Elder Speech [ZCDOF]
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Language type
Artistic Language (Artlang)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Elder Speech
Elder speech is a language long lost, used for mythic tales and magical spells. However, it is not for common use for it is connected to the primal forces themselves. Saying "apple" directed at someone might turn them into a tree, and so on. Use it at your own risk!
Sample of Elder Speech[view] Ilt puchlo venthregres ilt besdíalis.
The person sees the animal[view all texts]
The person sees the animal[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAalatraacian
⤷ Elder Speech
⤷ Elder Speech
[view] About AalatraacianThe origin of all languages in Aalatraas.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||||
Nasal | n | ŋ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʒ | ɕ | χ | h | ɦ | |||||||||||||
Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | ɹ | ɻ | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | u | ||||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | |||||||
Near-open | ɐ | |||||||
Open | a | ɶ́ | ɑ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Elder Speech. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Elder SpeechOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Aa aqega /ɑ/, /ɐ/, /a/ | Bb abe /b/ | CH ch chan /ɕ/ | Dd dea /d/ | Ee ega /ɛ/ | Gg age /g/, /d͡ʒ/ | GH gh ghan /χ/ | Hh ahe /ɦ/, /h/ | Íí iva /i/ |
Ii ihv /ɪ/ | Ll elah /ɭ/, /l/ | LL ll lleh /j/ | Nn enlla /n/ | NG ng onge /ŋ/ | Oo ohen /o/ | Pp pangle /p/ | Qq qeah /k/ | Rr rah /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɾ/ |
Ss sah /s/ | Tt etteh /t/ | TH th thovah /θ/, /ð/ | Uu uhen /u/, /ɶ́/, /ə/ | Vv feah /v/, /f/ | Ww uwe /w/ | Zz zeh /z/ | ZH zh zhan /ʒ/ | Ææ azhage /e/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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Elder Speech: A Nutshell
A basic history of my artlang.
25-Feb-20 15:20