Naran [NARA]
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Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersNaran is spoken by a population of around 5,000,000 in Nara.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Naran
This is one of the languages spoken by a monosex avian alien race. The culture, however, that speaks Naran independently developed a system, with heavy religious connotations, of four genders with strict roles, expectations, and norms. This system has become rooted in their language.
Most other cultures of this species, such as the cosmopolitan
Ikhari, whose language is unrelated to Naran, do not have gender as a concept.
Other notable features about Naran are its lack of click phonemes common to other languages of this species, complex system of cases and declensions, and relatively simplified verbal system.
Both the flag and adapted script were designed by a human diplomat for alignment with human record management. Cyrillic is for for transliterative use by humans and human technology. Naran is traditionally written in a predominantly logographic script with some phonemic and non-verbal visual elements. This script is not currently compatible with human-made technology.
The first contact with humans Naran speakers had was with speakers of Yiddish & English, leading to some loanwords for human-specific terminology being borrowed from those languages.
Due to their relative isolation in a vast, alpine territory, Naran speakers have fairly successfully resisted cultural and linguistic assimilation into Ikhari norms.
Most other cultures of this species, such as the cosmopolitan
Ikhari, whose language is unrelated to Naran, do not have gender as a concept.Other notable features about Naran are its lack of click phonemes common to other languages of this species, complex system of cases and declensions, and relatively simplified verbal system.
Both the flag and adapted script were designed by a human diplomat for alignment with human record management. Cyrillic is for for transliterative use by humans and human technology. Naran is traditionally written in a predominantly logographic script with some phonemic and non-verbal visual elements. This script is not currently compatible with human-made technology.
The first contact with humans Naran speakers had was with speakers of Yiddish & English, leading to some loanwords for human-specific terminology being borrowed from those languages.
Due to their relative isolation in a vast, alpine territory, Naran speakers have fairly successfully resisted cultural and linguistic assimilation into Ikhari norms.
Sample of Naran[view] Ґе аарґ, мoй ґе текл ууж.
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/ Ґе аарґ, мoй се текл уужа.
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/ Еезуу гаане рааꙣooкахекл ууж лаў хишп?
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/ Ґе бе секл бе ууж, ꙣа се бе ґекл бе уужа.
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/ Бўеґе ҳадризекелв уужа. Бўеґе уудеерихекелв уужа.
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/ Се гаанекл аард?
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/ Ґем гаане бе йаажґ.
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/ Аўвґ ўефазд.
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/ Ґе бе секл бе ууж, ґе ууж?
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/ Се бе ґекл бе уужа, се ууж...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] Йӓкӱих (Yakuix Naran)Five hundred years ago, a thousand Narans were sent to settle along a section of their territory's uninhabited coastline and nearby islands. Naran territory is predominantly alpine and mountainous, so low-lying regions were left uninhabited prior to major trade contacts with other cultures. Speakers currently number in the 10's of thousands. There is significant debate about whether this is a dialect or separate language.
The coastal region, plus nearby islands, is called Yaakuu (the sea).
The coastal region, plus nearby islands, is called Yaakuu (the sea).
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | n̪ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p̪ | b̪ | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | x | ɣ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂ | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ʎ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open-mid | ɔ ɔ: | |||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ɔj | äj | oɛ | äu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Naran. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NaranOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Аа/ä/ | Бб/b̪/ | Вв/v/ | Гг/h/ | Ґґ/g/ | Дд/d̪/ | Ꙣꙣ/ð/ | Ее/ə/ | Жж/ʐ/ | Зз/z/ |
| Ии/i/ | Йй/j/ | Кк/k/ | Лл/ʎ/ | Мм/m̥/ | Нн/n̪/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Пп/p̪/ | Рр/ʀ/ | Сс/s/ |
| Тт/t̪/ | Ҭҭ/θ/ | Уу/u/ | Ўў/w/ | Фф/f/ | Хх/x/ | Ҳҳ/ɣ/ | Цц/ʈ͡ʂ/ | Џџ/ɖ͡ʐ/ | Шш/ʂ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
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