Shadow [SDE]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Shadow
The language of the shadow people from my conworld, also widely used among those who are related to the paranormal - mainly, angels, demons, gargoyles, rakshasas, and sorcerers. It's also a language of science - namely, alchemy and psychology.
No one really knows the origins of this language, so there's a lot of theories. Anyway, shadow people from Jüd become able to speak it once they learn to speak their mother tongue(don't forget that an individual of any species can be a shadow). The number of speakers of the Shadow language is unknown, but many suppose it's at least two times larger than the number of the shadows themselves.
What Shadow language is like? Well, it's a phonetical hell. My friends say it sounds like a Polish exorcist. Basically, I designed it to sound unnerving. The vocabulary is based on English, Gaelic(both Irish and Scottish), Welsh, Romanian, Norwegian, Ukrainian and Malay. The sentence structure is mainly VSO, the grammar is similar to Ukrainian and Romanian, but a bit more simple.
No one really knows the origins of this language, so there's a lot of theories. Anyway, shadow people from Jüd become able to speak it once they learn to speak their mother tongue(don't forget that an individual of any species can be a shadow). The number of speakers of the Shadow language is unknown, but many suppose it's at least two times larger than the number of the shadows themselves.
What Shadow language is like? Well, it's a phonetical hell. My friends say it sounds like a Polish exorcist. Basically, I designed it to sound unnerving. The vocabulary is based on English, Gaelic(both Irish and Scottish), Welsh, Romanian, Norwegian, Ukrainian and Malay. The sentence structure is mainly VSO, the grammar is similar to Ukrainian and Romanian, but a bit more simple.
Sample of Shadow[view] Шtá þidak hüðəþ aðиnçimə mə́, káщħo. Menđaðyw aw ðə шkríлi kanð ytu.
Don't cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written[view all texts]
Don't cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written[view all texts]
Sound samples in Shadow
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Шtá þidak hüðəþ aðиnçimə mə́, káщħo. Menđaðyw aw ðə шkríлi kanð ytu.
Don't cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written
Don't cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written
Щárət kanð kuđigyŋ þжü þentań bənшit ytu apa ðaŋ шinət apa ytu xibur, þidak xánja шtəpиńç ytu жujшth...
When one learns to find what they hate and what enrages them as amusing, you have not only mastered ...
When one learns to find what they hate and what enrages them as amusing, you have not only mastered ...
Kevnилa щárər ðø þá щáw ðaŋ þű ðiï bü. Xánja þimpçerə menđaðiш ðaŋ akxáðétím ax nja, menipü mǿrahil.
Your student abandoned you and you let her live. It's only a matter of time before you're her next c...
Your student abandoned you and you let her live. It's only a matter of time before you're her next c...
Єшúa жəspunшиw: "Щarлijeþ Çárneta Boгa ðø щeщtem шeлurüħ ðø ðaŋ pikyraŋtem шeлurüħ ðø ðaŋ щéđir...
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and w...
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and w...
Þavíщi my þidak mádra, þavíщi my karéđ.
I wasn't given a dog. I was given a friend.
I wasn't given a dog. I was given a friend.
Щávärлann - ħyŋ ŋєшkinчenn ünnər жin.
A library is infinity under a roof.
A library is infinity under a roof.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | ||||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | b bʰ | t tʰ | d dʰ | k kʰ | g gʰ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | x | ɣ | χ | ħ | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ȴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | ji |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i i: | y y: | ɯ | u u: | ||
| Near-close | ʊ̈ ʊ̈: | |||||
| Close-mid | e e: | ø ø: | o o: | |||
| Mid | ə ə: | |||||
| Open | a a: | ä ä: | ||||
| Polyphthongs | iu | ie | io | ia |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Shadow. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ShadowOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Áá/a:/ | Aa/a/ | Ää/ä/ | A̋ a̋/ä:/ | Bb/b/ | BX bx/bʰ/ | Çç/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | DX dx/dʰ/ | Éé/e:/ |
| Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | GX gx/gʰ/ | Hh/x/ | Ïï/ji/ | Íí/i:/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | KX kx/kʰ/ |
| Ll/ȴ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Ńń/ȵ/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/o:/ | Pp/p/ | PX px/pʰ/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
| TX tx/tʰ/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/u:/ | Űű/ʊ̈:/ | Üü/ʊ̈/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/ħ/ | Yy/y/ | Ýý/y:/ | Zz/z/ |
| Ðð/ð/ | Øø/ø/ | Ǿǿ/ø:/ | Þþ/θ/ | Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | Ħħ/χ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ə́ ə́/ə:/ | Гг/ɣ/ | Ёё/io/ |
| Жж/ʒ/ | Ии/ɯ/ | Лл/l/ | Чч/ʈ͡ʂ/ | Шш/ʃ/ | Щщ/ɕ/ | Юю/iu/ | Яя/ia/ | Ⲉⲉ/ie/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
