Old Novinian [OLDIE]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Novinian
Say hello to the ancestor of
Grisian...
Old Novinian!
It sounds like a Slavlang, but there are more similarities between Old Novinian and English. In fact, the conlang was derived from an English cypher. As you venture into the depths of Old Novinian, be prepared for:
- Consonant clusters!
- Fluctuating accents and umlauts! (the Novinian vowel system was much debated over and only a small minority of the language was written, so oral tradition means some spellings are unconfirmed)
- This weird letter Jj which has a disputed pronunciation!
Btw, Old Novinian has already progressed far, but I've been too lazy to transfer more of it to CWS...

It sounds like a Slavlang, but there are more similarities between Old Novinian and English. In fact, the conlang was derived from an English cypher. As you venture into the depths of Old Novinian, be prepared for:
- Consonant clusters!
- Fluctuating accents and umlauts! (the Novinian vowel system was much debated over and only a small minority of the language was written, so oral tradition means some spellings are unconfirmed)
- This weird letter Jj which has a disputed pronunciation!
Btw, Old Novinian has already progressed far, but I've been too lazy to transfer more of it to CWS...
Sample of Old Novinian[view] Därgnë su mu del e ölčud podeonmämå kod, blovn osk moltènč mu.
Don't talk to me until I've had my hot brown morning potion.[view all texts]
Don't talk to me until I've had my hot brown morning potion.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeMholredian
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Old Novinian
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[view] About MholredianA family for languages spoken largely in northeast Mholred.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | ɟ | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ɕ | h | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||
Close-mid | e | ø | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɞ | ɔ | |||
Near-open | æ | ɐ | ||||
Open | a | ɶ | ɒ |
Polyphthongs | uɐ | ɔɐ | eu |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Novinian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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'/ʔ/ | Ää/æ/ | Åå/ɐ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Çç/s/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Ëë/ø/ |
Èè/ɛ/ | EE ee/y/ | EU eu/eu/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Öö/ɶ/ | OA oa/ɔɐ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Üü/ɯ/ |
Uu/u/ | UA ua/uɐ/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/ɕ/ | Zz/z/ | Øø/ɒ/ | Œœ/ɞ/ | |||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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