Indrelian [INDR]
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dreyiv / dreyivĕn rhŭnĕn [drɛˈjɪw | drɛˈjɪʋɵ̃ ˈrʏnɵ̃]
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dreyiv / dreyivĕn rhŭnĕn [drɛˈjɪw | drɛˈjɪʋɵ̃ ˈrʏnɵ̃]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Indrelian
Indrelian is a Khtozaric language spoken on the world of Árdan.
Features:
SOV, head-final word order Funny initial clusters (ndrevĕn "arm"; mbriyek "to write"; nzhĕn "hot-INANInanimate (gender/class)
inanimate, sessile") Distinction between alienable and inalienable possession (bĕnĕ tĕ zĕcin man-GENGenitive (case)
possessive DEFDefinite
"the" eye "the man's eye"; vicĕnĕn tĕ bĕm CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed-castle DEFDefinite
"the" man "the man's castle") Split-ergativity based on aspect (tĕ bĕm parnek zĕ DEFDefinite
"the" man bridge-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient see.PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete' "the man sees a bridge"; tĕ bĕnek parĕn zĕpin DEFDefinite
"the" man-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient bridge see.PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action "the man saw a bridge") Copula dropping (n nŭvnĕ 1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I woman-COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate "I am a woman"; n vivov 1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I strong "I am strong") A first-person singular pronoun which is simply n
Indrelian is a Khtozaric language spoken on the world of Árdan.
Features:
inanimate, sessile")
possessive DEFDefinite
"the" eye "the man's eye"; vicĕnĕn tĕ bĕm CNSConstruct state
noun being possessed-castle DEFDefinite
"the" man "the man's castle")
"the" man bridge-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient see.PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete' "the man sees a bridge"; tĕ bĕnek parĕn zĕpin DEFDefinite
"the" man-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient bridge see.PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action "the man saw a bridge")
speaker, signer, etc.; I woman-COPCopula
used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate "I am a woman"; n vivov 1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I strong "I am strong")
Sample of Indrelian[view] n dreyivey tĕx / n dreyivda tĕ rhŭnĕnda tĕx
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Language family relationships
Language treeKhtozaric
⤷ Proto-Khtozar
⤷ Mineian Khtozaric
⤷ Classical Indrelian
⤷ Middle Indrelian
⤷ Indrelian
⤷ Proto-Khtozar
⤷ Mineian Khtozaric
⤷ Classical Indrelian
⤷ Middle Indrelian
⤷ Indrelian
[view] About KhtozaricOne of the primary language families of the world of Árdan. Spoken in the antisunward part of the continent of Mineia and on the continent of Apantos.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n [n̩]1 | ||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
Fricative | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | [ɦ]2 | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | [w]3 | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- Word-initially, allophone of /ɵ̃/
- Between vowels, allophone of /x/
- In coda position, allophone of /ʋ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | ɨ | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ ɪ̃ | ʏ | ||||||
Close-mid | ɵ̃ | o | ||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
Near-open | æ̃ | |||||||
Open | ɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Indrelian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
IndrelianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ĕĕ/ɨ/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Ii/ɪ/ |
Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | RH rh/r/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ |
Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ŭŭ/ʏ/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Xx/ð/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | ZH zh/ʒ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |