Šouvek [SOVK]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Šouvek
Šouvek is used as an auxiliary language in the former Šouvreiyatën countries and was the official language of Šouvrei before it split
Sample of Šouvek[view] Ḱau šu su lëjeršencwë,šo cö šanü,lü küjeršën.
I fear no man, but that thing, it scares me.[view all texts]
I fear no man, but that thing, it scares me.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeŠouvekatën
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Šouvek
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Šouvek[view] About ŠouvekatënŠouvek and languages descended from it
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n [nʲ]1 | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k [kʲ]2 | g [gʲ]3 | ||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]4 | [β]5 | f | v | s [sʲ]6 | z [zʲ]7 | ʃ | ʒ | ɕ | ʑ | [ç]8 | [ʝ]9 | h | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l [lʲ]10 | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | w | [ɰ]11 | ||||||||||||||
- allophone of /ɲ/
- allophone of /c/
- allophone of /ɟ/
- allophone of /f/
- allophone of /v/
- allophone of /ɕ/
- allophone of /ʑ/
- allophone of /ɕ/
- allophone of /ʑ/
- allophone of /ʎ/
- allophone of /ʋ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | y | [ɯ]1 [ɯ̽]2 | u | ||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]3 | [ʏ]4 | [ʊ]5 | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | ɤ | o | ||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]6 | [œ]7 | [ʌ]8 | [ɔ]9 | ||||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||||
| Open | a | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | oi | au | ai | øi | ei | ou |
- dialectal, allophone of /ou/
- dialectal, allophone of /ou/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /u/
- allophone of /e/
- allophone of /ø/
- allophone of /ɤ/
- allophone of /o/
Syllable StructureSyllable structure is (C)(C)V(C)(C)
OtherAllophones also apply in diphthongs
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Šouvek. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| ŠouvekOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| p Pp Pet /p/ | b Bb Bed /b/ | m Mm Men /m/ | t Tt Tot /t/ | d Dd Dod /d/ | n Nn Non /n/ | ḱ Ḱḱ Ḱait /c/ | ǵ Ǵǵ Ǵaid /ɟ/ | ń Ńń Ńoin /ɲ/ | k Kk Kat /k/ | g Gg Gad /g/ |
| r Rr Rät /ʋ/1 | f Ff Fes /f/ | v Vv Vez /v/ | w Ww Wel /w/ | s Ss Sos /s/ | z Zz Zoz /z/ | l Ll Lol /l/ | š Šš Šơs /ʃ/ | ž Žž Žơz /ʒ/ | ś Śś Śois /ɕ/ | ź Źź Źoiz /ʑ/ |
| ĺ Ĺĺ Ĺoil /ʎ/ | q Qq As // | h Hh Haz /h/ | y Yy Yal /j/ | c Cc Coc /t͡s/ | ż Żż Żoż /d͡z/ | č Čč Čơc /t͡ʃ/ | j Jj Jơż /d͡ʒ/ | që Ëë Ëp /ə/ | qe Ee Ep /e/ | qo Oo Ot /o/ |
| qä Ää Är /æ/ | qa Aa Ak /a/ | qö Öö Öpët /ø/ | qơ Ơơ Tơ /ɤ/ | qi Ii Pi /i/ | qu Uu Tu /u/ | qŕ Ŕŕ Rät /ʋ/ | qü Üü Pëtü /y/ | |||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- pronounced closer to the English /r/ sound and less like the recording on Wikipedia
Conscript
Additional NotesPlease see the original post of the conscript for additional information: https://new.reddit.com/r/neography/comments/1bbwbiy/%C5%A1ouvirva_the_script_for_my_conlang_reupload/
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
Flags 08-Oct-24 22:46
Verbs 14-Aug-24 06:37
Adjectives 30-Apr-24 01:23
Affixes
List of affixes
30-Apr-24 01:21Sound shifts from Early Modern to Modern Šouvek 23-Apr-24 04:02
Sentence structure 18-Apr-24 08:16
Irregular adjectives 17-Apr-24 10:16
