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 
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.
Language family relationships
Language treeNgerupic
⤷ Wa Ñi
⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian
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Wa Ñi⤷ Termic
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Old Terminian[view] About NgerupicA large language family from the Akulanen region of Sahar.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup 'people'.
Named for Wa Ñi ŋèrup '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 [edit] | ||||||||||
| a a /ä/ | a á /ä:/ | b b /b/, [β] | c c /t͡s/ | d d /d/, [ð] | e e /e/ | e é /e:/ | g g /g/, [ɣ] | h h /ʕ/, /ħ/ | i í /i:/ | i i /i/ |
| j j /j/ | k k /k/ | l l /l/ | m m /m/ | n n /n/ | o o /o/ | o ó /o:/ | p p /p/ | q q /x/ | r r /ɾ/ | s s /s/ |
| t t /t/ | u u /u/ | u ú /u:/ | w w /w/ | x x /d͡z/ | y y /y/ | y ý /y:/ | z z /z/ | ʿ /h/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
