Proto-Qelic [RQP]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Place & SpeakersProto-Qelic is spoken by a population of 660,669 in Łembaqan.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Qelic
proto-language of the Qelic family. Had an extensive literary tradition that was almost entirely lost during the Second Awakening.
features:
-polysynthetic
-free word order
-evidentiality
-stative verbs
-base-10 numbers
features:
-polysynthetic
-free word order
-evidentiality
-stative verbs
-base-10 numbers
Sample of Proto-Qelic[view] Łacw'ixceser. Bug? Xodcw'ixceserč'up.
I am happy. Why? Because you are happy.[view all texts]
I am happy. Why? Because you are happy.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeQelic
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Proto-Qelic
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Proto-Qelic[view] About QelicThe only non-Drakish human language family left. The only surviving* members are Qwekker and Gvaidi.
*there are multiple languages in the Earth Qelic branch, however these are not counted as the speakers of Earth Qelic inhabit an alternate earth.
*there are multiple languages in the Earth Qelic branch, however these are not counted as the speakers of Earth Qelic inhabit an alternate earth.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ɴ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ pʼʷ pʰ | b ᵐb | t tʼ tʼʷ tʰ | d ⁿd | k kʼ kʼʷ kʰ | g gʰ | q qʼ qʼʷ qʰ | ɢ ᶰɢ | ʔ1 | |||||||||
| Fricative | [f]2 | v | s | ʃ | x | χ χʷ | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɻ ɻʰ | j | ||||||||||||||||
| Blends | xj xjʰ | mj |
- very rare, only occurs in 23 words. Probably borrowed from a pre-Qelic substrate.
- intervocallically, allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||
| Mid | [ə]2 | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ai |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /e/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Qelic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-QelicOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | AI ai/ai/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/ɢ/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | P' p'/pʼ/ | Č' č'/t͡ʃʼ/ | T' t'/tʼ/ |
| Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Šš/ʃ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/ɻ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Łł/ɬ/ | Ńń/ɴ/ | ŃG ńg/ᶰɢ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Xx/x/ | MB mb/ᵐb/ | ND nd/ⁿd/ | XJ xj/xj/ | Q' q'/qʼ/ |
| -/ʔ/1 | PH ph/pʰ/ | TH th/tʰ/ | QH qh/qʰ/ | XJH xjh/xjʰ/ | Çç/t͡s/ | Cc/k/ | Ç' ç'/t͡sʼ/ | C' c'/kʼ/ | CC cc/g/ | CCH cch/gʰ/ |
| CH ch/kʰ/ | CW' cw'/kʼʷ/ | PW' pw'/pʼʷ/ | QW' qw'/qʼʷ/ | RH rh/ɻʰ/ | TW' tw'/tʼʷ/ | Ʒʒ/χ/ | Ƹƹ/χʷ/ | Ɱɱ/mj/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
- very rare, only occurs in 23 words. Probably borrowed from a pre-Qelic substrate.
