Proto-Dwarven [PWD]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Dwarven
Originally intended to be a language for a D&D campaign, this is now a project unto itself.
Proto-Dwarven is a proto-language for dwarves. Unlike standard D&D dwarves, the "dwa" of this world are a druidic people living on top of high mountains, in tune with the natural world and isolated from the more civilized races. Their physiology gives them a uniquely distinct ability to hear and imitate natural sounds, which is the basis for their very language. What began as a communication method based on mockingbird-style imitation and body language evolved into a more humanoid-sounding language over thousands of years.
Proto-Dwarven is a proto-language for dwarves. Unlike standard D&D dwarves, the "dwa" of this world are a druidic people living on top of high mountains, in tune with the natural world and isolated from the more civilized races. Their physiology gives them a uniquely distinct ability to hear and imitate natural sounds, which is the basis for their very language. What began as a communication method based on mockingbird-style imitation and body language evolved into a more humanoid-sounding language over thousands of years.
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Language family relationships
Language treeDwarven
⤷ Proto-Dwarven
⤷ Proto-Dwarven
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
Nasal | m | |||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||
Fricative | s | z | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | ʍ | ||||||||||
Trill | ʀ | |||||||||||
Click | ǃ |
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i | u | ||
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-mid | [ɛ]1 | [ʌ]2 | ||
Open | a | [ɑ]3 |
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /a/
- allophone of /o/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Dwarven. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-DwarvenOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
'/ʔ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɹ/ | RR rr/ʀ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/ʍ/ | Xx/ǃ/ | Zz/z/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |