Fairy Speak [JDI]
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Fairy Speak
Rɛtoya [ɺɛtoja]*
Fairy SpeakRɛtoya [ɺɛtoja]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Fairy Speak
Fairy Speak, but version 2 with lots more phonemes and fun things.
An isolate from the vast forest that fairies inhabit.
Currently undergoing some major changes, so if things look incomplete, don't be surprised.
An isolate from the vast forest that fairies inhabit.
Currently undergoing some major changes, so if things look incomplete, don't be surprised.
Language family relationships
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[edit] [view] Gâʃax (Clicks)A dialect that is mostly different from Rɛtoya in the way that it uses clicks instead of the normal phonology set. It's usage is secretive and to be secretive. Also for sore throats.
All phonemes from its parent language are replaced by a click, and glottal stops are dropped.
All phonemes from its parent language are replaced by a click, and glottal stops are dropped.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β]1 | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | h | ||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral flap | ɺ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
- In feminine speech, allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | [ø]1 | o | |||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | ɔ [ɔ:]2 | ||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||
| Open | a [a:]3 | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɛœ | aʊ |
- In feminine speech, allophone of /ə/
- Represented as ɔ́, allophone of /ɔ/
- Represented as á, allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Fairy Speak. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Fairy SpeakOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Ââ/aʊ/ | Bb/b/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Hh[h]1 | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/t͡ʃ/ | Rr/ɺ/ | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Xx/x/, [h] | Yy/j/ | Ææ/æ/ | Ðð/ð/ | Þþ/θ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Œœ/œ/ |
| Ɔɔ/ɔ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ɛɛ/ɛ/ | Ɛ́ ɛ́/ɛœ/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | Ɪɪ/ɪ/ | ɸ/ɸ/, [ɸ]2 | Ʌʌ/ʌ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
- In feminine speech
- In feminine speech
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