Old Edysian [OED]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Edysian
Old Edysian is an Indo European language and the parent of the foundation language for the tongues of the Edysian empire. It is the language spoken by the Edysian nomads before their cambionization and formed the superstrate in the hybrid language known as Middle Edyssian, also known as Imperial Edyssian. The five languages of the modern Edyssian empire as well as Common Edyssian are all descended from Middle Edyssian.
Old Edyssian, while not contemporaneous with Old Kumasi, forms an isogloss with it, sharing a few unusual sound changes and lexical items not found in other branches of Indo European.
Old Edyssian, while not contemporaneous with Old Kumasi, forms an isogloss with it, sharing a few unusual sound changes and lexical items not found in other branches of Indo European.
Sample of Old Edysian[view] Vendanara îbalja êccixanthis sa.
The sentience of a melon is overrated.[view all texts]
The sentience of a melon is overrated.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | b | t tʰ | d | k kʰ | g | q qʰ | |||||||||||
Fricative | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʁ | (h) | |||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | [r]2 | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ɾ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
Close | i | ʉ | u | |||||||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
Close-mid | e | |||||||||
Mid | o̞ | |||||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||||
Near-open | [ɐ]1 | |||||||||
Open | a | ä | ɒ |
- allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Edysian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Old EdysianOrthography | ||||||||||
Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/d͡ʒ/ | CH ch/t͡ʃʰ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Êê/ɛ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/1 | Îî/ɪ/ |
Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng[ŋ] | Oo/o̞/ | Ôô/ɒ/ | Pp/p/ |
PH ph/pʰ/ | Qq/q/ | QH qh/qʰ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RR rr[r] | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ṣṣ/t͡s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/tʰ/ | Ûû/ʊ/ |
Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ʁ/ | Yy/ʉ/ | Žž/ʒ/ | Zz/z/ | Ææ/a/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |
- loan words only