Folk's Tongue [FKT]
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Folk's Tongue
folkstunge [folksˈ.tʌŋ.gə]
folkstunge [folksˈ.tʌŋ.gə]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Folk's Tongue
Folk's Tongue is a language spoken within Folksland, by the Folk Nation people. This language began as a way to conceal rituals from those who were not members of the Folk Nation, but then began to be used as an everyday language. It has since developed into 5 distinct dialects.
Sample of Folk's Tongue[view] Nordwindin an sunan thretted hwem af dem is starkestin, nor reiser komt po vejin inpacked in warm pels. / De stimmt til att han som kan meka reiserin fa tega af hans pels first, ska hijta starkestin. / Nordwindin blev als hard als han kunde, men mer han blev mer tijte reiserin held til hans pels. / an endelig nordwindin gift op. Dannar sunan b...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] midlandsbylied (Central Dialect)This is the dialect spoken in the central region of Folksland. It is considered to be the most neutral and is typically the dialect taught to new learners.
[edit] [view] estlandsbylied (Eastern Dialect)The Eastern Dialect is the dialect spoken in the area near the mountains to the east and on the coastline. This dialect is known for being smooth and fluid like water.
[edit] [view] nordlandsbylied (Northern Dialect)The Northern Dialect is spoken in the snowy mountain areas to the north. This dialect is characterized by being lighter than air.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | h | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | u | ||||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||||
Open | ɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Folk's Tongue. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Folk's TongueOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
Aa a /æ/, /ɑ/ | Bb be /b/ | Dd de /ð/, /d/ | Ee e /ɛ/, /e/ | Ff eff /f/ | Gg ge /g/ | Hh ha /h/ | Ii i /ɪ/, /i/ | Jj jot /j/ | Kk ko /k/ | Ll ell /l/ | Mm em /m/ |
Nn en /n/ | NG ng eng /ŋ/ | Oo o /ɔ/, /o/ | Pp pe /p/ | Rr err /ɹ/, /r/ | Ss ess /s/ | Tt te /t/ | TH th thorn /θ/ | Uu u /u/, /ʌ/ | Vv ve /v/ | Ww wav /w/ | Yy y /ə/, /ʊ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |