Trollish [TOR]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Trollish
The language of trolls from my conworld and their country. Consists of three dialects, the most spoken of which is Shoeder, the southern one. Some features:
- The vocabulary is based on Swedish, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian
- Big consonant clusters
- The stress might be on a consonant
~ 30 noun cases
- The vocabulary is based on Swedish, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian
- Big consonant clusters
- The stress might be on a consonant
~ 30 noun cases
Sound samples in Trollish
Some sound samples of Trollish. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Igâž šâmadok. Öš škrš igâž göndolada, kornežbeš ex endast âkâžđuđenekš.
You surely haven't changed a bit. You still hide your true thoughts, not looking around you, and onl...
You surely haven't changed a bit. You still hide your true thoughts, not looking around you, and onl...
Hâm šôkâšag žlôtvon.
Our enemies are legion.
Our enemies are legion.
Bylo öröm brynna.
It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a pleasure to burn.
Jö etâl šteni. Dü etâš vödu.
I ate rocks. You eat water.
I ate rocks. You eat water.
Jegare šêmmök bâdaskel
The huntress is nothing without the hunt.
The huntress is nothing without the hunt.
Akö neštö lâtsikt dulšagožan brâ âtt byti igâž, âzt môždâ dulšagožan brôk âtt byti igâž.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
If something seems too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
Language family relationships
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | x | ɧ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | ʉ | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||
| Open | a | ɑ | ɒ | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Trollish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 TrollishOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Ââ/ɑ/ | Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Čč/t͡ʃ/ | Cc/t͡s/ | Dd/d/ | Êê/ɛ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/f/ | F̣ f̣/ɧ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ |
| Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Öö/ø/ | Oo/o/ | Ôô/ɒ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Šš/ʂ/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Üü/ʉ/ | Vv/v/ | Xx/ɕ/ | Yy/y/ | Žž/ʐ/ | Zz/z/ | Đđ/d͡ʒ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||
