Old Terminian [OTMN]
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Registered by
ava on 18 July 2015
+ shared with: Terminian Empire
+ shared with: Terminian Empire
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Terminian
The predecessor to 
Middle Terminian and modern 
Terminian , as well as some other languages. Descended from 
Wa Ñi.
Middle Terminian and modern Terminian , as well as some other languages. Descended from Wa Ñi.
Sample of Old Terminian[view] erbi bananak uléci ercisaneruét
The beans are inside the palm basket.[view all texts]
The beans are inside the palm basket.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
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Oã' Ñi
⤷ Wa Ñi
⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian
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Oã' Ñi⤷
Wa Ñi⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian[view] About NgerupicA large language family from the northern Big Continent of the Aay world / from former Sharkunen in Sahar.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup(a) 'people'.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [β]1 | [ð]2 | s | z | x | [ɣ]3 | ħ | ʕ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /b/
- allophone of /d/
- allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y y: | u u: | |||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||||
| Open | ä ä: | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Old Terminian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Old TerminianOrthography | |||||||||
| a/ä/ | á/ä:/ | é/e:/ | í/i:/ | ó/o:/ | ú/u:/ | ý/y:/ | b/b/, [β] | c/t͡s/ | d/d/, [ð] |
| e/e/ | g/g/, [ɣ] | h/ʕ/, /ħ/ | i/i/ | j/j/ | k/k/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | o/o/ |
| p/p/ | q/x/ | r/ɾ/ | s/s/ | t/t/ | u/u/ | w/w/ | x/d͡z/ | y/y/ | z/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
