Angalic

General information
In 3500ASY to 6900ASY, Angian is a language obiquitous on the Cyphorellian continent and is the official language of the Holy Angian Empire, spoken by 84% of its citizenship. Angian was also widely spoken in Obordon, Mlogoth, Mosoq, Kunath and parts of Gathia during this time in history. Evidence of Proto-Angian script can be found across the continent, and it is believed now that the majority of modern Cyphorellian languages were derived from Angian. The language was standardized in 4080ASY by Suradaam (God-Emperor) Kaelset Masohrab. As of 9170ASY it's considered a dead language, but it is spoken by those who are ethnically Angian within traditional ceremony and between family members. This page shows the standard Masohrab-Angian phonology, grammar and vocabulary spoken and written for most of the empire's existence.

Much of standard Angian communication is done through hand gestures. These gestures are used to punctuate spoken language, as well as change the meaning of words, and many gestures hold entire meanings themselves. In writing, these gestures are written as either lone symbols or as a word, but they are never pronounced through speech, only gestured. Other words are both spoken and gestured, and a speaker can choose to do either or both.

Alphabet


Punctuation name, from left to right

"Kigat", "Mod", "Lo", "Lu", "Ugat", "Mugat", "Drugat", "Sigat", "Suh", "Gahtman"

Romanized representation of the punctuation, from left to right.



(Gahtman is represented by a space)

Angian consonants are split into two categories. The first are "unstable consonants". They are called "unstable" because they cannot appear in a word without being attached to a vowel. The unstable consonant can appear next to a stable consonant only if there is a vowel directly before the unstable. They do not appear at the beginning of a word (there are a few exceptions to this rule, especially in loanwords)."Stable" consonants, or "strong" consonants are able to stand in a sentence or word without being accompanied by a vowel. They can come anywhere in the syllable, and can form consonant clusters.

Vowels can appear anywhere in the syllable. In most Angian writing, not all vowels are written out. Instead, they use a punctuation mark called the "sigat" to signify that the last vowel sound that was used in the sentence is being used again. If a different vowel is used before the repeated vowel, then the repeated vowel must be written. Example: the word "Ahal" can be written "Ah'l", but the word "Sohbanon" cannot be written "Sohban'n" because the sigat repeats the last vowel sound used (in the case of "sohbanon, a sigat between the n's would put an "a" vowel sound there).

Syntax
VSO (neutral),  SVO or OVS (interrogative) VOS (idomatic)