Loetuian [MLE]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Loetuian
This language started of with the wish to emulate the feel of Latin with Baltic roots, so it's functionally a Baltic language with Latinate endings. However, as time progresses, more and more artistic liberties are being taken, so it is starting to come into its own a bit.
Sample of Loetuian[view] Zemōnƞs ir bemaze oenintelƞs iz priregeī antrōrum prantināreri iƞgunt, ir sō nƞlƞzine regiamāri suā tum quoecere iziscirunt.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.[view all texts]
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | v | s | ʃ | |||||||||||
Affricate | [t͡ʃ]1 | [d͡ʒ]2 | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | [j]3 | [w]4 | ||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | kw | ks |
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /g/
- allophone of /i̯/
- allophone of /u̯/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: [i̯]1 | u u: [u̯]2 | ||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
Open | a a: |
Polyphthongs | ai | oi |
- allophone of /i̯/
- allophone of /u̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Loetuian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
LoetuianOrthography | ||||||||
Āā āpus /a:/ | Aa alpus /a/ | Bb bƞta /b/ | Cc camba /k/, [t͡ʃ] | Dd dālta /d/ | Ee eta /e/ | Ff efa /v/ | Gg gamba /g/, [d͡ʒ] | Ii/i/ |
Īī īda /i:/ | Ll lānda /l/ | Mm mƞma /m/ | Nn nūna /n/ | Oo oena /o/ | Ōō ōna /o:/ | Pp pƞta /p/ | QU qu quapa /kw/ | Rr rƞze /r/ |
Ss sāde /s/ | Tt tuƞs /t/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū ūfe /u:/ | Xx xanca /ks/ | Zz zīna /ʃ/ | Ƞƞ ƞta /e:/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
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