Piglinic 1.0 [PGLN]
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[Deactivated User] on 3 June 2022
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Piglinic 1.0
This Language Has Been Rebooted!! Keeping this page unchanged for legacy's sake :)
This language is a part of a conculture project based off of Minecraft's Piglins and the Nether they live in. Because who doesn't love adding detail to things left purposely vague by game devs?
Fun Features:
- VSO as main word order, with funky syntax to follow
- An alleged "tri-consonantal root system" in conjugation and derivation
- "Bright" and "Dim" animacy classes with unique verb, pronoun, and case mechanics
- Evidentiality system that distinguishes firsthand, non-firsthand, and smelt firsthand information
- Seven verb tenses that align with Piglins' unique circadian rhythms and interpretation of time
- Auxiliary verbs that merge the two above features
- "Player" (aka English) loanwords and calques
- A blurry line between artificiality and naturalism
Overall, my best case scenario with this language is a (mostly) complete translation of Minecraft in this language. At least of all the Nether terms!
(all images from Minecraft wiki. font source)
This language is a part of a conculture project based off of Minecraft's Piglins and the Nether they live in. Because who doesn't love adding detail to things left purposely vague by game devs?
Fun Features:
- VSO as main word order, with funky syntax to follow
- An alleged "tri-consonantal root system" in conjugation and derivation
- "Bright" and "Dim" animacy classes with unique verb, pronoun, and case mechanics
- Evidentiality system that distinguishes firsthand, non-firsthand, and smelt firsthand information
- Seven verb tenses that align with Piglins' unique circadian rhythms and interpretation of time
- Auxiliary verbs that merge the two above features
- "Player" (aka English) loanwords and calques
- A blurry line between artificiality and naturalism
Overall, my best case scenario with this language is a (mostly) complete translation of Minecraft in this language. At least of all the Nether terms!
(all images from Minecraft wiki. font source)
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | b | d | ɖ | k | g | ʔ | ||||||||
| Fricative | [ʃ]1 | [ʒ]2 | x | [ɣ]3 | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ4 | [ɻ]5 | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
- Intervocalically, allophone of /t͡ʃ/
- Intervocalically, allophone of /d͡ʒ/
- allophone of /x/
- I swear this has a phonoaesthetic reason.
- allophone of /ɹ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | [ɨ]1 | u | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Open | a | [ɑ]2 | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | au | oe | ou | ea | oa | ua | oi | ei | eu | ui |
| ue | ai | ae | eo | uo | ao |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /a/
Stress information- Stress follows a syllable weight system; the heaviest syllable gains stress.
- From heaviest to lightest: Closed syllables, diphthongs, monothongs
- If two Heavy syllables follow each other, use ultimate stress. (h H)
- If two Light syllables follow each other, use penultimate stress. (L l)
- Stress is expressed with pitch. Heavy syllables are relatively high pitched compared to light syllables.
- Light syllables that follow heavy syllables have a recognizable downstep in pitch
- Stress currently doesn't have any effect on the lexicon (for sanity reasons)
- From heaviest to lightest: Closed syllables, diphthongs, monothongs
- If two Heavy syllables follow each other, use ultimate stress. (h H)
- If two Light syllables follow each other, use penultimate stress. (L l)
- Stress is expressed with pitch. Heavy syllables are relatively high pitched compared to light syllables.
- Light syllables that follow heavy syllables have a recognizable downstep in pitch
- Stress currently doesn't have any effect on the lexicon (for sanity reasons)
OtherFor Piglins, creaky voice/vocal fry the default register to use in speech. There is also semantic use of register: sentences that use a less creaky voice express formality and carefulness. Sentences with a pressured, "squeal" voice express danger, surprise, and extreme emotion. To not use these registers in relevant situations is considered unnatural to native speakers.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Piglinic 1.0. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Piglinic 1.0Orthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa Aa /a/ | Bb Bb /b/ | Tt Tt /ɖ/ | Dd Dd /d/ | Ee Ee /e/ | Ii Ii /i/ | Cc Cc /t͡ʃ/ | Jj Jj /d͡ʒ/ | Gg Gg /g/ | Kk Kk /k/ | Kk kk Kk kk /x/ | Hh Hh /h/ |
| ' ’ /ʔ/ | Mm Mm /m/ | Nn Nn /n/ | Nn nn Nn nn /ɳ/ | Ny ny Ny ny /ɲ/ | Ng ng Ng ng /ŋ/ | Oo Oo /o/ | Rh rh Rh rh /ɹ/1 | Rr Rr /ɾ/ | Uu Uu /u/ | Yy Yy /ɪ/ | Vv Vv /ʊ/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||||
- I swear this has a phonoaesthetic reason.
