Racaic [NIU]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Racaic
Racaic is the sister language of 
Craic, and hence many of the words are cognates. Grammatical features are largely similar.
Features shared with Craic
-3 numbers (Singular, Paucal, Plural)
-Nominative/accusative
-Adjective agrees to number
-Evidentiality(Witness, Nonwitness)
-Animate/Inanimate
Differences
-Definite article (affixed)
-No perfective forms
-No alienability
-8 cases in total
-vowel length harmony
-no difference between transitive/intransitive
The transliteration is based on the Hungarian modified latin alphabet, but it is written with the Craic conscript
Craic, and hence many of the words are cognates. Grammatical features are largely similar.Features shared with
Craic-3 numbers (Singular, Paucal, Plural)
-Nominative/accusative
-Adjective agrees to number
-Evidentiality(Witness, Nonwitness)
-Animate/Inanimate
Differences
-Definite article (affixed)
-No perfective forms
-No alienability
-8 cases in total
-vowel length harmony
-no difference between transitive/intransitive
The transliteration is based on the Hungarian modified latin alphabet, but it is written with the Craic conscript
Sound samples in Racaic
Some sound samples of Racaic. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Szomsiknak rütekejkefötak
I speak English
I speak English
Sávány gárjád bóltfőt ja
Let's settle this beef
Let's settle this beef
Language family relationships
Language treeRichitic(Spienic)
⤷ Richitic(Spienic)
⤷ Tarkuk Spienic
⤷ West Spienic
⤷ Proto Craio-Racaic
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Racaic
⤷ Richitic(Spienic)
⤷ Tarkuk Spienic
⤷ West Spienic
⤷ Proto Craio-Racaic
⤷
Racaic[view] About Richitic(Spienic)The Richitic family consists of languages spoken by avians. Most of the languages died out due to unpopularity and low prestige, but some speakers of these languages remained proud of their culture, though facing many oppressions, discourage and disc...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | [ɦ]1 | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | c͡ç | ɟ͡ʝ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]2 | [ʀ]3 | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /h/
- allophone of /ɾ/
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | ɯ ɯ: | ||
| Close-mid | e: | ɤ ɤ: | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ ʌ: | ||
| Open | a: | ɑ | ||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Racaic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| RacaicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a Áá /a:/ | x Aa /ɑ/ | b Bb /b/ | c Cc /t͡s/ | č CS cs /t͡ʃ/ | d Dd /d/ | dz DZ dz /d͡z/ | dž DZS dzs /d͡ʒ/ | ee Éé /e:/ | e Ee /ɛ/ |
| f Ff /f/ | g Gg /g/ | ģ GY gy /ɟ͡ʝ/ | h Hh /h/ | i Ii /i/ | ii Íí /i:/ | j Jj /j/ | k Kk /k/ | l Ll /l/ | ly LY ly /ʎ/ |
| m Mm /ŋ/ | n Nn /n/ | ń NY ny /ɲ/ | o Oo /ʌ/ | ą Öö /ɤ/ | oo Óó /ʌ:/ | ąą Őő /ɤ:/ | p Pp /p/ | r Rr /ɾ/ | š Ss /ʃ/ |
| š SZ sz /s/ | t Tt /t/ | ḱ TY ty /c͡ç/ | y Üü /ɯ/ | yy Űű /ɯ:/ | w Vv /v/ | z Zz /z/ | ž ZS zs /ʒ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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