Otterlang [OTTER]
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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersOtterlang is spoken in New England, USA.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Otterlang
Attorimonok, or the the language of those who swim and walk, is a polysynthetic language spoken by the Attorikennag, or river otter selkie people, native to parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It is heavily inspired by the Natick/Massachusett/Wôpanâak language, which is a natlang belonging to the Algonquin language family.
Sample of Otterlang[view] kunakumonokpukok / / nukwonomonokpasokattorikennag sabanara’epexnog nonamysiniohaxin’aronog wosoksininog nukmonoknagumnog be’ekennawyn uzinibrekoxkennag hikosuttapenukennag nukawobrekoxnog mata’awomawoxnog awotaruwucmortarnog nukmonokneninog be’ekennawyn konytsaba’utankennagwuckennag nenisabapexkunaku nukwonosab...[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | z | ʃ | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | w |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | o | |||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Otterlang. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
OtterlangOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
a a ah /a/ | t t te /t/ | e e eh /ɛ/ | b b ba /b/ | p p pe /p/ | c c ca /t͡ʃ/ | x x xa /ʃ/ | d d di /d/ | k k ka /k/ | g g g /g/ | h h hi /h/ | i i ih /i/ |
o o oh /o/ | m m me /m/ | n n ne /n/ | u u uh /u/ | r r ra /ɹ/ | y y yh /ʌ/ | l l le /l/ | w w wu /w/ | s s si /s/ | z z zi /z/ | ' ' haxa /ʔ/ | |
✔ Shown in correct order [change] |