Goblin [GTG]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Goblin
Goblinish is spoken by goblins in my conworld and is based on Germanic languages
- Generally, grammar is similar to English
- Not really sane orthografy: words are written and pronounced differently and sometimes there might be 7 letters for 3 sounds
- The first letter in a noun is capital
- Generally, grammar is similar to English
- Not really sane orthografy: words are written and pronounced differently and sometimes there might be 7 letters for 3 sounds
- The first letter in a noun is capital
Sample of Goblin[view] Shome sagen ji kann vertell ðasch Framtið, I sagen ji kaschten skünfünðzwanzig. Hvaða ðinken?
Some say they can tell the future, I say they cost 25. What do you think?[view all texts]
Some say they can tell the future, I say they cost 25. What do you think?[view all texts]
Sound samples in Goblin
Some sound samples of Goblin. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Shome sagen ji kann vertell ðasch Framtið, I sagen ji kaschten skünfünðzwanzig. Hvaða ðinken?
Some say they can tell the future, I say they cost 25. What do you think?
Some say they can tell the future, I say they cost 25. What do you think?
Hvað I'r oer át machen skes not wart gnehmigð by ðasch Watikanen.
...What I am about to do has not been approved by the Vatican.
...What I am about to do has not been approved by the Vatican.
Hvað er betra als i Life uth Skam?
I erlijk Dauði.
What is better than a life of shame? An honest death.
What is better than a life of shame? An honest death.
Át wari, øðir not át wari? Ðaardie er ðasch Sjpøkjmow.
To be, or not to be? That is the question.
To be, or not to be? That is the question.
Hvað machen ðo get þa ðo kreiz i geischtshick Alleiner with i Gesellskap ðaardie opskees im ünð meðh...
What do you get when you cross a mentally-ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him ...
What do you get when you cross a mentally-ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him ...
Ir daud machening hvað ir vilte kein matter hvað, rechþ? I veðja ir war glücklich.
He died doing what he wanted no matter what, right? I bet he was happy.
He died doing what he wanted no matter what, right? I bet he was happy.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Other | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ç | x | χ | ħ | ɧ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | p̪͡f | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ŋk |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y | ʉ | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | ø | o o: | |||
| Open | a a: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | uw | aw | yw | iw | ew | ow |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Goblin. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 GoblinOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Áá/aw/ | Aa/a/ | AA aa/o:/, /a:/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/ç/, /x/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/ew/ | EE ee/i:/, /e:/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/ʒ/, /g/, /χ/ |
| Hh/ħ/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/iw/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/, /j/ | Kk/k/ | KJ kj/ɕ/ | Ll/l/, /ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NK nk/ŋk/ |
| Oo/o/ | Óó/ow/ | OO oo/u:/ | Pp/p/ | PF pf/p̪͡f/ | Rr/ɹ/, /r/, /ʀ/ | Ss/s/ | SCH sch/ʃ/ | SK sk/ɧ/ | Tt/t/ | TSCH tsch/t͡ʃ/ |
| Uu/u/ | Úú/uw/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/y/ | Ýý/yw/ | Zz/d͡z/, /t͡s/, /z/ | Ðð/ð/ | Øø/ø/ | Þþ/θ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
