Verd'landian [VDI]
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Registered by
Vladislav Čokin on 10 October 2017
Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Verd'landian
Verd'landian [vɛrdʲlandian] language has got its actual form approximately in 2016, while some separate elements of its lexicon and grammar begin their history back in 2012. Created as a service dialect of Verd'landian fictional universe which was factually abandoned, nowadays it's being used as a national language of Verd'landians, an artificial ethnic group and its own micronation which is planned to be set in Czech Republic.
In spite of its official status the fate of language stays to be under danger. Verd'landian lexicon doesn't exceed an amount of 1500 words, the development of language is slow, and at this moment no ways to spread language exist, making it dependent of its own creator who is the only speaker of Verd'landian.
In spite of its official status the fate of language stays to be under danger. Verd'landian lexicon doesn't exceed an amount of 1500 words, the development of language is slow, and at this moment no ways to spread language exist, making it dependent of its own creator who is the only speaker of Verd'landian.
Sample of Verd'landian[view] Alle omulɩat bɩortit friehatỹɩ und ẽgalitỹɩ in aflarul und draptɩat. Irgat sẽ hinit refleutilo und hazraftilo, und mahtỹɩ tu tẽvrima nalo zẽamaī in sklora dẽ brutiruar.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
[view] Ẽstuariɩ Vẽrdɩlandiɩ (Estuarian)An only dialect in Verd'landian. Differs from general language by enormous amount of lexic imported from Romanian.
Its name can be explained in two ways:
1) In fictional Verd'land it is used in Estuarian Region (called so as it is located near the estuary of Rummala, the biggest river of Verd'land).
2) The roots of language IRL are from Bessarabia, more precisely — from Northern Budzhak near the estuary of Dniester river. This also explains the Romanian lexic.
Its name can be explained in two ways:
1) In fictional Verd'land it is used in Estuarian Region (called so as it is located near the estuary of Rummala, the biggest river of Verd'land).
2) The roots of language IRL are from Bessarabia, more precisely — from Northern Budzhak near the estuary of Dniester river. This also explains the Romanian lexic.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʂ | ʐ | x | ʕ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | ji |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | ɨ | [ɯ]1 | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ʌ | |||
| Near-open | æ | |||||
- allophone of /ɨ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Verd'landian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Verd'landianOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa Aa a /ʌ/ | Ãã Ãã a ỹntriɩ /æ/ | Bb Bb bẽ /b/ | Cc Cc cẽ /t͡s/ | Čč Čč če /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Dd dẽ /d/ | Ee Ee e /e/ | Ẽẽ Ẽẽ ẽ /ɛ/ | Ёё Ёё e ỹntriɩ /œ/ | Ff Ff ẽf /f/ | Gg Gg gẽ /g/ |
| Jj Jj gẽ lotiɩ /ʕ/ | Hh Hh ha /x/ | Ii Ii i /i/ | Ɩɩ Ɩɩ i skurtỹɩ /j/ | Īī Īī i harnỹɩ /ji/ | Kk Kk ka /k/ | Ll Ll ẽl /l/ | Mm Mm ẽm /m/ | Nn Nn ẽn /n/ | Oo Oo o /o/ | Pp Pp pẽ /p/ |
| Rr Rr ẽr /r/ | Ss Ss ẽs /s/ | Šš Šš ša /ʂ/ | Tt Tt tẽ /t/ | Uu Uu u /u/ | Ỹỹ Ỹỹ ỹ /ɨ/ | Vv Vv vẽ /v/ | Žž Žž žẽ /ʐ/ | Zz Zz zẽ /z/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
