The West Language [WST]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About The West Language
The West language is an a priori artlang which belongs to a family of four distantly related languages: the North, South, East and West languages. It is quite sophisticated and has a high literary potential. It is a standardized language with no written dialects nor diachronic varieties.
Sample of The West Language[view] Xaŋgẹ adagœzehị doviŋudadẹ a nerœdovid sí. Dzéŋatedzal ĺýdl Iwkoni ajǝŋyr sí o giezid vezusezd venud ḷǝmahaheŋateb im azǝ dzoid ṃedar sí. Zalurzebsatlạ tor sí nedwden líjyrlu yempǝmạ ab wdǝ zédl kifoŋob sí. Kesénlẹ ṃedǝdar a ḷ́ezd luzwd ṇégedz uhonóḷon ezezœ́gorǝxyr sí hid wder saŋgelez hevtezeraziu a luzẉ́ ḷǝgaiz kǝdhaiz jifentebi bœjoŋyririń ḷ́ez...[view all texts]
Language family relationships
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The West Language[view] About CardinalThis family consists of four distantly related languages, named after the four cardinal points.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m m̥ | n̪ n̪ˡ n̪̥ˡ n̪̥ | ɲ ɲˡ ɲ̥ˡ ɲ̥ | ŋ ŋ̥ | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [p̚]1 ᵐp pʰ | b bʱ ᵐb | t̪ [t̪̚]2 ⁿt̪ t̪ʰ | d̪ d̪ʱ d̪ˡ ⁿd̪ | ɟˡ | k [k̚]3 ᵑk kʰ | g gʱ ᵑg | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ç | ʝ | h | ɦ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | p̪͡f | b̪͡v | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ ʎ̝̥ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]4 | [w]5 | [ɰ]6 | [ɥ]7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ ɾʱ ɾˡ ɾ̥ˡ ɾ̥ ɾ̥ʰ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blends | cʎ |
- in word-final position, allophone of /p/
- in word-final position, allophone of /t̪/
- in word-final position, allophone of /k/
- before a vowel, allophone of /i/
- before a vowel, allophone of /u/
- before a vowel, allophone of /ɨ/
- before a vowel, allophone of /y/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i ḭ ḭ: i: | y y̰ y̰: y: | ɨ ɨ̰ ɨ̰: ɨ: | u ṵ ṵ: u: | ||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]1 | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̰ ɛ̰: ɛ: | ɜ ɜ̰ ɜ̰: ɜ: | ɔ ɔ̰ ɔ̰: ɔ: | |||||
| Open | a a̰ a̰: a: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | aɪ aɪ̰ | ɛɪ ɛɪ̰ | ɔɪ ɔɪ̰ | ɜɪ ɜɪ̰ |
- before or after a palatal consonant, allophone of /ə/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for The West Language. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| The West LanguageOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Áá/a:/ | Ạạ/a̰/ | Aa/a/ | AI ai/aɪ/ | AỊ aị/aɪ̰/ | Ạ́ ạ́/a̰:/ | Bb/b/ | BF bf/p̪͡f/ | BH bh/bʱ/ | BV bv/b̪͡v/ |
| Cc/ʃ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DH dh/d̪ʱ/ | DL dl/d̪ˡ/ | DS ds/t͡s/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ẹẹ/ɛ̰/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Éé/ɛ:/ | EI ei/ɛɪ/ |
| EỊ eị/ɛɪ̰/ | Ẹ́ ẹ́/ɛ̰:/ | Ff/f/ | Ǵǵ/ʝ/ | Gg/g/ | GH gh/gʱ/ | GĹ gĺ/ɟˡ/ | Hh/ɦ/ | Ịị/ḭ/ | Ii/i/ |
| Íí/i:/ | Ị́ ị́/ḭ:/ | Jj/ʒ/ | Kk/k/ | Ḱḱ/ç/ | KH kh/kʰ/ | KĹ kĺ/cʎ/ | Ḷḷ/ɬ/ | Ĺĺ/ʎ/ | Ll/l/ |
| Ḷ́ ḷ́/ʎ̝̥/ | Ṃṃ/m̥/ | Mm/m/ | MB mb/ᵐb/ | MP mp/ᵐp/ | Nn/n̪/ | Ńń/ɲ/ | Ṇṇ/n̪̥/ | ND nd/ⁿd̪/ | ŃĹ ńĺ/ɲˡ/ |
| NL nl/n̪ˡ/ | ṆL ṇl/n̪̥ˡ/ | NT nt/ⁿt̪/ | Ṇ́ ṇ́/ɲ̥/ | Ṇ́Ĺ ṇ́ĺ/ɲ̥ˡ/ | Óó/ɔ:/ | Ọọ/ɔ̰/ | Oo/ɔ/ | OỊ oị/ɔɪ̰/ | OI oi/ɔɪ/ |
| Ọ́ ọ́/ɔ̰:/ | Pp/p/ | PH ph/pʰ/ | Qq/ɾ̥/ | QH qh/ɾ̥ʰ/ | QL ql/ɾ̥ˡ/ | Rr/ɾ/ | RH rh/ɾʱ/ | RL rl/ɾˡ/ | Ss/s/ |
| Tt/t̪/ | TH th/t̪ʰ/ | TL tl/t͡ɬ/ | Uu/ɨ/ | Úú/ɨ:/ | Ụụ/ɨ̰/ | Ụ́ ụ́/ɨ̰:/ | Vv/v/ | Ẉẉ/ṵ/ | Ww/u/ |
| Ẃẃ/u:/ | Ẉ́ ẉ́/ṵ:/ | Xx/h/ | Ỵỵ/y̰/ | Ýý/y:/ | Yy/y/ | Ỵ́ ỵ́/y̰:/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | ŊG ŋg/ᵑg/ |
| ŊK ŋk/ᵑk/ | Ŋ̣ ŋ̣/ŋ̥/ | Œœ/ɜ/ | ŒI œi/ɜɪ/ | ŒỊ œị/ɜɪ̰/ | Œ́ œ́/ɜ:/ | Œ̣́ œ̣́/ɜ̰:/ | Œ̣ œ̣/ɜ̰/ | Ǝǝ/ə/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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