Vesseltongue [VOG]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersVesseltongue is spoken by a population of around 600,000 in The Abyss.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Vesseltongue
Geich'hete, chenei ruń s'Norritean tuoth!
Welcome, read about Vesseltongue here!
BORN TO DIE / ABYSS IS A FUCK / 鬼神 Kill The Pale King 1845 PPA / I AM VOID / 410,757,864,530 DEAD HALLOWNESTERS
UNDERGOING COMPLETE REDO
-Predominantly verb-final, OSV most common, but it can be shuffled around a bit for poetry and rhyming as long as the meaning isn't muddled (however there are, inevitably, some poets and songwriters who disdain this as lazy)
-articles that encode case, definiteness and number
-uses construct state for genitive constructions.
-tenses marked with clitics that, in the Huisoasèchi'èth, evolved very straightforwardly from the words 'past' 'now' and 'future'. Other Abyssal languages get more creative, especially Basinese, the Wenzhounese of this family.
Aspects: Perfective, Momentane, Habitual, Continuous, Progressive* Gnomic, Inchoative, Terminative, Iterative)
(Moods: tba)
*Progressive indicates current action, continuous denotes current state.
-maybe some stuff with light verbs?? idk yet
All translations are in the Huisoasèchi'èth, basically Abyssal's Standard Mandarin, which borrows heavily from the language of the Ancient Civilisation, which occupies a status similar to Latin for the Vessels.
UNDERGOING COMPLETE REDO
-Predominantly verb-final, OSV most common, but it can be shuffled around a bit for poetry and rhyming as long as the meaning isn't muddled (however there are, inevitably, some poets and songwriters who disdain this as lazy)
-articles that encode case, definiteness and number
-uses construct state for genitive constructions.
-tenses marked with clitics that, in the Huisoasèchi'èth, evolved very straightforwardly from the words 'past' 'now' and 'future'. Other Abyssal languages get more creative, especially Basinese, the Wenzhounese of this family.
Aspects: Perfective, Momentane, Habitual, Continuous, Progressive* Gnomic, Inchoative, Terminative, Iterative)
(Moods: tba)
*Progressive indicates current action, continuous denotes current state.
-maybe some stuff with light verbs?? idk yet
All translations are in the Huisoasèchi'èth, basically Abyssal's Standard Mandarin, which borrows heavily from the language of the Ancient Civilisation, which occupies a status similar to Latin for the Vessels.
Sample of Vesseltongue[view] n-s'Sleacheag chieyith teacto' l'ioeńit. cChlete ńerrrech la chatuchenea h'a leatetallan'èth cha la yonaghi. Yeig chate latuairrà't tallantioc, chi'èthcèinteatean, sel.
I am the last native speaker of Ubykh. I have been on the run for decades and don't intend to stop now. Catch me if you can, linguists.[view all texts]
I am the last native speaker of Ubykh. I have been on the run for decades and don't intend to stop now. Catch me if you can, linguists.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Vesseltongue
Some sound samples of Vesseltongue. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
ne-Scorrioń acago! Tuone guisèit!
Watch out for the scorpions! They sting!
Watch out for the scorpions! They sting!
Toń tallante la cate ortheachit,
Taś tallante la tuin ortheachit.
Soalleś norrighi cate ioeńit,
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You tell me to do this, He tells me to do that. You're all bastards, Go fuck your mother.
You tell me to do this, He tells me to do that. You're all bastards, Go fuck your mother.
chor no-Hellasunt n-yeogheyith tioc'ioeń, taś latei gheiga tean!
The killer can be anyone in Helgasund, that's over seven people!
The killer can be anyone in Helgasund, that's over seven people!
s'Norritean, tiuneal'lancuaseyith, tuin cate chi?
English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
c-Canach-ghi soalleschlete can, la tlachteanit .
No King rules forever, my son.
No King rules forever, my son.
Phonology
| Consonants | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | n̪̊ | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | t̪ | [d̪]1 | k | [g]2 | q | [ɢ]3 | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | θ | [ð]4 | s | [z]5 | ʃ | ç | x | [ɣ]6 | χ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪̊ | [ɫ̥̪]7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ̥ | [ɻ̊]8 | j̊ | ʍ | w | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /t̪/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /θ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /x/
- intervocallically, allophone of /l̪̊/
- intervocalically, allophone of /ɹ̥/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | u | ||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | [ʊ]1 | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e [e:]2 | o | ||||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||||
| Open | a | [ɑ]3 | ||||||||
| Polyphthongs | eʍ | aʍ | eə |
- occurs erratically, allophone of /u/
- in colloquial speech and unstressed syllables, allophone of /eə/
- after l or r, allophone of /a/
OtherWhen a word begins with schwa as a result of phonological erosion, an accent marker (à, è, ì, ò, ù) is placed on the initial vowel.
