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Classification and Dialects[]
Lironian is a Farhanic Language under the Liroic subgroup. This puts it alongside languages such as Rheskúthoni, Úlrethian, Keltini, Hesian, Aetolian and Sinhilian.
It developed in the North-East of what is now Lironla during the 16th-8th century BC, developing its signature phonological restrictions and vowel length distinction. It has since spread South, and via colonialism, to Leshola, Kosha Sūmat, Sinhília, Oila, Vaeraniś, Gorla, Šiške and Gañi, This development allowed for the signature Lironian script, which the language is written with, to be devoloped.
Whilst Lironian is theorized to meant to have ten dialects (one for each of the colonies, one each for Gañi, Vaeraniś, Šiške and Sinhília, and two for Lironla itself) efforts by the Masop̍okēto (work keepers) since the 7th century AD have largely confined the language to be mono-dialectal (to have only one dialect).
The language can no longer be found in Šiške or Vaeraniś, although there are a significant number of speakers within Southern Gañi. (although on February 2, 2002 the Lironian speaking area of Gañi was handed to Gorla.)
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q | ||||||||
| Fricative | f v | th | s z | sh zh | h | |||||||
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| Approximant | y | w | ||||||||||
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| Flap or tap | r | |||||||||||
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| Lateral app. | l | |||||||||||
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Vowels[]
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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| High | i | u | |||
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| Mid | e | o | |||
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| Low | a |
Phonotactics[]
Most constanants cannot follow vowels. This excludes k, n, and r, which all get their standalone symbols. However, vowels can stand alone. Thus, each vowel has a symbol of its own. The language is thus (C)V(C), with any constant, including the dual constants sk and st, able to precede the vowel.
The language is SVO
Writing System[]
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Grammar[]
Nouns[]
Verbs[]
Syntax[]
Determiners precede subjects or objects. You have to state using suffixes if a word has gender, as there is no grammatical gender by default.