Olic [ICO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersOlic is spoken by a population of around 924,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Olic
Olic is a western-Gurgaitan-Olucan language spoken on the west coast of the eastern continent of Gurgaita Promtas. It is a tonal language with surprisingly light 
Guunok influence, despite being spoken in three nations where the primary language is not Olic, but Guunok. Here are some prominent features of the language:
Guunok influence, despite being spoken in three nations where the primary language is not Olic, but Guunok. Here are some prominent features of the language:3 Tones (Ex. High, Ex. Low, Mid)
Incorporated Verbs
Ejective Consonants
Bilabial Trill
Sample of OlicCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeGurgaitan
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Proto-Gurgaitan
⤷ West Gurgaitan
⤷ Olucan
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Olic
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Proto-Gurgaitan⤷ West Gurgaitan
⤷ Olucan
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OlicPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | ɱ [ɱʼ]1 | n̪ [n̪ʼ]2 | ŋ [ŋʼ]3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | t tʼ | k kʼ | ʔ | ||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f fʼ | s sʼ | x xʼ | h | ||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʼ | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʍ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ||||||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ᶑ | ɠ | ||||||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ɱ/
- allophone of /n̪/
- allophone of /ŋ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
| Close | u ȕ ū ű | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ̏ ɪ̄ ɪ̋ | |||||
| Close-mid | ø ø̏ ø̄ ø̋ | o ȍ ō ő | ||||
| Open-mid | ʌ ʌ̏ ʌ̄ ʌ̋ | |||||
| Near-open | æ æ̏ ǣ æ̋ | |||||
| Open | ɒ ɒ̏ ɒ̄ ɒ̋ | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Olic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| OlicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Ăă/ɒ/ | Aa/ɒ̄/ | Ąą/ɒ̏/ | CH ch/x/ | CHZ chz/xʼ/ | DC dc/d͡ʒ/ | DCZ dcz/d͡ʒʼ/ | DN dn/ᶑ/ | Ee/ʌ̄/ | Ĕĕ/ʌ/ |
| Ęę/ʌ̏/ | Ff/f/ | FZ fz/fʼ/ | GN gn/ɠ/ | GZ gz/ʔ/ | Hh/h/ | Ĭĭ/ɪ/ | Ii/ɪ̄/ | Įį/ɪ̏/ | Kk/k/ |
| KZ kz/kʼ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/ɱ/ | MZ mz[ɱʼ] | Nn/n̪/ | Ńń/ŋ/ | NZ nz[n̪ʼ] | ŃZ ńz[ŋʼ] | Öö/ø̄/ | Ǫǫ/ȍ/ |
| Őő/ő/, /ø̋/ | Ŏŏ/o/ | Oo/ō/ | Pp/p/ | PZ pz/pʼ/ | Ss/s/ | SZ sz/sʼ/ | Tt/t/ | TC tc/t͡ʃ/ | TCZ tcz/t͡ʃʼ/ |
| TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | TLZ tlz/t͡ɬʼ/ | TZ tz/tʼ/ | Űű/ű/ | Uu/ū/ | Ŭŭ/u/ | Ųų/ȕ/ | Ww/ʍ/ | Yy/ǣ/ | ˘Ö ˘ö/ø/ |
| ˘Y ˘y/æ/ | ˛Ö ˛ö/ø̏/ | ˛Y ˛y/æ̏/ | ˝A ˝a/ɒ̋/ | ˝E ˝e/ʌ̋/ | ˝I ˝i/ɪ̋/ | ˝Y ˝y/æ̋/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
