Modern Standard Sutti [XST]
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Modern Standard Sutti
Sutene Tokano [sute̞ne̞ to̞käno̞]*
Modern Standard SuttiSutene Tokano [sute̞ne̞ to̞käno̞]*
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Modern Standard Sutti
The most widely spoken language(most populations are L2 speakers) and the lingua franca in the holocene era of Keton(the 8th world) since the 15th century.
- SOV left branching
- postpositions instead of preposition
- Relatively simple phonological system with a moderately complex(maximal CVC) syllable structure, a standard five vowel system and a smaller consonant inventory
- Neutral alignment in colloquial form
- tense-based TAM(tense-aspect-mood) system on verbs
A mostly priori diachronic language with some posteriori elements(e.g. the -stan suffix for “land”)
In-world Information
The most widely spoken language(most populations are L2 speakers) and the lingua franca in the holocene era of Keton(the 8th world) since the 15th century.
Linguistic features
- SOV left branching
- postpositions instead of preposition
- Relatively simple phonological system with a moderately complex(maximal CVC) syllable structure, a standard five vowel system and a smaller consonant inventory
- Neutral alignment in colloquial form
- tense-based TAM(tense-aspect-mood) system on verbs
Meta information
A mostly priori diachronic language with some posteriori elements(e.g. the -stan suffix for “land”)
Sample of Modern Standard Sutti[view] ko nei ka taner nese! ei, to, sato, hoi, vo, sal, apo, hato, kuto, esto, evan, tavan, satazo, hoizo, vozo, salzo, apazo, hatazo, kutazo, nei!
I can count to twenty! one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty![view all texts]
I can count to twenty! one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeGarric
⤷ Proto-Garric
⤷ Grassland Garric
⤷ Sweltic
⤷ North Sweltic
⤷ North Desert languages
⤷ Para-Keyot
⤷ Keyot
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Old Sutti
⤷ Modern Standard Sutti
⤷ Proto-Garric
⤷ Grassland Garric
⤷ Sweltic
⤷ North Sweltic
⤷ North Desert languages
⤷ Para-Keyot
⤷ Keyot
⤷
Old Sutti⤷
Modern Standard SuttiPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]1 | f | s | ʃ | [ç]2 | x | [h]3 | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | [ʍ]4 | |||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
- used in some dialects, allophone of /f/
- allophone of /x/
- word-initial, allophone of /x/
- used in some dialects, allophone of /f/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ | ||||
| Open | ä | |||||
| Polyphthongs | e̞i | e̞u | o̞u | äi | äu | o̞i |
Syllable Structure(C)V(C), no words can start or end with consonant clusters; besides all words must end in either a vowel or a coronal consonant.
Up to two consonants can occur between vowels, the first consonant of an intervocalic cluster is either a nasal, a liquid or /s/; the second consonant of an intervocalic cluter is usually a plosive, affricate, and occasionally nasals.
Up to two consonants can occur between vowels, the first consonant of an intervocalic cluster is either a nasal, a liquid or /s/; the second consonant of an intervocalic cluter is usually a plosive, affricate, and occasionally nasals.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Modern Standard Sutti. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Modern Standard SuttiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/ä/ | AI ai/äi/ | AU au/äu/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Ee/e̞/ | EI ei/e̞i/ | EU eu/e̞u/ | Ff/f/ | Hh/x/ |
| Ii/i/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o̞/ | OI oi/o̞i/ | OU ou/o̞u/ | Pp/p/ |
| Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/ʋ/ | Xx/ʃ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/t͡s/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
