Damserz [OGM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Damserz
Damserz (Natively: Damsrz “Language of gold", sometimes also called Síyasrz “Siyezi language”) is a Vaniuan language spoken in Siyezan. It is the last surviving language of the Bodni-Cirni branch, with its relatives all having gone extinct. As such, it isn't mutually intelegible with any other surrounding language. Around 32 million people speak it as a native tongue, mostly in Siyezan where it's the only official national languages, as well as in diasporae all around Sahar.
Phonologically, Damsest stands out in various regards:
- A 2 rhotic distinction between /r/ and /ɾ/
- /ʒ/ instead of /d͡ʒ/
- Most importantly, /r/ can be syllabic, which leads to some beautiful words such as ğrzd "victory", srz "language", srxén "name" and trpan "boat".
Grammatically, [TBD]
Damserz (Natively: Damsrz “Language of gold", sometimes also called Síyasrz “Siyezi language”) is a Vaniuan language spoken in Siyezan. It is the last surviving language of the Bodni-Cirni branch, with its relatives all having gone extinct. As such, it isn't mutually intelegible with any other surrounding language. Around 32 million people speak it as a native tongue, mostly in Siyezan where it's the only official national languages, as well as in diasporae all around Sahar.
Phonologically, Damsest stands out in various regards:
- A 2 rhotic distinction between /r/ and /ɾ/
- /ʒ/ instead of /d͡ʒ/
- Most importantly, /r/ can be syllabic, which leads to some beautiful words such as ğrzd "victory", srz "language", srxén "name" and trpan "boat".
Grammatically, [TBD]
Sample of Damserz[view] Ānadam, hul çoşoş aban. Şeşdasişeş tum mant şuvanat.
I kid you not, he turned himself into a pickle. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen. [view all texts]
I kid you not, he turned himself into a pickle. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen. [view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
⤷ Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Southern-Vaniuan
⤷ Proto-Bodni-Cirnic
⤷ Old Damsest
⤷ Damserz
⤷ Proto-Vaniu
⤷ Southern-Vaniuan
⤷ Proto-Bodni-Cirnic
⤷ Old Damsest
⤷ Damserz
[view] About VaniuanThe Vaniuan language is a family of languages originating from a disputed urheimat of either Western Parshita or around Lake Melkanchuta. Its descendant languages consist of around an estimated 400-700 Million speakers with varying phonologies, vocab...
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
Fricative | (f) | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | x | ɣ | ħ | ||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | r r̩: | |||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i i: | u u: | ||
Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
Open | ɑ ɑ: |
Stress informationAlways root-final
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Damserz. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
DamserzOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa Aa /ɑ/ | Áá Áá /ɑ:/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Çç Çç /t͡ʃ/ | Cc Cc /ç/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ee Ee /e/ | Éé Éé /e:/ | Ff Ff /f/1 | Ğğ Ğğ /ɣ/ | Gg Gg /g/ |
Hh Hh /x/, /ħ/ | Íí Íí /i:/ | Ii Ii /i/ | Jj Jj /ʒ/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Ll Ll /l/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Nn Nn /n/ | Oo Oo /o/ | Óó Óó /o:/ | Pp Pp /p/ |
Rr Rr /r/ | Řř Ṙṙ /ɾ/ | Ŕ ŕ Ŕ ŕ /r̩:/ | Šš Şş /ʃ/ | Ss Ss /s/ | Tt Tt /t/ | Uu Uu /u/ | Úú Úú /u:/ | Vv Vv /v/ | Yy Yy /j/ | Zz Zz /z/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
- loan words only
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