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Ovratian
Ashat
[ɑsɦɑt̪]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 17 February 2017
Language type Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species Human/humanoid
About Ovratian Ovratian is the language spoken in an alternate world, primarily a city called Voy-Ovrat which is below freezing year-round. Ovratians (the people who live there) don't freeze and consider themselves to have come from the ice. Heat can be used to power magic; running out of heat has no effect and is considered to be more comfortable and healthy, while having too much heat runs the risk of "thawing".

New at the whole pronunciation thing; I know my phonology/orthography is incomplete. Focusing on grammar and vocabulary first.

Included in my translations are broken-English transliterations of how Noras would say the sentence to James.
Sample of Ovratian[view] . Lidretat piydofratap ot nayirzqarat siyogiap .

In the beautiful temple there's a seer.
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Latest vocabulary
nitrosvbreak
esodnhole
esatnwall
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
RetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarUvularGlottal
Nasal m     n         ŋ    
Plosive p b   d         k g q ʔ
Fricative   f v   s z             ɦ
Affricate         d͡ʒ            
Lateral approximant           ɭ          
Approximant             j w      
Flap     ɾ              
VowelsNear-
front
CentralNear-
back
Back
Close       u
Near-close ɪ   ʊ  
Close-mid   ɵ    
Open       ɑ
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ovratian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 OvratianOrthography [edit]
-/ʔ/Aa/ɑ/Bb/b/Cc/k/Dd/d/Ee/ɵ/Ff/f/Gg/g/Hh/ɦ/
Ii/ɪ/Jj/d͡ʒ/Ll/ɭ/Mm/m/Nn/n/NG ng/ŋ/Oo/ʊ/Pp/p/Qq/q/
Rr/ɾ/Ss/s/Tt/t̪/Uu/u/UU uu/w/Vv/v/Ww/ⱱ/Yy/j/Zz/z/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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    Ovratian grammar rules (approx.)
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    18-Feb-17 08:39
    Typological information for Ovratian

    Copula droppingAlways
    Noun numbersSingular/Plural
    Mass/noncount nounsOther
    Noun-adjective orderNoun first

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