Imperial Osveraali [IPE]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Imperial Osveraali
The classical language of the Osveraali Empire and still the scientific and cultural lingua franca on Atsiq. Source of many loanwords.
Sample of Imperial Osveraali[view] Sanapata madabaga vacalara. / / Sā, Rhā, Thā, Ṭā, Nā, Ṡā, Ċā, Pā, Żā, Ġā, Tā, Jā, Mā, Fā, Dhā, Dā, Ghā, Bā, Wā, Gā, Ŋā, Chā, Vā, Zā, Ḍā, Cā, Qā, Lā, Ljā, Rā, Hā, Ā, Á, Ī, Ē, Ō, Ū, Ė, Ȯ[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeOsveraali
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Imperial Osveraali
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Imperial Osveraali[view] About OsveraaliThe Osveraali languages are native to the continent of Atsiq, where they account for more than ninety-five percent of speakers. Traits shared by most Osveraali languages include large vowel inventories, retroflex consonants, fusional suffixing morpho...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ɹ]1 | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
- In free variation with /ʀ/. Becomes the default articulation after 1600, allophone of /ʀ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i: | u: | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e: | ɘ | o: | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɞ | ɔ | |||||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||||||
| Open | a: | ɑ: | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɐu | ui | ɐi | ɐɛ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Imperial Osveraali. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Imperial OsveraaliOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| á Á /a:/ | ā Ā /ɑ:/ | a Ā /ɐ/ | ae Ae /ɐɛ/ | ai Ai /ɐi/ | au Au /ɐu/ | b Bā /b/ | c Cā /k/ | ċ Ċā /t͡ʃ/ | ch Chā /x/ |
| ḍ Ḍā /d͡z/ | d Dā /d/ | dh Dhā /ð/ | ė Ẹ /ɘ/ | e Ē /ɛ/ | ē Ē /e:/ | f Fā /f/ | g Gā /g/ | ġ Ġā /d͡ʒ/ | gh Ghā /ɣ/ |
| h Hā /h/ | i Ī /ɪ/ | ī Ī /i:/ | j Jā /j/ | l Lā /l/ | lj Ljā /ʎ/ | m Mā /m/ | n Nā /n/ | ō Ō /o:/ | o Ō /ɔ/ |
| ȯ Ọ /ɞ/ | p Pā /p/ | q Qā /q/ | r Rā /ɾ/ | rh Rhā /ʀ/, [ɹ]1 | ṡ Ṡā /ʃ/ | s Sā /s/ | t Tā /t/ | ṭ Ṭā /t͡s/ | th Thā /θ/ |
| ū Ū /u:/ | u Ū /ʊ/ | ui Ui /ui/ | v Vā /v/ | w Wā /w/ | z Zā /z/ | ż Żā /ʒ/ | ŋ Ŋā /ŋ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- In free variation with /ʀ/. Becomes the default articulation after 1600.
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