Nitan [NITA]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersNitan is spoken by a population of around 340,000 in Katannrri.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nitan
ŕici, ta maki tańa. cu pu ẃaha han mu ruḿa?
pahum a?
Nitan (nit. qa nita ruqa /ʔɐ n̪̊it̪ɐ r̥uʔɐ/) is an agglutinative language with strong fusional tendencies and a relatively simple phonological structure. It has only three vowels (excluding allophones) and comparatively small consonant inventory, the most interesting feature of which is voiceless nasal stops and r.
Nitan is the language of the Katannrric nobility.
Katannrri (katańŕi /kɐt̪ɐn̪rɪ/ literally: land of dragon) is... literally, a land on the dragon. Mountains are rising on the back of a great ancient lizard so big it can crash a village under its foot. Fortunately, the dragon is very slow and can be steered away from other settlements on the Great North.
Katannrric people swear their loyalty to the Grand Gref of the Northern Provinces. They are simple people and prefer safe trading, not independence. And Grand Gref can get rare draconic materials much cheaper than his rivals.
Nitan (nit. qa nita ruqa /ʔɐ n̪̊it̪ɐ r̥uʔɐ/) is an agglutinative language with strong fusional tendencies and a relatively simple phonological structure. It has only three vowels (excluding allophones) and comparatively small consonant inventory, the most interesting feature of which is voiceless nasal stops and r.
Nitan is the language of the Katannrric nobility.
Katannrri (katańŕi /kɐt̪ɐn̪rɪ/ literally: land of dragon) is... literally, a land on the dragon. Mountains are rising on the back of a great ancient lizard so big it can crash a village under its foot. Fortunately, the dragon is very slow and can be steered away from other settlements on the Great North.
Katannrric people swear their loyalty to the Grand Gref of the Northern Provinces. They are simple people and prefer safe trading, not independence. And Grand Gref can get rare draconic materials much cheaper than his rivals.
Sample of Nitan[view] Whunti, qa casnna, ciparra maha hapi makwu, nu paci maraqi, qa cilan pa qa cunn makimma nakuna, qa cilan pa qa narisa hun nataku, ahu qa cilan pa qa rawhi kicummu nataku. Qa asnna nu pupaci mmunapi: "Qa ta cicila u whasutus, ciraqi qa cirawhi nu paci catwi." Nu paci mmacapi: "Kwium, asnna, nu mu cicila ri, casu ma whi twaraqi: ca cir...[view all texts]
Sound samples in Nitan
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Su nu rawhi kinn sam ahu qila whasmahi ahu whasatim mmu cakwuha. I a saha kukimmi ahu kawhanni, ahu ...
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m̥ | m | n̪̊ | n̪ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t̪ t̪ʷ | k kʷ | ʔ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʂ | h | |||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʍ | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r̥ | r | ||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i [ĩ]1 | u [ũ] | ||||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | [ʊ]3 | ||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]4 | |||||||||
| Near-open | ɐ [ɐ̃] | |||||||||
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /i/
Syllable StructureIn most cases it's (C)V(n), where (n) can be any nasal sound, /r/, /l/ or /w/.
Stress informationStress usually falls on the first syllable of the root, except when derivational affixes are present. They take stress instead of the root.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nitan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NitanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a Aa /ɐ/ | c Cc /ʂ/ | h Hh /h/ | i Ii /i/ | k Kk /k/ | l Ll /l/ | ĺ Ĺĺ /ɬ/ | ḿ Ḿḿ /m/ | m Mm /m̥/ | n Nn /n̪̊/ |
| ń Ńń /n̪/ | p Pp /p/ | q Qq /ʔ/ | r Rr /r̥/ | ŕ Ŕŕ /r/ | s Ss /s/ | t Tt /t̪/ | u Uu /u/ | w Ww /w/ | ẃ Ẃẃ /ʍ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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