Standard Keranian [TDK]
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Tkheyane Kėraney [tχeˈja.ɲi k͡xəˈra.nej]
[view flag info] Standard Keranian
Tkheyane Kėraney [tχeˈja.ɲi k͡xəˈra.nej]
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Siblaime on 23 August 2019
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersStandard Keranian is spoken in Kasewaya and northern Nesyania.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Standard Keranian
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• Desani 2.0™ with modern vocab, entirely derived from
Old Desani with some Nesyanian loanwords
• in terms of general aesthetics, loosely inspired by Pashto and Albanian
• beautiful thingies like word-initial /ɕt͡ɕ/ and /vdr/ tolerated only because I'm a Slav
• close vowels occur only as allophones
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Technical information
• Desani 2.0™ with modern vocab, entirely derived from
Old Desani with some Nesyanian loanwords• in terms of general aesthetics, loosely inspired by Pashto and Albanian
• beautiful thingies like word-initial /ɕt͡ɕ/ and /vdr/ tolerated only because I'm a Slav
• close vowels occur only as allophones
Sample of Standard Keranian[view] Tarbemėt rozayzhe kom cmelenė. / Tarbemėt la dėtorelat shedolenė. / Tarbemėt na cemayákh dletė sanėt pá yozhlenė. / Ta cemda, namáre tarbemėt more ta yáday kháylenė.
The owls observed the dark sky. / The owls sang upon the stars. / The owls turned their heads to the breeze. / And meanwhile, the little owls slept nice and tight.[view all texts]
The owls observed the dark sky. / The owls sang upon the stars. / The owls turned their heads to the breeze. / And meanwhile, the little owls slept nice and tight.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeDesanian
⤷ Proto-Desanian
⤷ Old Desani
⤷ early Demáyat dialects
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Standard Keranian
⤷ Proto-Desanian
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Old Desani⤷ early Demáyat dialects
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Standard Keranian[view] About DesanianThe name Desanian or Desani is derived from the phrase desa nehi meaning 'from the south' (although folk etymology derives this name from de sane - 'main, ruling, primary').
There are two main branches of Desanian languages: "highland"...
There are two main branches of Desanian languages: "highland"...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ɲ]1 | [ŋ]2 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t ⁿt | d ⁿd | k3 | g | q | [ɢ]4 | ||||||||
| Fricative | [f]5 | v | s | z | ɕ | ʑ | [x]6 | χ | [ʁ]7 | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | [k͡x]8 | [g͡ɣ]9 | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
- before /i/, allophone of /n/
- before velar consonants, allophone of /n/
- can be an allophone of word-final /q/
- before voiced consonants, allophone of /q/
- word-final, allophone of /v/
- word-final, allophone of /χ/
- before voiced consonants, allophone of /χ/
- when word-initial, allophone of /k/
- when word-initial, allophone of /g/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | [i]1 | [u]2 | ||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||||
- preserved only after nasals or when word-final, allophone of /e/
- before nasals, allophone of /o/
Syllable StructureIn contrast to Old Desani, Keranian allows complex syllable structure. The largest consonant cluster possible is CCC; clusters made of more than three consonants aren't allowed even when being cross-syllable.
Word-final consonant clusters are unknown in Standard Keranian and in loanwords they have to be splitted by a schwa.
Word-final consonant clusters are unknown in Standard Keranian and in loanwords they have to be splitted by a schwa.
Other/q/ becomes /k/ or /g/ when followed by certain consonants (eg. /l/ and /w/), which results in some historical spelling examples.
All voiced consonants are devoiced at the end of a word.
All voiced consonants are devoiced at the end of a word.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Standard Keranian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Standard KeranianOrthography | |||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Áá sálay a /ɑ/ | Ee e /e/, [i]1 | Ėė khzanay e /ə/ | Bb bė /b/ | Pp pė /p/ | Jj jė /d͡ʑ/ | Cc cė /t͡ɕ/ | Dd da /d/ | Tt ta /t/ |
| DZ dz dzė /d͡z/ | TS ts tsė /t͡s/ | Gg ga /g/, [g͡ɣ]2 | Kk ka /k/3, [k͡x]4 | Qq qa /q/, [ɢ]5 | KH kh kha /χ/, [ʁ]6, [x]7 | Ll la /l/ | Mm mė /m/ | Nn nė /n/, [ɲ]8, [ŋ]9 | Oo o /o/, [u]10 |
| Rr rė /r/ | Ss ės /s/ | Vv vė /v/, [f]11 | Ww wa /w/ | Yy yė /j/ | Zz zė /z/ | ZH zh zhė /ʑ/ | SH sh ėsh /ɕ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order | |||||||||
- preserved only after nasals or when word-final
- when word-initial
- can be an allophone of word-final /q/
- when word-initial
- before voiced consonants
- before voiced consonants
- word-final
- before /i/
- before velar consonants
- before nasals
- word-final
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