Sevan [SVN]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
Sample of Sevan[view] Sa cävëszińä seläśaź, / Trzä fanisz fülen, / Ivińeś varivëdlo maśi; / Dirzä, sö ćardińä śevä. / Vrzenvö Dzsizus, / Icärö äśro üźiśäri ńemä, irńë.
Mournfully be that day / On which from ashes shall arise / The guilty man to be judged; / O God, have mercy on him. / Gentle Lord Jesus, / Grant them eternal rest. Amen.[view all texts]
Mournfully be that day / On which from ashes shall arise / The guilty man to be judged; / O God, have mercy on him. / Gentle Lord Jesus, / Grant them eternal rest. Amen.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] About TranicThe Tranic family (from the proto-language word for central, 'Trąna') is a branch of the Tarenian language family, the Tranic family is spoken in central Tarenia. Many of the languages in the family are agglutinating and contain a lot of cases.
[edit] [view] Träńä Sevän (Central Sevan)This dialect is the most widely spoken dialect of Sevän, and it is also spoken in the capital city of Envoś.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||
Nasal | [m̥]1 [m̥:]2 | m m: | n n: [n̥:]3 [n̥]4 | ɲ ɲ: [ɲ̥:]5 [ɲ̥]6 | ŋ ŋ: [ŋ̥:]7 [ŋ̥]8 | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t t: | d d: | c | ɟ | k k: | g g: | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f f: | (v) v: | θ θ: | ð ð: | s s: | z z: | ʃ ʃ: | ʒ ʒ: | ɕ ɕ: | ʑ ʑ: | ʁ ʁ: | h | ||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | ||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l l: | |||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r r: r̝: r̝ | |||||||||||||||||||
Flap | [ɾ]9 [ɾ:]10 |
Blends | ɟɾ | (ks) | cɾ |
- allophone of /m/
- allophone of /m:/
- allophone of /n:/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /ɲ:/
- allophone of /ɲ/
- allophone of /ŋ:/
- allophone of /ŋ/
- allophone of /r/
- allophone of /r:/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i i: | y y: | u u: | |||||
Near-close | [ɪ]1 [ɪ:]2 | [ʏ]3 [ʏ:]4 | ||||||
Close-mid | e e: | ø ø: | o o: | |||||
Mid | ə ə: | |||||||
Near-open | æ æ: | |||||||
Open | ä ä: |
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /i:/
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /y:/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sevan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
SevanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Ää/æ/ | Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Ćć/t͡ɕ/ | Cc/c/ | Dd/d/ | Ëë/ə/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ |
Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/, [ɪ] | Jj/ɟ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/, [m̥] | Ńń/ɲ/, [ɲ̥] | Nn/n/, [n̥] |
Oo/o/ | Öö/ø/ | Pp/p/ | Qq/k/1 | Rr/r/, [ɾ] | Ŕŕ/ʁ/ | Śś/ɕ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
Üü/y/, [ʏ] | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/v/2 | Xx/ks/3 | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Źź/ʑ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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- loan words only
- loan words only