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Damserz
Damsrz
[dam.ˈsr̩z]
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 21 July 2019
Language type A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken in: SiyezanOfficial VosanRegional
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]
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.
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Latest vocabulary
jeyğáşnthreshing floor
svólteadpacross
súzetneyebrow
Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
 ⤷  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
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
AlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarPharyngeal
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        
VowelsFrontBack
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]
  1. loan words only
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Typological information for Damserz

AlienabilityAlienable/inalienable
Animacy distinctionsAnimate/Inanimate
Definite articleNone
Demonstrative proximityDistal/Medial/Proximal
Indefinite articleNone

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