Sycian [YCI]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
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Language family relationships
Language treeBaredan
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Proto-Baredan
⤷ Proto Western Baredan
⤷ Old Sycian
⤷ Classical Sycian
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Sycian
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Proto-Baredan⤷ Proto Western Baredan
⤷ Old Sycian
⤷ Classical Sycian
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Sycian[view] About BaredanThe languages of the Baredan family all derive from Proto-Baredan, spoken around the eastern area of Istan (the Baredan homeland). The modern languages, split into the Western, Eastern and Southern branches, are spoken in Norjihan, Istan, Ittohar and...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n n̥ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | c cʰ | k kʰ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | θ | s | ʂ | [ç]1 | ɦ | |||||||||
| Affricate | ʈ͡ʂʰ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [ʋ]2 | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Blends | jɛ: |
- allophone of /cʰ/
- allophone of /v/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | u: | |||||||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | |||||
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |||||
| Near-open | æ | |||||||
| Open | ɑ | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ɔʊ̯ | eɪ̯ | øʏ̯ | aʊ̯ | aɪ̯ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Sycian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| SycianOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Áá/aʊ̯/ | Bb/p/ | Cc/cʰ/ | Dd/t/ | Éé/jɛ:/ | Ee/e/ | EI ei/aɪ̯/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/k/ | Hh/ɦ/ |
| Íí/eɪ̯/ | Ii/ɪ/ | Jj/c/, [ç] | Kk/kʰ/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Óó/ɔʊ̯/ | Oo/o/ | Öö/ø/ | Pp/pʰ/ |
| Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/tʰ/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Úú/u:/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/ʏ/ | Ýý/øʏ̯/ | Ææ/æ/ | Ðð/θ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
