r/
- Only in some dialects, allophone of /θ/
- Only in some dialects, allophone of /c͡ç/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | [ɯ]1 | u | |
| Close-mid | [e]2 | |||
| Mid | e̞ | |||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]3 | |||
| Open | [a]4 | ɑ | [ɒ]5 | |
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /e̞/
- allophone of /e̞/
- allophone of /ɑ/
- allophone of /ɑ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Enigentian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| EnigentianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||||
| Ii Ii I /i/ | Nn Nn Ne /n/ | Ee Ee E /e̞/ | Mm Mm Em /m/ | Rr Rr Re /r/ | Kk Cc Cu /k/ | Uu Uu U /u/ | Tt Tt /t̪/ | Åå Aa A /ɑ/ | Gg Gg Ge /g/ | Vv Vv Ve /v/1 | Ll Ll Le /l/ | Hh Xx Ex /x/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||||
- From Proto-Tuilohian /w/ -> /v/; from that /β/ -> /ɸ/ -> /p/
Additional NotesName of the script is derived from the order, where characters are ordered by their complexity in lowercase form (amount of curves/strokes/...).
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