Tritonian Slavic

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Morphological typology (Inflection)	Nouns	Fusional
	Verbs	Fusional
Morphosyntactic Alignment		Nominative-Accusative
Dominant Word Order		SVO
Head Direction	Possessive Phrase	Head-initial
	Adpositional Phrase	Head-initial
	Verb Phrase	Head-initial
	Adjective Phrase	Head-initial
Dominant Marking	Possessive Phrase	Dependent-marking
	Adpositional Phrase	Dependent-marking
	Verb Phrase	Dependent-marking
Writing Direction	Primary	Left to right
	Secondary
	Tertiary
Script		Cyrillic
A priori		A posteriori
Genders		3
Cases		7
Tones		no
Nouns decline according to...
Case		Number
Definiteness		Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice		Mood
Person(SUBJ)		Person(OBJ)
Tense		Aspect
Volition		Number

Tritonian Slavic is a direct descendant of Old Church Slavonic which is native to the moon Triton. It is one of the five official languages of the Empire of Perun, an intergalactic superpower which controlled the entire Virgo supercluster at its peak.

Classification and Dialects

Tritonian Slavic is a South Slavic language and thus shares certain features with the Earth-based South Slavic languages. However, the language is mutually unintelligible to speakers of other Slavic languages, as it has undergone a substantial amount of sound changes and retained features lost in other Slavic languages due to its relative isolation in the outer Solar System. Due to Triton's size and harsh conditions causing it to support a very low human population, Tritonian Slavic has very few semblances of dialectal variation.

Sound Changes from Old Church Slavonic

Due to its isolation, Tritonian Slavic has developed some sound changes independent of other Slavic languages.

• All tone distinctions in OCS disappear as Tritonian Slavic develops a predictable stress system.
• The nasal vowels /ɛ̃/ and /ɔ̃/ are raised to /i/ and /u/ respectively; e.g. OCS rǫka "hand" > TS roka "hand", OCS zętĭ "son-in-law" > TS zič "son-in-law". For the conditional change from /u/ to /o/ in the former example, see Tritonian Slavic#Vowels.
• Yers disappear unless their disappearance creates a syllabic consonant or illegal consonant cluster. In that case, yers are retained, but are shifted to /i/ and /u/; e.g. OCS skotŭ "cattle, animal" > TS skut "animal", OCS světĭlostĭ "light" > TS svyočlïsti "light," OCS sŭmrĭtĭ "death" > TS sprič "death." The disappearance of OCS ĭ causes the palatalizion of the proceeding consonant in TS, but ŭ disappears without a trace.
• OCS c and dz become /s/ and /z/ in Tritonian Slavic: e.g. OCS cĕsarǐstvo "empire" > TS šaserestva from earlier syaserestva, OCS bodzě "god (locative singular)" > TS boža "god (locative singular) from earlier bozya.
• OCS t' and d' become <št> and <žd> respectively as in the Bulgarian recession, which later shift to <šč> and <žj> via palatal harmony.
• The yat vowel merges with <e>,

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Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial		Alveolar		Velar
		Normal	Palatalized	Normal	Palatalized		Normal
Nasal		m	/mʲ/ <m̌>	n	/ɲ/ <ň>		(ŋ)
Plosive	Voiceless	p	/pʲ/ <py>	t	/t͡ɕ/ <č>		k
	Voiced	b	/bʲ/ <by>	d	/d͡ʑ/ <j>		g
Fricative	Voiceless			s	/ɕ/ <š>		x
	Voiced	v	/vʲ/ <vy>	z	/ʑ/ <ž>
Approximant		/w/ <ł>		l	/j/ <y>		(w)
Trill				r	/rʲ/ <ř>

Vowels

Tritonian Slavic has three phonemic vowel sounds and an additional three allophones, making the language have 6 vowel sounds in total.

