Solish [SLX]
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Pet Of War on 20 May 2020
Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersSolish is spoken by a population of around 2,500,000 in Soland.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Solish
ruzikom kaanuerkusoptonizavu soolat!
Ruzikom KaanUerkuSoptonizavu Soolat!
[ruziko̞m ka:n̪ʷe̞rkuso̞p̚t̪o̞n̪izavu so̞:lat̪]
welcome ConWorkShop-page-ALLAllative (case)
'to, onto' Solish-GENGenitive (case)
possessive
Welcome to the ConWorkShop page of Solish!
Some Solish features!
Strict SVO word order
Tons of noun, adjective, and verb cases
Cool abugida writing system!
Long and short vowels
(C)V(C) syllables
No word for "be", only use tense markers
Agglutinative as fucc
Absolutely no grammatical gender or distinct gendered words!
Neutral alignment
Solish is the primary language spoken in the fictitious European country of
Soland. It takes inspiration from various world languages, including Caucasian, Slavic, and Uralic languages. In fiction, it is a language isolate with agglutinative features.
'to, onto' Solish-GENGenitive (case)
possessive
Some Solish features!
Solish is the primary language spoken in the fictitious European country of
Soland. It takes inspiration from various world languages, including Caucasian, Slavic, and Uralic languages. In fiction, it is a language isolate with agglutinative features. Sample of Solish[view] Tusluzotu giva at kiihokite, a alazama da.
Don't hit your sister with the frying pan, I need it.[view all texts]
Don't hit your sister with the frying pan, I need it.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About IsolatesThis is a family for isolate languages.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | h | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]1 | [w]2 | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Flap | [ɾ]3 | |||||||||||||
- When between two vowels or at the start of a word, allophone of /i/
- 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: [u̥]1 | ||
| Mid | e̞ e̞: | o̞ o̞: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | aj | e̞j | aw | o̞j | e̞w |
- Used in circumstances where an extra vowel is required to be valid with Solish phonotactics, allophone of /u/
OtherIn casual speech, it's common to either drop "u" sounds or devoice them when speaking quickly for convenience sake.
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:/ | b Bb bega /b/ | d Dd dei /d̪/ | e Ee e /e̞/ | ee EE ee e kuu /e̞:/ | f Ff foi /f/ | g Gg go /g/ | h Hh hau /h/ |
| i Ii i /i/, [j]1 | ii II ii i kuu /i:/ | k Kk ku /k/ | l Ll la /l/ | m Mm mal /m/ | n Nn noki /n̪/ | o Oo o /o̞/ | oo OO oo o kuu /o̞:/ | p Pp pat /p/ |
| r Rr ra /r/ | s Ss sin /s/ | t Tt tip /t̪/ | u Uu u /u/, [w]2 | uu UU uu u kuu /u:/ | v Vv ve /v/ | z Zz zed /z/ | ||
| ✔ 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 NotesThis script is an abugida where vowels are attached to the top of consonants to create syllables. For more information, refer to the article on Solish orthography below.
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