Viconian [VCN]
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Viconian
norein [o]*

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Language type
A posteriori
Place & SpeakersViconian is spoken by a population of around 6,512,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Viconian
Viconian is a North Germanic language spoken in the United Kingdom descending from the Old East Norse dialects spoken in the British Isles by the Norse and Danish settlers.
Language family relationships
[edit] [view] kembernoreinn (Cumbria Viconian)Cumbria Viconian is the dialect spoken in Cumbria, as well as parts of Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire and Lancashire, being characteristic of areas such as Richmondshire, Stanhope and Lancaster.
[edit] [view] escernorein (Eastern Viconian)Eastern Viconian is the variety spoken in Norfolk, as well as parts of Cambridgeshire. It is distinct from more Northern varieties in that it is more influenced by Old Danish and shared some vocabulary with Danish that isn't found in other Nordic languages.
[edit] [view] medlåndernorein (Lincolnshire Viconian)Linconlshire Viconian is the dialect spoken in Lincolnshire, also known as Midlands Viconian, as it is spoken in Northern Cambridgeshire. It is similar to East Riding varieties of Yorkshire Viconian and is sometimes classified as that.
[edit] [view] northescerlegernorein (North Eastern Viconian)North Eastern Viconian is the dialect spoken mostly in Tyne & Wear and Durham, as well as border regions in North Yorkshire. The urban dialects of Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees are characteristic subdialects of this dialect.
[edit] [view] northlankascernorein (Northern Lancashire Viconian)Northern Lancashire is the variety spoken in Northern parts of Lancashire centred around Blackpool and might more so be closer to the Western coast of Lancashire. It is closer to the Cumbria varieties of Viconian rather than other Lancashire varieties.
[edit] [view] northymbernorein (Northumbrian Viconian)This is the dialect spoken mostly in Northumbria as well as in parts of Durham and Tyne & Wear, although these counties have more region specific dialect. It is the generalised dialect of the North East.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | |||||||||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | x | χ | h | |||||||||||
Approximant | j | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Blends | hw |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | y | u | |||
Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
Near-open | æ | |||||
Open | a |
Polyphthongs | ui | ai | ei |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Viconian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
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Oo/o/ | UY uy/ui/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |