Centaurian [KNI]
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Registered by
Shareenear on 1 February 2018
Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Centaurian
The language of the centaurs from my conworld spoken mainly at the southeast and around the equator. Some of notable features of the Centaurian language are five phonemic tones, SVO word order, very straightforward grammar, crazy aspiration, and its vocabulary is similar to Thai, Lao, Khmer and Vietnamese.
Centaurian has three main dialects, the most spoken of which is Sompon - the one at the equator and nearby, around the river that divides Amthi and Ŕepčilźemě, one the most linguistically diverse places in my conworld. Sompon Centaurian is known for a lot of diphthongs and for being the bridge between the other two dialects, the speakerd of which can have some difficulties understanding each other.
Centaurian has three main dialects, the most spoken of which is Sompon - the one at the equator and nearby, around the river that divides Amthi and Ŕepčilźemě, one the most linguistically diverse places in my conworld. Sompon Centaurian is known for a lot of diphthongs and for being the bridge between the other two dialects, the speakerd of which can have some difficulties understanding each other.
Sample of Centaurian[view] Māw konvetú là sáwnhx́t sātǔ
Drunk parrots are the worst animals.[view all texts]
Drunk parrots are the worst animals.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Centaurian
Some sound samples of Centaurian. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Chikó ching sx̀khongwan là huchak thı than minmen là huchak kmenovey.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Raw da thalx̂y tovinhtomo, bxyvi raw da mêtmoy sū.
We forgave each other, since we were tired of fighting each other.
We forgave each other, since we were tired of fighting each other.
Mx̄ phom da banhchoul, Cxn da sarser nih chxdmı.
When I came in, Ivan was writing this letter.
When I came in, Ivan was writing this letter.
Phom da hétlên lea hétlên, nhxng bomiphı minmen da ngye phom.
I yelled and yelled, but nobody heard me.
I yelled and yelled, but nobody heard me.
Than là khxnbâ!
You are an idiot!
You are an idiot!
Than là muoy chamlı wertalı.
You're one ugly motherfucker.
You're one ugly motherfucker.
Language family relationships
[view] Jopi (Ciopis Centaurian)The southern dialect, spoken at the north Cyclopia and Čeoaiea. It has more phonemes and sounds kinda Like Zhuang, beside having a lot simplier syllable structure
[view] Shkránh Huykmaku (Sharkan Centaurian)Spoken at the south of Sharkania just between the mountains and the plain. Has a complex syllable structure and some phonetical changes, main of which are the loss of the flat tone and /ɤ/, compensated by some other phonemes that appeared as a result of the Zunish, Sharkan and Enenran influence
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/ | Áá/á/ | Àà/à/ | Ǎǎ/ǎ/ | Ââ/â/ | Āā/ā/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | CHH chh/t͡ʃʰ/ |
| Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/é/ | Èè/è/ | Ěě/ě/ | Êê/ê/ | Ēē/ē/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
| Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Iı/ai/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ |
| NH nh/ȵ/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ó/ | Òò/ò/ | Ōō/ō/ | Ǒǒ/ǒ/ | Ôô/ô/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/ú/ | Ùù/ù/ | Ūū/ū/ | Ǔǔ/ǔ/ | Ûû/û/ | 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/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
