Chortian [KTSN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersChortian is spoken by a population of 45 in Kortsaano.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Chortian
Chortian is a member of the South Dravidian branch of the Dravidian Language family, spoken as a lingua franca in the archipelago of Kortsaano. As a lingua franca between what was originally different groups of people, it has gained a substrate influence from Romance and Sinitic languages. It is unique in having lost retroflexes in its language family but has maintained a core vocabulary from Proto-Dravidian.
Sample of Chortian[view] Ēso cikkāyiddare gellose kondzādza esso ardo ando nāno endumo hēsiddēne
Very important to celebrate victories, however tiny, I always say.[view all texts]
Very important to celebrate victories, however tiny, I always say.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About DravidianThe Dravidian languages are a language family spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and overseas in other countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Chortian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ChortianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡ʒ/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/, [ŋ] | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | SH sh/ʃ/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ |
| Vv/ʋ/ | Yy/j/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | Āā/a:/ | Ēē/e:/ | Īī/i:/ | Ōō/o:/ | Ūū/u:/ | DZ dz /d͡z/ | TZ tz /t͡s/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
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