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Vosan
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[zur boʃam]
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Language type A priori
Place & SpeakersSpoken by a population of around 100,000,000 in: VosanOfficial ManeaMinority FukotaMinority AwatingMinority KhezanMinority
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Vosan[view] ¿Tûs ctudî kun evis zur comåc ṣibem?

Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?
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Latest vocabulary
bênis ca gaminevermind
vispejaskasinevermind
tofnavslay
Sound samples in Vosan
Some sound samples of Vosan. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Amå uvuri bule bvitenenna zur dôm cu bafatem
One person was able to survive the execution of electrocution.
Language family relationships
Language treeVaniuan
 ⤷  Proto-Vaniu
  ⤷ Proto-Western Vaniuan
   ⤷ Jiuzemic
    ⤷ Old Vosan
     ⤷ Middle Vosan
      ⤷  Vosan
[view] About VaniuanThe Vaniuan language is a family of languages originating from a disputed urheimat of either Western Parshita or around Lake Melkanchuta. Its descendant languages consist of around an estimated 400-700 Million speakers with varying phonologies, vocab...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelar
Nasal m     n     [ŋ]1
Plosive p b     t d     k g
Fricative   f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ç x
Lateral approximant       l      
Approximant   ʋ       [j]2  
Trill       r      
Blends je jo ji ja ju
  1. before velars, allophone of /n/
  2. coda positions, allophone of [g] and [ç]
VowelsFrontBack
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a ɒ
Syllable StructureMaximum possible syllable structure in Vosan words is CCjVCC
Stress informationStress in Vosan is based on a hierarchy, with longer syllables getting stress over shorter ones in a word, and syllables with j-vowels getting stress over ones that don't.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Vosan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 VosanOrthography [edit]
Ll
Ll
la
/l/
Bb
Bb
ba
/b/
Pp
Pp
pa
/p/
Vv
Vv
va
/v/
Ff
Ff
fa
/f/
Ss
Ss
sa
/s/
Zz
Zz
za
/z/
Ww
Ww
va lêni
/ʋ/
Dd
Dd
da
/d/
Tt
Tt
ta
/t/
Rr
Rr
ra
/r/
Kk
Kk
ka
/k/
Gg
Gg
ga
/g/
Mm
Mm
ma
/m/
Jj
Jj
ja
/ʒ/
Cc
Cc
ca
/ʃ/
Ðð
Ḍḍ
da lêni
/ð/
Þþ
Ṣṣ
ṣa
/θ/
Qq
Qq
qa
/x/
Nn
Nn
na
/n/, [ŋ]1
Yy
Yy
ya
/ç/, [j]2
Hh
Hh
haqa
//
Aa
Aa
a
/a/
Åå
Åå
a ṣina
/ɒ/
Ââ
Ââ
a cu bî
/ja/
Ii
Ii
i
/i/
Îî
Îî
i cu bî
/ji/
Ee
Ee
e
/e/
Êê
Êê
e cu bî
/je/
Oo
Oo
o
/o/
Ôô
Ôô
o cu bî
/jo/
Uu
Uu
u
/u/
Ûû
Ûû
u cu bî
/ju/
✔ Shown in correct order [change]
  1. before velars
  2. coda positions, allophone of [g] and [ç]
Additional NotesH is silent and only comes from loan words
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Typological information for Vosan

Animacy distinctionsAnimate/Inanimate
Primary word orderSVO
Pronoun dropping?Yes
Marked tense (verb)Past, Present, Future
Marked voice (verb)Active only

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