Hosul [HOSUL]
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Language type
Other
Species
Human/humanoid
About Hosul
Ttoegae! Welcome...to the ambiguity.
Features:
- SOV word order (well, by default. Word order is pretty free, but the subject always comes first)
- Specific question particle 'ppeok' used at the start of questions
- Ergative-absolutive (i have a thing for it now, heh)
- Two animacy distinctions
- Transitivity shenanigans
- Korean vibes (i think)
-Base-5 numbers! scratch that, it's boring af base-10 cos i cannot into n u m b e r s
Features:
- SOV word order (well, by default. Word order is pretty free, but the subject always comes first)
- Specific question particle 'ppeok' used at the start of questions
- Ergative-absolutive (i have a thing for it now, heh)
- Two animacy distinctions
- Transitivity shenanigans
- Korean vibes (i think)
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Sample of Hosul[view] Nu ryusupp ospo seo nu ryusupp, on-okyojosyeos.
To be, or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
To be, or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Hosul
Some sound samples of Hosul. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Yeu Ogosjo kyomujo.
I speak English
I speak English
Language family relationships
[view] About KoreanicThe Koreanic languages are a language family consisting of the modern Korean language together with extinct ancient relatives closer to it than to any proposed links. Among extant languages, Korean is considered by most linguists to be a language iso...
[edit] [view] Ppyeos Ogosjo (Southern Hosul)Ppyeos Ogosjo (literally down Hosul) is spoken in the southern areas of Myeuk.
Very few vocab differences, but a few phonological quirks:
- /t:/, /p/ and /p:/ are ejected
- /ʌ/ morphs into /ɔ/
- /ɯ/ morphs into /ə/
- All sibilants are followed by an unstressed schwa when word-final
Very few vocab differences, but a few phonological quirks:
- /t:/, /p/ and /p:/ are ejected
- /ʌ/ morphs into /ɔ/
- /ɯ/ morphs into /ə/
- All sibilants are followed by an unstressed schwa when word-final
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p1 p:2 | (b)3 | t: | k | g4 | |||||||
| Fricative | s5 | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j6 | |||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Blends | hj | jɛ | tɕj | kj | jʌ | ɾj | jɯ |
- Ejective in Southern dialect
- Ejected in Southern dialect
- Devoiced to /p/ when word-final
- Devoiced to /k/ when word-final
- Followed by a schwa in Southern dialect
- Never word-final
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | ɯ1 | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ2 | ||
- Schwa in Southern dialect
- Pronounced /ɔ/ in Southern dialect, standard pronunciation disputed
Syllable StructureThe most complex syllable structure allowed in Hosul is CCVVCC. Consonant clusters greater than CC are not allowed, even cross-syllable, and only certain consonants can be included in a cluster. Note that one C includes one digraph, meaning that words such as 'ppyeos' are still allowed.
Stress informationProsody in Hosul means that individual stress for each word is less important, so primary stress is put on the verb of a sentence, and secondary stress on the subject.
On each of these, the default stress location is the ultimate syllable, or the penultimate syllable if a vowel is word-final.
On each of these, the default stress location is the ultimate syllable, or the penultimate syllable if a vowel is word-final.
OtherDevoicing occurs for a few of the stops in Hosul when word-final, including /g/ and /b/, which respectively devoice to /k/ and /p/.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Hosul. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 HosulOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| AE ae/ɛ/ | Bb/b/1 | Ee/e/ | EO eo/ʌ/2 | Gg/g/3 | Hh/h/ | HY hy/hj/ | Jj/t͡ɕ/ | JY jy/tɕj/ |
| Kk/k/ | KY ky/kj/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/4 | PP pp/p:/5 |
| Rr/ɾ/ | RY ry/ɾj/ | Ss/s/6 | TT tt/t:/ | Uu/u/ | Yy/j/7 | YAE yae/jɛ/ | YEO yeo/jʌ/ | YEU yeu/jɯ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- Devoiced to /p/ when word-final, loan words only
- Pronounced /ɔ/ in Southern dialect, standard pronunciation disputed
- Devoiced to /k/ when word-final
- Ejective in Southern dialect
- Ejected in Southern dialect
- Followed by a schwa in Southern dialect
- Never word-final
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Derivative Suffixes In Hosul
Makin' words from words
16-May-20 00:14Ogmyeuk and Stuff
*celebratory foot shuffling*
15-May-20 08:38Hosul Shenanigans
Hey-be onge-deuho!*
14-May-20 19:44Hosul Idioms
For when you feel a little ambiguous
09-May-20 22:57Hosul Numerals
Coz no base is a boring base :P
07-May-20 14:10
