Reelandic [RLN]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Reelandic
A language based on Standard German, but with some invented vocabulary, and different phonetic evolution.
Sample of Reelandic[view] Eg walte tween, dok see geevertetn mir eynlika eynen.
I wanted two, but they would only give me one. [view all texts]
I wanted two, but they would only give me one. [view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p (pʰ) | b | t̪ (t̪ʰ) | d̪ | k | g | [ʔ]2 | |||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s̺ s̻ | z | x | h3 | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | (t͡ʃ) | (d͡ʒ) | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ4 | j | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | ʃt̪ | kxs5 | ʃp |
- allophone of /n̪/
- Can occur between adjacent vowels in some contexts
- Can be velar in some dialects.
- Merged with /v/ by some speakers.
- /kx/ is articulated like an affricate.
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | y | ɨ: | ʉ | u u: [ʷu:]1 [ʷu]2 | |||
| Near-close | [ɪ]3 | [ʏ]4 | ||||||
| Close-mid | e:5 | ø:6 | [ɘ]7 | [ɵ]8 | o:9 | |||
| Mid | [ə]10 | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ11 | œ12 | ɔ13 | |||||
| Open | ä ä: | ɒ: | ||||||
| Polyphthongs | øy14 | [ʉy]15 | [ɘe̞]16 | ei17 | [ɵø]18 | [ɘi]19 | [ɵy]20 | au | [ɨi]21 |
- allophone of /u:/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /ei/
- allophone of /øy/
- Mid rather than close-mid in some dialects.
- Mid rather than close-mid in some dialects.
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /ɛ/
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /œ/
- Mid rather than close-mid in some dialects.
- Not a phoneme; can be pronounced in front of a sonorant that would otherwise be syllabic.
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Mid onset ([ø̞y̯])
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /y/
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /e:/
- Mid onset ([e̞i̯])
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /ø:/
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /ei/
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /øy/
- Occurs after velar consonants, allophone of /i:/
Syllable StructureReelandic syllable nucleus can be either any of the vowels, or one of the syllabic consonants /l, n/. Onset typically includes 1 or 2 consonant(s), but null onset and 3 consonants are also possible. In the case of the latter, the last consonant is usually a sonorant /j, l, m, n, r, ʋ/.
Coda exists only if the nucleus is a vowel. It is typically one consonant, but it can be up to 5 consonants.
Coda exists only if the nucleus is a vowel. It is typically one consonant, but it can be up to 5 consonants.
Stress informationReelandic words (except clitics) all have a primary accent. Compound words can have one or more secondary accents (one on each stressed morpheme), the main accent typically being on the first morpheme.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Reelandic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ReelandicOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa Aa /ä/ | Bb Bee /b/ | Dd Dee /d̪/ | Ee/ɛ/1 | Ff Ef /f/ | Gg Ge /g/ | Hh/h/2 | Ii/i:/, /i/ | Jj Jot /j/ |
| Kk Kaů /k/ | Ll El /l/ | Mm Em /m/ | Nn En /n̪/ | Oo/ɔ/3 | Öö/ø:/4, /œ/5 | Pp Pee /p/ | Rr Er /r/ | Ss Es /s̺/ |
| Tt Tee /t̪/ | Uu Ut /ʉ/ | Ůů Růnt‐Ut /u/, /u:/ | Vv Vee /v/ | Ww Waů /ʋ/6 | Xx Ix /kxs/7 | Yy Ypsilon /y/ | Zz Zet /z/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Can be velar in some dialects.
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Mid rather than close-mid in some dialects.
- Mid rather than open-mid in some dialects.
- Merged with /v/ by some speakers.
- /kx/ is articulated like an affricate.
