Torassi [YWS]
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Registered by
suicey on 10 March 2018
Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Place & SpeakersTorassi is spoken by a population of around 3,000,000,000,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Torassi
Torassi is the language spoken by the Toras people in the nation of Toraskug on the planet Halarus. It is an agglutinative language that features 7 verb tenses, 4 moods and 8 cases. Torassi relies on a series of affixes (including prefixes, suffixes, infixes and circumfixes) to convey these grammatical functions, in addition to conveying the function of a pronoun (as there are no separate words for pronouns) and modifying the meaning of some words.
Torassi is the dominant language on Halarus, which is called Torasvrańa, or "Toras sky", in Torassi, and Toraskug has dominated the entire planet through imperial conquest. As a result, Torassi is spoken all over the planet and has over 3 billion speakers and hundreds of dialects. The standard dialect is virtually devoid of loanwords, however many of the dialects feature words, phrases and sounds from the local language mixed into Torassi.
Torassi is the dominant language on Halarus, which is called Torasvrańa, or "Toras sky", in Torassi, and Toraskug has dominated the entire planet through imperial conquest. As a result, Torassi is spoken all over the planet and has over 3 billion speakers and hundreds of dialects. The standard dialect is virtually devoid of loanwords, however many of the dialects feature words, phrases and sounds from the local language mixed into Torassi.
Sample of Torassi[view] Vobverkyutole qalvrametekui, Yanosy Tegat... Hyuegatem hesdampgetekua!
I'm not questioning your honour, Lord Janos... I'm denying its existence![view all texts]
I'm not questioning your honour, Lord Janos... I'm denying its existence![view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSometan
⤷ Proto-Sometan
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Proto-Torassic
⤷ South Torassic
⤷ Old Torassi
⤷ Middle Torassi
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Torassi
⤷ Proto-Sometan
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Proto-Torassic⤷ South Torassic
⤷ Old Torassi
⤷ Middle Torassi
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Torassi[view] About SometanThe languages of the Someta sub-continent on Halarus. In recent years many have become extinct due to the influence of the Torassi Empire and language. The Reemikan branch has evolved to become more grammatically simplified, meaning its declensions a...
[view] Ferfoltorasap (Ferfol Torassi)The local dialect of Torassi spoken in the Ferfol Province of Toraskug. Much of its vocabulary and phonetics are influenced by the Ferfol language
[view] Hankvultorasap (Hankvul Torassi)No summary available for this dialect.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ʔ1 | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | x | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | [w]2 | ||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||
| Click | ǃ | |||||||||||
- at end of a word or syllable
- allophone of /ʊ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i | |||||||
| Near-close | ʊ | |||||||
| Close-mid | e | |||||||
| Mid | ə | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɔ | |||||||
| Open | a | |||||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Torassi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| TorassiOrthography | ||||||||||
| Bb/b/ | Uu/ʊ/, [w] | Dd/d/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Ss/s/ | Ee/e/ | Yy/j/, /ə/ | Gg/x/ | Ii/i/ |
| Nn/n/ | Kk/k/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Hh/h/ | Qq/ǃ/, /ʔ/1 | Aa/a/ | Tt/t/ | Ńń/ɲ/ | Vv/β/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- at end of a word or syllable
