Standard Mothian [MOTH]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Standard Mothian
Standard Mothian is the standardized language of the Candain Enclaves. Originating from a late form of Proto-Monthric, known as "Low Mothian", it replaced the vernacular languages and was standardized in the early 18th century to serve as the language of the commonfolk of the Dainþjóð.
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Language family relationships
Language treeDainic
⤷ Proto-Dainic
⤷ Proto-Monthric
⤷ Low Mothian
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Standard Mothian
⤷ Proto-Dainic
⤷ Proto-Monthric
⤷ Low Mothian
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Standard MothianPhonology
| Consonants | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | ɱ̊ | n [n:]1 | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | t [t:]2 | d | c | ɟ | k [k:]3 [kʲ]4 | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | fᵝ | vᵝ | θᵝ | ðᵝ | sᵝ | zᵝ | x | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | [w]5 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r̥]6 | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Blends | θj | vɾ | kɾ | tj | θɾ | tɾ | sɾ | nt | ðj | sk |
| lj | sj |
- After a long vowel, allophone of /n/
- After a long vowel, allophone of /t/
- After a long vowel, allophone of /k/
- At the start of words, allophone of /c/
- Before a consonant and after a vowel, allophone of /u/
- Coda, after a consonant, allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: [ʷi]1 | u u: | ||||
| Close-mid | e e: [ʷe]2 | o o: [ʷo]3 | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɔ̃ [ʷɔ̃]4 | |||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
| Open | a a: [ʷa]5 | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ai | oi | ei |
- Former diphtong [ui], allophone of /i/
- Former diphtong [ue], allophone of /e/
- Former diphtong [uo], allophone of /o/
- Former diphtong [uo] before n, allophone of /ɔ̃/
- Former diphtong [ua], allophone of /a/
Stress informationWhen there's a long vowel. If there's two, then the first one is stressed.
In the case of short vowels, the first one is stressed.
In the case of short vowels, the first one is stressed.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Standard Mothian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Standard MothianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Áá/a:/ | Ææ/æ/ | Cc/c/ | Dd/d/ | Ðð/ðᵝ/ | Ee/e/ | Éé/e:/ | Ëë/ə/ | Ff/fᵝ/ | Gg/g/ |
| GJ gj/ɟ/ | Hh/h/, /x/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/i:/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/ɱ̊/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | NJ nj/ɲ/ |
| Oo/o/ | Óó/o:/ | Ǫǫ/ɔ̃/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/sᵝ/ | Tt/t/ | Þþ/θᵝ/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/u:/ | Vv/vᵝ/ | Zz/zᵝ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
Additional Notesh represents /x/ at the start and end of words, while representing /h/ between vowels.
