Centaurian [KNI]
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Registered by
Shareenear on 1 February 2018
Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Centaurian
Centaurian is a language spoken by the centaurs in my conworld
- Thai, Lao, Vietnamese and Khmer vocabularies
- 5 tones: high(´ ), low(` ), middle(-) ascendant(ˇ) and decsending(^)
- SVO word order
- Isolating(analytic) grammar
- Only 3 tenses which are formed just by adding "da"(was), "là"(is) and "se"(will) before the word.
- Aspirate consinants everywhere
- Thai, Lao, Vietnamese and Khmer vocabularies
- 5 tones: high(´ ), low(` ), middle(-) ascendant(ˇ) and decsending(^)
- SVO word order
- Isolating(analytic) grammar
- Only 3 tenses which are formed just by adding "da"(was), "là"(is) and "se"(will) before the word.
- Aspirate consinants everywhere
Sample of Centaurian[view] Phom va ǎn thmú. Than là ǎn nâ.
I ate rocks. You eat water.[view all texts]
I ate rocks. You eat water.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Centaurian
Some sound samples of Centaurian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Chiênchanh. Chiênchanh mikhey minmen là plīnpleng.
War. War never changes.
War. War never changes.
Than là ôngzà!
You are an old man!
You are an old man!
Karngir, rangchaknan yêu se den.
Work, then'll come love.
Work, then'll come love.
Man là davao, chong pamı là wyān. Minmen habsı arok!
It is said there is a spirit in the forest. Don't serve the devil!
It is said there is a spirit in the forest. Don't serve the devil!
Yêu lea thetom là avei nih sātú tx̂ngkan.
Love & care are what this animal needs.
Love & care are what this animal needs.
Minmen rx̂nghı, thangmod se mipěnrı.
Don't cry, everything will be all right.
Don't cry, everything will be all right.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | h | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u û ú ù ū ǔ | ||
| Close-mid | e ê é è ē ě | ɤ ɤ̂ ɤ́ ɤ̀ ɤ̄ ɤ̌ | o ô ó ò ō ǒ | |
| Open | a â á à ā ǎ | |||
| Polyphthongs | ai |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Centaurian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CentaurianOrthography | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Àà/à/ | Áá/á/ | Ââ/â/ | Èè/è/ | Éé/é/ | Êê/ê/ | Òò/ò/ | Óó/ó/ | Ôô/ô/ |
| Ùù/ù/ | Úú/ú/ | Ûû/û/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | CHH chh/t͡ʃʰ/ | Ǎǎ/ǎ/ | Ǒǒ/ǒ/ | Ǔǔ/ǔ/ |
| Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NH nh/ȵ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɤ/ | X̀ x̀/ɤ̀/ | X́ x́/ɤ́/ | X̂ x̂/ɤ̂/ | X̄ x̄/ɤ̄/ |
| X̌ x̌/ɤ̌/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Ōō/ō/ | Ūū/ū/ | Āā/ā/ | Ēē/ē/ | Ěě/ě/ | Iı/ai/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
