Solish [SLX]
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Utsiitak on 20 May 2020
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersSolish is spoken by a population of around 2,500,000 in Solico.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Solish
nuna, emaa utsiitak! haukoriva kaanuerkesoptonizavu soolikoviitit!
Nuna, emaa Utsiitak! Haukoriva KaanUerkeSoptonizavu Soolikoviitit!
[n̪un̪a e̞ma: ut̪si:t̪ak hau̯ko̞riva ka:n̪ʷe̞rke̞so̞pt̪o̞n̪izavu so̞:liko̞vi:t̪it̪]
hello be-PRESPresent tense (tense)
current-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I Utsiitak | welcome ConWorkShop-page-ALLAllative (case)
'to, onto' Solico.language-GENGenitive (case)
possessive
Hi, I'm Utsiitak! Welcome to the ConWorkShop page of Solish!
Some Solish features!
Solish is the primary language spoken in the fictitious country of
Solico. It takes inspiration from various world languages, including Caucasian, Slavic, and Uralic languages. In fiction, it is a language isolate (although it is debated that this comprises a separate branch in the Uralic family), but does have some loan words and some light influence from other world languages.
It should be noted that the state of this language is volatile; that is, things are very likely to change drastically and at a rapid pace. This is an ongoing project and one that I'm passionate about, though that will require some trial and error and seeing what works for me. Expect frequent changes.
current-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I Utsiitak | welcome ConWorkShop-page-ALLAllative (case)
'to, onto' Solico.language-GENGenitive (case)
possessive
Some Solish features!
- Strict SVO word order
- Tons of noun, adjective, and verb cases
- Alphasyllabary writing system
- Long and short vowels
- (C)V(V)(C) syllables
- Highly agglutinative
- No grammatical gender or distinct gendered words (actor/actress, waiter/waitress, etc)!
- Neutral alignment
Solish is the primary language spoken in the fictitious country of
Solico. It takes inspiration from various world languages, including Caucasian, Slavic, and Uralic languages. In fiction, it is a language isolate (although it is debated that this comprises a separate branch in the Uralic family), but does have some loan words and some light influence from other world languages.It should be noted that the state of this language is volatile; that is, things are very likely to change drastically and at a rapid pace. This is an ongoing project and one that I'm passionate about, though that will require some trial and error and seeing what works for me. Expect frequent changes.
Sample of Solish[view] Huu, emada antosi et, Mikael. Hebdamezeda suv? Hai dolaran oga?
I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?[view all texts]
I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | [ç]1 | h | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]2 | [ʍ]3 | [w]4 | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]5 | |||||||||||||||
- When before /i/, allophone of /h/
- When between two vowels or at the start of a word, allophone of /i/
- When before /u/, allophone of /h/
- When between two vowels or at the start of a word, allophone of /u/
- Used in free variation, allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | o̞ o̞: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ai̯ | e̞i̯ | o̞i̯ | au̯ | e̞u̯ |
Syllable StructureSyllables always follow a (C)V(V)(C) structure.
Stress informationStress usually falls on the first syllable.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Solish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 SolishOrthography | ||||||||
| a Aa a /a/ | aa AA aa a kuu /a:/ | e Ee e /e̞/ | ee EE ee e kuu /e̞:/ | o Oo o /o̞/ | oo OO oo o kuu /o̞:/ | i Ii i /i/, [j]1 | ii II ii i kuu /i:/ | u Uu u /u/, [w]2 |
| uu UU uu u kuu /u:/ | m Mm mal /m/ | n Nn noki /n̪/ | p Pp pat /p/ | b Bb bega /b/ | t Tt tip /t̪/ | d Dd dap /d̪/ | k Kk ku /k/ | g Gg go /g/ |
| f Ff foi /f/ | v Vv ve /v/ | s Ss sin /s/ | z Zz zed /z/ | h Hh hau /h/ | l Ll la /l/ | r Rr ra /r/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||
- When between two vowels or at the start of a word.
- When between two vowels or at the start of a word
Additional NotesSolish consonants are ordered roughly by their manner of articulation, and vowels are ordered roughly by tongue position in the mouth.
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