Proto-Abyssal [PBY]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Uixo
About Proto-Abyssal
Spoken long ago by deep-sea dwelling monsters called Oceanites, Proto-Abyssal is the distant ancestor of both 
Nolwynn and 
Uixian
I decided to create Proto-Abyssal because I wanted to have a better understanding of Nolwynn and to add believability to Uixian.
About Proto-Abyssal:
- Nouns are a closed class
- Uses lunemes, which are colorful flashes of light
- Lots of linguistic taboos
- Weird fun sounds: whistled sibilants, a sliding sound, some coarticulated consonants, creaky vowels, pharyngeals.
Nolwynn and Uixian I decided to create Proto-Abyssal because I wanted to have a better understanding of Nolwynn and to add believability to Uixian.
About Proto-Abyssal:
- Nouns are a closed class
- Uses lunemes, which are colorful flashes of light
- Lots of linguistic taboos
- Weird fun sounds: whistled sibilants, a sliding sound, some coarticulated consonants, creaky vowels, pharyngeals.
Sample of Proto-AbyssalCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeAbyssal
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Proto-Abyssal
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Proto-Abyssal[view] About AbyssalThese are languages derived from those spoken by the Oceanites, a non-human sentient species that lives in the deepest parts of the oceans. The Oceanites had many dialects. They were mostly intelligible with each other, but clans from different ocean...
Phonology
[view]Phonological System: UixoWIP.Two different but similar species use this phonological system: the Oceanites and their descendants, the Uixo.
The Oceanites are deep-sea dwelling monsters known for their strength and their vaguely humanoid appearance. They live in deep ocean trenches and rarely come to the surface.
Uixo are a slimy, cave-dwelling species known for being reclusive and shy. They live in near continuous dark or twilight condition, but they are able to see somewhat thanks to an organ on their head called a luminent. Their vision is not the best, but it works for what they need.
Both species have an organ called a luminent, which they use to produce flashes of light in various colors. Their vocal apparatus is not very different from humans; the main distinction comes from the use of lunemes, but neither species can make very loud sounds like humans can.
| Lunemes | |
| ͻ | |
| red bright | ͻͻ |
| blue dim | ѻ |
| blue bright | ѻѻ |
| yellow dim | ¤ |
| yellow bright | ¤¤ |
| Voiced Consonants | labiodental | dental | alveolar | palatal | velar | labiovelar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | other | |
| m | ɱ | n | ŋ | ||||||||
| plosive | d̪͆1 | g | ʡ | ʔ | |||||||
| sibilant fricative | z z̥ | ɀ2 | |||||||||
| non-sibilant fricative | v | qχ | ʡʢ | ||||||||
| approximant | [ɹ ]3 | j | x | [χ] | ɦ̥ | ||||||
| tap | w | ʔ̞ | |||||||||
| trill | r | ʜ | |||||||||
| lateral approximant | l | ||||||||||
| click | ȣ |
- ʭ - bidental percussive
- whistled sibilant
- allophone of /r/ especially after l
| Voiceless consonants | labiodental | dental | post alveolar | uvular | other |
| plosive | q q ͡1 | ||||
| sibilant fricative | θ͡2 | ʃ | ȿ3 | ||
| non-sibilant fricative | f |
- q͡ʡ
- s͢θ - sliding
- whistled sibilant
| Vowels | central | back | |
| close mid | e eʱ ḛ e:: e: eˤ | ɤ ɤʱ ɤ̰ ɤ:: ɤ: ɤˤ | |
| open mid | ɐ ɐʱ ɐ̰ ɐ:: ɐ: ɐˤ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Abyssal. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-AbyssalOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| '/ʔ/ | a/ɐ/ | a'/ɐˤ/ | aa/ɐ:/ | aaa/ɐ::/ | ã/ɐʱ/ | a̰/ɐ̰/ | c/ʃ/ | d/d̪͆/1 | e/e/ | e'/eˤ/ |
| ee/e:/ | eee/e::/ | ẽ/eʱ/ | ḛ/ḛ/ | f/f/ | g/g/ | h/ɦ̥/ | hq/ʜ/ | j/j/ | k/ʡ / | kq/ʡʢ/ |
| l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ | ng/ŋ/ | ngm/ɱ/ | qg/ʔ̞/ | qk/q / | qkk/q ͡/2 | qx/qχ/ | r/r/ | s/z̥/ |
| sz/θ͡/3 | ts/ȿ/4 | tz/ɀ/5 | u/ɤ/ | u'/ɤˤ/ | uu/ɤ:/ | uuu/ɤ::/ | ũ/ɤʱ/ | ṵ/ɤ̰/ | v/v/ | w/w/ |
| x/x/ | z/z/ | ¤/¤/ | ¤¤/¤¤/ | ȣ/ȣ/ | ͻ/ͻ/ | ͻͻ/ͻͻ/ | ѻ/ѻ/ | ѻѻ/ѻѻ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- ʭ - bidental percussive
- q͡ʡ
- s͢θ - sliding
- whistled sibilant
- whistled sibilant
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Historical changes
From Proto-Abyssal to Nolwynn
30-Jul-19 20:55
