Vivia [VLJA]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersVivia is spoken in Vivia.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Vivia
This is a boredom project I started when I was a bit burnt out with my mains.
Vivia has it's own native writing script, Do Vełik, but these day primarily uses an extended Latin.
Spelling reform renders all translations previous to 16/JUL/24/ outdated.
Vivia /vivjə/ (Veła /veʎa/)
is a language isolate spoken in the country of the same name. Vivia (Veyjiva [veʎ:va]) is a small island country south of Iceland and North-West of the UK. The language notably contains loanwords from Old Norse and Icelandic, French, Celtic languages, and English.Spelling reform renders all translations previous to 16/JUL/24/ outdated.
Sample of Vivia[view] Nat ansa Ra namja'nav?
/
/ Hal, Ra namja! Ra Nat'letjal Rany elha kön abka sanacanym xedey evsidënam asdal! Kymlötym adne ova Naty pas usel ga jivy ova Naty æma akmacënam asdal.
- Do you really love me? / - Hell, I do! I want to spend the seventy next years of my life with you! I want to see your face every day and to hear your voice all the time.[view all texts]
- Do you really love me? / - Hell, I do! I want to spend the seventy next years of my life with you! I want to see your face every day and to hear your voice all the time.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | χ | [h]1 | |||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||||
| Blends | (kw) |
- allophone of /χ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | ɯ | u | |||||
| Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | ||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vivia. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 ViviaOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa Aa Aja /a/ | Bb Bb Ba /b/ | Cc Cc Ac /t͡ʃ/ | Dd Dd Dy /d/ | Ee Ee E /e/ | Ff Ff Af /f/ | Gg Gg Ga /g/ | Hh Hh Ha /χ/, [h] | Ii Ii In /ɪ/ | Jj Jj Ja /j/ | Kk Kk Ka /k/ |
| Ll Ll Al /l/ | Mm Mm My /m/ | Nn Nn An /n/ | Oo Oo O /o/ | Pp Pp Pa /p/ | Qkw Qq Që /kw/1 | Rr Rr Ry /ɾ/ | Ss Ss Sa /s/ | Tt Tt Ty /t/ | Uu Uu Uja /u/ | Vv Vv Av /v/ |
| Ww Ww Wa /w/ | Xx Xx Xa /ʃ/ | Yy Yy Y /i/ | Zz Zz Za /z/ | DJ dj DJ dj Dy Ja /d͡ʒ/ | Ææ Ææ Æd /æ/ | Ëë Ëë Ëja /ɐ/ | Öö Öö Öja /ɯ/ | Łł Łł Ała /ʎ/ | ||
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
- loan words only
