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Nióruais
Niórge
[ɲoɹɣə]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 24 August 2015
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
About Nióruais

Nióruais (natively Niórge) is a Goidelic Celtic language with significant influence from Old Norse. It descended from Old Irish over the course of centuries after the Celtic Empire set up a large merchant republic based in Bergen after conquering all of Norway in 959. A fateful visit from Ard Rí Scellán the Mad in 1141 granting Niórua independence from the Celtic Empire sealed the language's fate as a noticeably distinct language from its parent tongue. The language attained its spread during the tenure of the Nióruais Empire, which at its greatest extent in 1873 covered most of the Americas (including all of South America, approximately 30% of Central America, and approximately 45% of North America), all of Australia and much of Oceania, a large chunk of Africa, and a large portion of Scandinavia including all of Denmark, Norway and Svealand, Livonia and Novgorodsky Rus.

Nióruais differs from Irish in that many words seem fused with Old Norse syllables, and also the gradual (though not total) loss of palatal sounds has led to its slender/broad system to become wildly inconsistent in how certain sounds transform.

Due to the (legally-binding) unbreakable alliance between Niórua and Carpathia, many citizens of both inhabit either and as a result, many Nióruais loanwords can be found in  Carpathian (namely placenames) whilst a good few Carpathian loanwords can be found in Nióruais.
Sample of Nióruais[view] Ios barg rósta. Fédarlóm ciúnn abín. Ios élg, nuégh neis. Duil cúnc soin.

This is toast. It refills your mana. That’s it, nothing more. Fuck you.
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Sound samples in Nióruais
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Ios barg rósta. Fédarlóm ciúnn abín. Ios élg, nuégh neis. Duil cúnc soin.
This is toast. It refills your mana. That’s it, nothing more. Fuck you.
Nuégh táib cóm mib den iond áns.
I have no memory of this place.
Lhú niá boir mib bólat no, giob matratóibh niá past mé, ég giob cúr lúm áit chímr rúcaigh gú stáclad...
Enough to buy me a new homestead, pay up a dowry to be wed, and raise however many spawn my seed wak...
Muach ao cót, muach e greip en gróm! Ó, buadiom síd en breoda?
Early to bed, early to catch the worm! Or, is it the bagel?
Ác ám faib bioc; DEIL SEÓNIOM BÓLSE ÁIT ÉSIM, BÍN? LUAIBTRÓIBH ARPÓSA?!
Just one small problem; SELL THEIR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN!?
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Language family relationships
Language treeCeltic
 ⤷ Proto-Celtic
  ⤷ Insular Celtic
   ⤷ Goidelic
    ⤷  Nióruais
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Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalLabio-
velar
VelarGlottal
Nasal m mʷ     n   ɲ   ŋ  
Plosive p b     t d       k g ʔ
Fricative ɸ f v ð s z ʃ (ʒ)     ɣ h
Affricate       t͡s t͡ʃ     k͡x  
Lateral approximant       l       ʟ  
Approximant       ɹ   j w    
Trill       r          
Blends ju (ks)
VowelsFrontNear-
front
CentralBack
Close i     u
Near-close   ɪ    
Close-mid e ø     o
Mid     ə  
Open-mid ɛ     ʌ ɔ
Near-open æ      
Open a     ɑ
Polyphthongs au [æu]1 ae
  1. allophone of /au/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nióruais. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NióruaisOrthography [edit]
Aa
as
/a/
Áá
ás
/ɑ/
AI ai
ais
/æ/
Bb
/b/
BH bh
biá
/v/
Cc
/k/
CH ch
chá
/k͡x/
Dd
/d/
DH dh
diá
/ð/
Ee
es
/ə/
Éé
és
/e/
EI ei
eis
/ɛ/
Ff
/f/
FH fh
fhá
/ɸ/
Gg
/g/
GH gh
ghá
/ɣ/
Ii
ìs
/ɪ/
Íí
ís
/i/
Ll
/l/
LH lh
lhá
/ʟ/
Mm
/m/
MH mh
mhá
/mʷ/
Nn
/n/
NH nh
niád
/ɲ/
NN nn
ánn
/ŋ/
Óó
ós
/o/
Oo
os
/ø/
OI oi
ois
/ɔ/
Pp
/p/
Rr
/ɹ/
RH rh
rhá
/r/
Ss
/s/
SH sh
siá
/ʃ/
Tt
/t/
TH th
thá
/h/
Úú
ús
/u/
Uu
us
/ʌ/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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