Cisalpine [HEV]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersCisalpine is spoken by a population of around 60,000 in Helvetica.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Cisalpine
This was originally the Helvetican language, but I wanted to recreate the grammar.
Valaisian Helvetican is a language located in Southern Switzerland and central Helvetica.
Sometimes the or l' is silent
The development are random
Valaisian Helvetican is a language located in Southern Switzerland and central Helvetica.
Sometimes the or l' is silent
The development are random
Sample of Cisalpine[view] Soi anair á South Park, anair á tenir ún temp. / Façes amœment tottara, umil qua nontemtazér. / Soi anair á South Park, anair séir mals endarre. / Park ampler deis ör naicht, poplúsér brocs: "çale, vei!" / Soi anair á South Park, anair vour se jé nonpot disfer. / Mmf mmf mmf mmf mmf mmf mmf mmf / Tå ven á South Park, et vour algun m...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeItalic
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
⤷
Latin
⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Occitano-Romance
⤷ Helveto-Romance
⤷
Old Helvetican
⤷
Cisalpine
⤷ Italic
⤷ Latino-Faliscan
⤷
Latin⤷ Vulgar Latin
⤷ Western Romance
⤷ Gallic
⤷ Occitano-Romance
⤷ Helveto-Romance
⤷
Old Helvetican⤷
CisalpinePhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p p̚ | b | t t̚2 | d | c3 | k | g | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | x | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɫ4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | jʉ | k͡s |
- Before <g> or <k>, allophone of /n/
- Finally only
- Before /i/, /ʏ/, and /ɪ/
- After vowels unless it's continued by a vowel
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | ʲʉ | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | [ʊ]1 ʲʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o | ||||||
| Mid | ə2 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɜ | ɔ: ɔ̃ | ||||||
| Open | a | ä̃ | ɑ ɑ̃ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aʊ | ɤe̯ |
- allophone of /ɫ/
- Stressed
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Cisalpine. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| CisalpineOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/, /ə/1 | Bb/b/, /p̚/ | Cc/k/, /d͡ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, /c/2 | Dd/d/, /t̚/3 | Ee/ə/4, /ɛ/, [e]5 | Ff/f/ | Gg/ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/, /g/ | Hh//, /h/ | Ii/ɪ/, /i/ |
| Jj/ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/ | Kk/c/6, /k/ | Ll/l/, /ɫ/7, [ʊ] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ]8 | Oo/o/, /ɔ:/, [ɤ] | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/9 | Rr/ɾ/, /r/, /ɹ/ |
| Ss/z/, /s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/, /ʊ/, /ʷ/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/k͡s/, /z/10 | Yy/j/ | Zz/t͡s/, /z/ | Áá/ɑ/ |
| Åå/ɑ̃/, /ä̃/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/, /ʃ/, /s/ | Éé/e/, [ɛ] | Öö/ə/ | Úú/ɤ/ | Üü/ʲʉ/, /ʲʊ/, /jʉ/ | Œœ/ɤe̯/, /œ/ | − Word Connector // | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- Final-nucleus only, excluding 1-syllable words
- Before /i/, /ʏ/, and /ɪ/
- Finally only
- Stressed
- Occasionally, if there is an <é> vowel after <e>
- Before /i/, /ʏ/, and /ɪ/
- After vowels unless it's continued by a vowel
- Before <g> or <k>
- If <ue> or <ua> comes after, replace <k> with <q>
- Initial only
