Old Terminian [OTMN]
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+ shared with: Terminian Empire
+ shared with: Terminian Empire
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Old Terminian
The predecessor to 
Unknown [MDT] and modern 
Terminian , as well as some other languages. Descended from 
Wa Ñi.
Unknown [MDT] and modern Terminian , as well as some other languages. Descended from Wa Ñi.
Sample of Old Terminian[view] Ádaja árup xajéma na-ázin xewa.
You could make a religion out of this.[view all texts]
You could make a religion out of this.[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 | |||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | Áá/ä:/ | Éé/e:/ | Íí/i:/ | Óó/o:/ | Úú/u:/ | Ýý/y:/ | Bb/b/, [β] | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/, [ð] |
| Ee/e/ | Gg/g/, [ɣ] | Hh/ʕ/, /ħ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ |
| Pp/p/ | Qq/x/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/d͡z/ | Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | |||||||||
