Modern Qeldar [MQD]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Modern Qeldar
Modern version of Proto-Qəldar, an isolate language spoken by a minority in my Sahar country, the Thuutian Republic
-NOM-ACC
-OSV
-NEG inverts with IMP verbs: sok rmũǁu (I don’t cry) vs rmũʘˀã sok (Don’t cry!)
-Noun - adjective (big houses -> houses big = zbaram ǃˀual)
-Possessed - possessor (Man’s leg -> leg of man = tlakara ub tʟud)
-DEF article used infrequently, only whenever there might be a distinction between DEF and INDEF
-Postpositions
-In composite verb conjugations, aux verb carries the tense and main verb becomes IMP
-Few cases
-Verb agrees with subject
-NOM-ACC
-OSV
-NEG inverts with IMP verbs: sok rmũǁu (I don’t cry) vs rmũʘˀã sok (Don’t cry!)
-Noun - adjective (big houses -> houses big = zbaram ǃˀual)
-Possessed - possessor (Man’s leg -> leg of man = tlakara ub tʟud)
-DEF article used infrequently, only whenever there might be a distinction between DEF and INDEF
-Postpositions
-In composite verb conjugations, aux verb carries the tense and main verb becomes IMP
-Few cases
-Verb agrees with subject
Sample of Modern Qeldar[view] Košlunmo seřčeret mxel omi seřčipc'e! Rlelo zeřeset çinor!
Burn the Gushlis in dark fire! Zarasa commands it![view all texts]
Burn the Gushlis in dark fire! Zarasa commands it![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeQeldar
⤷ Proto-Qəldar
⤷ Modern Qeldar
⤷ Proto-Qəldar
⤷ Modern Qeldar
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | k | g | |||||||||||
Fricative | v | s | z | ʃ | ç | χ | ʁ | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
Click | ʘ ʘˀ ᵐʘˀ ᵐʘ | ǃ ǃˀ ⁿǃˀ ⁿǃ | ǁ ǁˀ ⁿǁˀ ⁿǁ | ǂ ǂˀ ᶮǂˀ ᶮǂ |
Blends | ǁ͡χ | ǂkx | ʘ͡χ | ǂ͡χ | ǃ͡q | ǃ͡χ | ʘkx | ǃkx | ǂ͡q | ǁkx |
ʘ͡q | ǁ͡q |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e | |||||
Mid | ə | o̞ | ||||
Near-open | æ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Qeldar. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Modern QeldarOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa Aa /ə/ | Aa Áá /æ/ | Bb Bb /b/ | BĞ bğ BC bc /ᵐʘ/ | BĞ' bğ' BC' bc' /ᵐʘˀ/ | Jj Çç /ç/ | Kk Čč /c/ | ĞĞ ğğ CC cc /ǂ/ | JĞ jğ ÇC çc /ᶮǂ/ | ĞĞ' ğğ' CC' cc' /ǂˀ/ |
JĞ' jğ' ÇC' çc' /ᶮǂˀ/ | ĞĞK ğğk CCK cck /ǂkx/ | ĞĞQ ğğq CCQ ccq /ǂ͡q/ | ĞĞX ğğx CCX ccx /ǂ͡χ/ | Dd Dd /d/ | DĞ dğ DC dc /ⁿǃ/ | DĞ' dğ' DC' dc' /ⁿǃˀ/ | Ee Ee /e/ | Gg Gg /g/ | Ii Ii /i/ |
Kk Jj /j/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Ll Ll /l/ | LĞ lğ LC lc /ǁ/ | LĞ' lğ' LC' lc' /ǁˀ/ | LĞK lğk LCK lck /ǁkx/ | LĞQ lğq LCQ lcq /ǁ͡q/ | LĞX lğx LCX lcx /ǁ͡χ/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Ńń Ńń /ŋ/ |
Nn Nn /n/ | Yy Ññ /ɲ/ | Oo Oo /o̞/ | Pp Pp /p/ | PĞ pğ PC pc /ʘ/ | PĞ' pğ' PC' pc' /ʘˀ/ | PĞK pğk PCK pck /ʘkx/ | PĞQ pğq PCQ pcq /ʘ͡q/ | PĞX pğx PCX pcx /ʘ͡χ/ | Qq Qq /ʁ/ |
Tt Rr /ɾ/ | Rr Řř /r/ | Ss Ss /s/ | Cc Šš /ʃ/ | Þþ Tt /t/ | ÞĞ þğ TC tc /ǃ/ | ÞĞ' þğ' TC' tc' /ǃˀ/ | ÞĞK þğk TCK tck /ǃkx/ | ÞĞQ þğq TCQ tcq /ǃ͡q/ | ÞĞX þğx TCX tcx /ǃ͡χ/ |
Uu Uu /u/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Ww Ww /w/ | Xx Xx /χ/ | Zz Zz /z/ | Hh Łł /ʟ/ | HĞ hğ ŁC łc /ⁿǁ/ | HĞ' hğ' ŁC' łc' /ⁿǁˀ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |