Faunese [FAU]
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[Deactivated User] on 15 March 2018
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersSpoken in:
Species
Human/humanoid
About Faunese
The goals with this lang are multiple, but simple:
1. To make a lang that I like.
2. To make a lang I could use for my conpeople, the Fauns.
3. To make a lang that is at least somewhat naturalistic, unless it conflicts with #1.
The language itself was inspired by Japanese, Korean and Polynesian languages including Hawaiian. It features a lot of onomatopoeia to describe a lot of words and I often used a very subjective kind of "Kiki-Bouba" type of method to achieve words that I like. Another method I frequently use is to mash relevant vocabulary from my source languages until I get something that I like.
Faunese was made as the proto-lang for a group of sub-races of the Fauns, a race of "mino-mammals", "demi-humans", etc, etc. They basically have the lower half of a mammal, usually canines, vulpines, felines, lagomorphs, etc., and the torso of a human. The arms may or may not be covered with fur.
1. To make a lang that I like.
2. To make a lang I could use for my conpeople, the Fauns.
3. To make a lang that is at least somewhat naturalistic, unless it conflicts with #1.
The language itself was inspired by Japanese, Korean and Polynesian languages including Hawaiian. It features a lot of onomatopoeia to describe a lot of words and I often used a very subjective kind of "Kiki-Bouba" type of method to achieve words that I like. Another method I frequently use is to mash relevant vocabulary from my source languages until I get something that I like.
Faunese was made as the proto-lang for a group of sub-races of the Fauns, a race of "mino-mammals", "demi-humans", etc, etc. They basically have the lower half of a mammal, usually canines, vulpines, felines, lagomorphs, etc., and the torso of a human. The arms may or may not be covered with fur.Latest vocabularyNo words yet.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Blends | pɸ |
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | ɯ ɯ: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Faunese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| FauneseOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Āā/a:/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ |
| Ii/i/ | II ii/i:/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ | Pp/p/ | PF pf/pɸ/ |
| Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Ūū/ɯ:/ | Ww/β/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
