Nemus [NMA]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Nemus
Spoken in the Nimandrian empire of ancient Igleis. The empire was a collaboration between two tribal groups (along with numerous others later) coming together for the common goal of achieving glory. Numerous Neua languages exist that are derived from Nemus, spoken roughly in the modern territory of Nimandrus but its reach is much further with its influence reaching from Dímala to Lah with some involvement even being evident in Chū-Mèe. Country/place spoken and number of speakers are both inaccurate, I have left them for my own reference until I finish with this shift of Nemus being an ancient lang rather than a modern one.
Sound samples in Nemus
Some sound samples of Nemus. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
An fāoculna i baca?
He lives in a fruit?
He lives in a fruit?
Lūd lūdan!
Funny joke!
Funny joke!
Pānapis, pāēpis, pāsēpis.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Narstāma onix. Rom. Ō kaniso. Nei codexus. Kaigo dilango. Nūstā dilango.
Everyone dies one day. Everyone. Even wolves. But not books. Not words. Words don't die.
Everyone dies one day. Everyone. Even wolves. But not books. Not words. Words don't die.
Pi, ba, he ō ig.
Fire, Water, Air and Earth.
Fire, Water, Air and Earth.
Guintilius Fārus, tāmarena rras elīgius apā!
Quintillius Varus, give me back my legions!
Quintillius Varus, give me back my legions!
Language family relationships
Language treeIgletic
⤷ Proto-Igletic
⤷ Proto-Yugalic
⤷ Central Yugalic
⤷ South Yugalic
⤷ Nemus
⤷ Proto-Igletic
⤷ Proto-Yugalic
⤷ Central Yugalic
⤷ South Yugalic
⤷ Nemus
[view] About IgleticThe original starting point for all languages in the continent of Igleis, basically my conworld's equivalent of PIE.
[view] Nemus Terōc (Ecclesiastic Nemus)The variant of Nemus used by the Terōc church. Certain words have diffrent meanings and some phonetic differences. Some terms from Nemus Terōc entered more common vocabulary by way of Terōc's spread throughout Igleis and its deep effects on culture.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | [w]1 | |||||||||||||
Trill | r2 | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | ks |
- Usually when a word begins with <u> but optional, allophone of /u/
- When /ɾ/ is geminated
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 [ɪ:]2 | |||||||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||||
Mid | ə3 | |||||||
Open-mid | [ɛ]4 [ɛ:]5 | [ʌ]6 | ||||||
Open | a a: | [ɑ]7 | [ɒ]8 |
Polyphthongs | uo | io | ui | iu | ei | eu |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i:/
- Unstressed vowels
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /e:/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Nemus. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
NemusOrthography | ||||||||||
Āā/a:/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/k/ | Dd/d/ | Ēē/e:/ | Ee/e/ | EI ei/ei/ | EU eu/eu/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/i:/ | IO io/io/ | IU iu/iu/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Ōō/o:/ |
Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr/r/1 | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ūū/u:/ | UI ui/ui/ | UO uo/uo/ | Xx/ks/ | Zz/ʃ/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- When /ɾ/ is geminated
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Proto-Igletic to Nemus Sound Shifts
From the Southern Proto-Yugalian dialect
21-Jul-20 02:24Adjectival Endings
How to use them
23-Jul-18 23:49Noun Declensions
How to recognise them
21-Jul-18 18:20Tenses, Moods and Implication
The subtle differences
21-Jul-18 17:46Pronoun Genders
When to use each one
21-Jul-18 16:50Animal Names
How they work
21-Jul-18 16:50Verbs
How to use them
21-Jul-18 16:50Cases
How the case system of Nemus works
21-Jul-18 16:50