Arachnese [LBA]
▲
1▲ 1 ▼ 0
Registered by
Shareenear on 17 January 2018
Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Arachnese
Arachnese is a language spoken by the arachnoids race in my conworld. Close to Insectian, Elementish and Amphibian but not mutually intelligible. Some features:
- Indonesian, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Norwegian, English and Portuguese vocabularies mixed with each other
- Russian grammar
- Grave(` ) above a vowel to show that it's a long one
- [ã], [ẽ], [õ] and [ɯ] sounds
- No article
- ...but there's definite form of a word instead of definite article
- Every word are pronounced and written in the same way
- Indonesian, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Norwegian, English and Portuguese vocabularies mixed with each other
- Russian grammar
- Grave(` ) above a vowel to show that it's a long one
- [ã], [ẽ], [õ] and [ɯ] sounds
- No article
- ...but there's definite form of a word instead of definite article
- Every word are pronounced and written in the same way
Sound samples in Arachnese
Some sound samples of Arachnese. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Ja nãw merdju em daj.
I am not shitting on you.
I am not shitting on you.
Dia muskural frekwẽnçimẽnçi, tərutama in şarmilà sitwasõjşaħ.
He smiled often, especially in embarrassing situations.
He smiled often, especially in embarrassing situations.
Aj kãw. Ħujnä gadhi, katt ellərr fisk. Kãw.
I am a dog. Not a human, cat or fish. A dog.
I am a dog. Not a human, cat or fish. A dog.
Ekskjuz mi, dü sìl maj tarantula?
Excuse me, have you seen my tarantula?
Excuse me, have you seen my tarantula?
İbo Bog sow xarlijel miren apa dèl hiz onli sønna, ştob toduş siapa vişvàt in him ħujnä pherļi, para...
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not ...
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not ...
Ja ħujnä sukju lãnsar kuljõjş.
I don't like throwing guts.
I don't like throwing guts.
Language family relationships
[view] Sentha Edderkoppia (Central Edderkoppish)Spoken in the centre of Edderkoppia(I know it sounds familiar for you, Norwegians), a region of Ynsitia. Closer to Russian.
[view] Timur Edderkoppia (Eastern Edderkoppish)Closer to European Portuguese
[view] Norþ Edderkoppia (Northern Edderkoppish)Closer to Brazilian Portuguese
[view] Sul Edderkoppia (South Edderkoppish)The eastern Russian accent and /ɬ/ after unvoiced consonants.
[view] Oeşçi Edderkoppia (Western Edderkoppish)The source languages are switched to the closest ones(or to dialects)
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | c | k kʰ | g gʰ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ç | x | ħ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʰ | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ji |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y | ʉ | ɯ | u u: | |
| Close-mid | e e: ẽ | ø | ɤ | o o: | ||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a a: ã | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ia | ie | io | iu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Arachnese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ArachneseOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Àà/a:/ | Ãã/ã/ | Ää/ia/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | ÇH çh/t͡ʃʰ/ | Èè/e:/ | Ìì/i:/ | Ïï/ji/ | Ðð/ð/ | Òò/o:/ |
| Õõ/ɤ/ | Øø/ø/ | Ùù/u:/ | Ẽẽ/ẽ/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Þþ/θ/ | Bb/b/ | BH bh/bʰ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | DH dh/dʰ/ |
| Ee/e/ | Əə/ə/ | Ȥȥ/ʒ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʰ/ | Hh/ħ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ |
| Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ёё/io/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| TH th/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ɕ/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Ńń/ȵ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Şş/ʃ/ | Ųų/iu/ |
| Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | ĐH đh/d͡ʒʰ/ | Ěě/ie/ | Ħħ/x/ | Ħ́ ħ́/ç/ | Iı/ɯ/ | Ķķ/c/ | Ļļ/ȴ/ | |||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
