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| Tonal | No | ||||||||||||
| Declensions | No | ||||||||||||
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| Case | Number | ||||||||||||
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| Voice | Mood | ||||||||||||
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| Tense | Aspect | ||||||||||||
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| Creator | Robin Christopher | ||||||||||||
Classification and Dialects
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PhonologyEdit
ConsonantsEdit
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Plosive | t, d | |||||||
| Fricative | β | f, v | θ | s | ʃ, ʒ | k, x | h | |
| Affricate | p, b | d̪ð | ɢʁ | ɾ | ||||
| Lateral App. | l |
VowelsEdit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, iʴ | u | |
| High-mid | e | ||
| Mid | o̞ | ||
| Low-mid | ɔʴ | ||
| Near-low | ɐ | ||
| Low | äʴ |
Two additional vowel compounds, /aʊ/ and /ääʴ/, are considered distinct and represented with their own written symbols.
PhonotacticsEdit
Writing System (Norchire)Edit
| HegHau (consonant signs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Flag | Turning | Tail Flag | Hea Flags | Name | Sound (NYTR1) | Represents |
| Tain | t | tree | ||||
| Dan | d | stone hill | ||||
| Dhuro | d̪ð (dh) | loam hill | ||||
| Shu | ʃ (sh) | waterfall | ||||
| Sut | s | geyser | ||||
| Thuro | θ (th) | rapids | ||||
| Zhau | ʒ (zh) | illel2 | ||||
| Pau | p | hand | ||||
| Bo | b | frog | ||||
| Bhuno | β (bh) | dancing frog3 | ||||
| Vahe | v | dancer | ||||
| Affa | f | foot / messenger | ||||
| Maha | m | ram | ||||
| Nain | n | valley | ||||
| Kor | k (k or c) | tower | ||||
| Chado | x (ch) | breached tower | ||||
| Ghuvo | ɢʁ (gh) | ghuvo flower4 | ||||
| Rhu | ɾ (r or rh) | tiger5 | ||||
| Lu | l (l or ll) | tongue / laughter | ||||
| OgHau (vowel signs) | ||||||
| Hey | e | 6 | ||||
| Hadi | ɐ (a) | |||||
| Hodi | o̞ (o) | |||||
| Hidi | i | |||||
| Hudi | u | |||||
| Hau | aʊ (au) | |||||
| Hiri | iʴ (ir) | |||||
| Ori | ɔʴ (or) | |||||
| Ari | äʴ (ar) | |||||
- Romanization as per the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, given where it differs from the IPA representation.
- A species of nonhuman intelligent beings. The Zhau sound exists in Nordhema only through words borrowed from illelli languages.
- This symbol was introduced to represent the /β/ used by speakers of the "crude" Mountain Dialect -- accustomed to the sound /b/ -- to approximate the /v/ of the "elegant" River Dialect. Implying comparison to a dull bullfrog trying to mimic a graceful dancer, Bhuno amounts to an ancient political joke tucked into the alphabet.
- Abundant, wide-ranging flowering plants closely similar to the orchid family.
- Bones and other evidence show that a large feline species lived in AnortHea as recently as 3000 years ago. In local culture the tiger carries legendary and mystical status comparable to the dragon in Earthly myth.
- Early sources are contradictory over whether the OgHau were arbitrary creations, or had original pictorial meanings that went unrecorded.
GrammarEdit
NounsEdit
VerbsEdit
SyntaxEdit
LexiconEdit
Example textEdit
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