Oscaskian [OSCA]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Oscaskian
Oscaskian is the official language of Oscasky ( Oscaskian: Uxkaisk /uskaʃc/), an archipelago country to the south of Iceland.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
Nasal | m | [n]1 | ɲ | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | g | ||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | [z]3 | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||
Affricate | p̪͡f | b̪͡v | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
Trill | r |
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /s/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | ɛj | ɔj | aj | ɔw | aw |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Oscaskian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
OscaskianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
Aa a /a/ | Áá á /aw/ | Bb be /b/ | Cc ce /t͡s/ | Dd de /d/ | Ðð æð /ʃ/, [ʒ] | Ee e /e/ | Ff æf /f/, [v] | Gg ge /g/ | Hh hå /h/ | Ii i /i/ |
Jj jåð /j/ | Kk kå /k/ | Ll æl /l/ | Mm æm /m/, [n], [ŋ], [ɲ] | Nn æn /n/, [m], [ɲ], [ŋ] | Oo o /o/ | Óó ó /ɔw/ | Pp pe /p/ | Rr ær /r/ | Ss æs /s/, [z] | Tt te /t/ |
Uu u /u/ | Vv ve /v/, [f] | Ww dåbyltwe /v/, [f] | Xx xe /ʃ/, [ʒ] | Yy ypsilon /ɪ/ | Zz zet /d͡z/ | Ææ æ /ɛ/ | Øø ø /ɪ/ | Åå å /ɔ/ | ||
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |