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Middle Terminian
cérhmwń
[t͡serhmã]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 10 August 2017
+ shared with: Terminian Empire
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Middle Terminian A descendent of  Old Terminian and  Wa Ñi, spoken between 400-1400 CE. Predecessor to Modern  Terminian.
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Latest vocabulary
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Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
 ⤷  Wa Ñi
  ⤷ Termic
   ⤷  Old Terminian
    ⤷  Middle Terminian
[view] About NgerupicWith over one hundred languages and approximately 500 million speakers in total, the Ngerupic languages comprise one of the largest language families on Sahar, spoken predominantly in Akulanen, Soltenna, and the Terminian Dominion. Countries with Nge...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarPharyngealGlottal
Nasal m     n     [ŋ]1    
Plosive p b     t d   c2 ɟ3 k g    
Fricative   (f) [ð]4 s5 z6 [ʃ]7 [ʒ]8   x ɣ9 ħ (ʕ) h10
Affricate       t͡s11 d͡z12          
Lateral approximant       l          
Approximant   ʋ13       j      
Trill       r14          
Flap       ɾ15          
  1. underlying /ng/
  2. from /tj/ and /kj/
  3. from /dj/ and /gj/
  4. originally an intervocalic allophone of /d/; lost completely in early Middle Terminian
  5. apico-alveolar [s̺]
  6. apico-alveolar [z̺]
  7. marginal phoneme; usually analysed as /sj/
  8. allophone of /zj/
  9. usually realised as an approximant [ɣ̞]
  10. marginal phoneme, usually deleted
  11. lamino-dental [t͡s̻]
  12. lamino-dental [d͡z̻]
  13. merger of Old Terminian /w/ and intervocalic /b/
  14. trill [r] initially and intervocalically; free variation between [ɾ] and [r] in codas.
  15. only distinct from /r/ intervocalically; in free variation with [ɹ] in codas
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close i1 (ĩ)2 y3 (ỹ)4       u5 (ũ)6
Near-close   ɪ ʏ   ʊ  
Close-mid [e]7       [o]8
Mid     ə9    
Open-mid ɛ10 ɛ:11 (ɛ̃)12       ɔ13 (ɔ:)14 (ɔ̃)15
Near-open     [ɐ]16    
Open a17 ã        
Polyphthongs (ei̯)18 au̯19 ou̯20 ɛi̯21 ʊu̯22 ɔu̯23 ai̯ ɪi̯24 ʏi̯25
  1. from earlier /i:/
  2. variously merges with /ɛ̃/ or denasalises to /i/ around the 9th century
  3. from earlier /y:/
  4. merges with non-nasal /y/ around 9th century
  5. from earlier /u:/
  6. merges with non-nasal /u/ around 9th century
  7. allophone of /ai̯/
  8. in open syllables, allophone of /ɔ/
  9. from final /e/ or /o/, lost during 13th century
  10. from earlier /e/, /a/ in open syllables, and /e:/ in closed syllables
  11. from /a:/ in open syllables
  12. lowered to [æ̃] around 750 CE; eventually becomes /jã/
  13. from earlier /o/ and /o:/ in closed syllables
  14. from earlier /au/, mostly in loanwords
  15. merges with /ã/ around 700 CE
  16. unstressed syllables, allophone of /a/
  17. from earlier /a/ and /a:/ in closed syllables/
  18. from earlier /e:/ in open syllables, becomes /ai/ by 14th century
  19. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
  20. from earlier /o:/ in open syllables
  21. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
  22. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
  23. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
  24. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
  25. via vowel breaking before velar fricatives
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Middle Terminian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Middle TerminianOrthography [edit]
a
a
/a/1, [ɐ]2
b
b
/b/
c
c
/t͡s/3
d
d
/d/, [ð]4
e
e
/ə/5, /ɛ/6
é
é
[e]
f
f
/f/7
g
g
/g/
h
h
/h/8, /ħ/
í
í
/i/9
i
i
/ɪ/
j
j
/j/
k
k
/k/
l
l
/l/
m
m
/m/
ń
ń
/ã/
n
n
/n/
o
o
/ɔ/10
ó
ó
[o]11
p
p
/p/
q
q
/x/
r
r
/r/12, /ɾ/13
s
s
/s/14
t
t
/t/
ú
ú
/u/15
u
u
/ʊ/
v
v
/ʋ/16
x
x
/d͡z/17
ý
ý
/y/18
y
y
/ʏ/
z
z
/z/19
ƿ
ƿ
/ɣ/20
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. from earlier /a/ and /a:/ in closed syllables/
  2. unstressed syllables
  3. lamino-dental [t͡s̻]
  4. originally an intervocalic allophone of /d/; lost completely in early Middle Terminian
  5. from final /e/ or /o/, lost during 13th century
  6. from earlier /e/, /a/ in open syllables, and /e:/ in closed syllables
  7. loan words only
  8. marginal phoneme, usually deleted
  9. from earlier /i:/
  10. from earlier /o/ and /o:/ in closed syllables
  11. in open syllables
  12. trill [r] initially and intervocalically; free variation between [ɾ] and [r] in codas.
  13. only distinct from /r/ intervocalically; in free variation with [ɹ] in codas
  14. apico-alveolar [s̺]
  15. from earlier /u:/
  16. merger of Old Terminian /w/ and intervocalic /b/
  17. lamino-dental [d͡z̻]
  18. from earlier /y:/
  19. apico-alveolar [z̺]
  20. usually realised as an approximant [ɣ̞]
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