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	(ɨ) <ï>	u
Mid	(e)		(o)
Low		a

There is significant allophony in Tritonian Slavic's vowel system. Vowels are required to harmonize with the following phonemic vowel. This vowel harmony is blocked by word boundaries and has no exceptions inside words, causing the final vowel of a word to be phonetically pronounced as [a], [i], or [u]. The vowel changes that occur are listed in the table below:

First vowel (phonemically)	Second vowel (phonemically)	First vowel (phonetically)
/a/	/a/	[a]
	/i/	[e]
	/u/	[o]
/i/	/a/	[e]
	/i/	[i]
	/u/	[ɨ]
/u/	/a/	[o]
	/i/	[ɨ]
	/u/	[u]

Phonotactics

Tritonian Slavic has a strict (C)C(C)V(C) syllable structure, with up to three consonants being permitted in the onset and only one consonant being permitted in the coda at a given time. Consonant clusters with more than three consonants are disallowed, and consonant clusters must follow a strict sonority hierarchy with any clusters violating it being disallowed.

In consonant clusters, a palatal harmony is required where every consonant must agree in palatalization with the proceeding consonant. However, palatal harmony is blocked by nasals of any place of articulation and labials and velars of any manner of articulation. The sole exception to the harmony blocking is <ł>, which is a soft variant of <l>.

Writing System

Tritonian Slavic utilizes a variant of the early Cyrillic alphabet. Due to its isolation, Tritonian Slavic's script is very conservative but innovative at the same time compared to other Slavic languages which use the Cyrillic script, and even retains the use of letters for numerical values even after Earth-based Cyrillic scripts switched to using the Hindu-Arabic numerals instead.

Like in the Early Cyrillic script, Tritonian Slavic's Cyrillic script has no distinction between uppercase or lowercase letters.

The Tritonian Slavic script:

Letters:
Letter	α	б	в	г	д	дь	ж	ꙁ	и	ı	к	л
Name	az (αз)	buk (бок)	vyaja (вьαдьα)	glogïli (глαголи)	dobra (добрα)	Ø	ževyača (живьαчα)	žamła (жαмльα)	exa (ихα)	exeyi (ихαıи)	koka (кокα)	łïdeya (льодиꙗ)
Numerical value	1	Ø	2	3	4		Ø	7	8	10	20	30
Sound	/a/	/b/	/v/	/g/	/d/	/d͡ʑ/	/ʑ/	/z/	/i/	/j/	/k/	/l/
Letter	ль	м	н	нь	п	р	с	т	о	х	ч	ш
Name	Ø	mïsleča (мосличα)	naš (нαш)	Ø	pukuy (покоı)	risi (риси)	slova (словα)	tvyarda (твьαрдα)	uk (ок)	šar (шαр)	xervli (хαрвли)	ša (шα)
Numerical value		40	50		80	100	200	300	70	600	Ø
Sound	/w/	/m/	/n/	/ɲ/	/p/	/r/	/s/	/t/	/u/	/x/	/t͡ɕ/	/ɕ/
Letter	щ	ь	ю	ꙗ
Name	šča (щα)	yař (ꙗрь)	yun (юн)	ya (ꙗ)
Numerical value	Ø
Sound	/ɕt͡ɕ/	/ʲ/	/ju/	/ja/
Letters only used for their numerical value:
Letter	є	ѕ	ѳ	ѯ	ҁ	ѵ	ф	ѱ	ѡ	ѫ
Numerical value	5	6	9	60	90	400	500	700	800	900
Punctuation:
Punctuation mark	Function
·	Separates words; equivalent to < > in the Latin script.
։	Separates sentences; equivalent to <.> in the Latin script.
჻	Separates paragraphs; equivalent to <¶> (the pilcrow) or indent in the Latin script.
;	Marks interrogative sentences; equivalent to <?> in the Latin script.

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Grammar

Nominals

Tritonian Slavic has seven cases, three genders, and two numbers.

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Numbers

The numeral system is initially a pretty straightforward decimal system in Tritonian Slavic, but numbers from 30-90 are expressed using vigesimal constructions. Cardinal numbers stop declining for gender once the number 4 is reached; however, ordinals never stop declining for gender as they are treated as adjectives and thus inflect like adjectives.

Number (written)		Number (spoken)
Arabic numeral	Cyrillic numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	α	ꙗдин (yedin) (m.), ꙗдинα (yedena) ( f., n.)	прови (prïvi) (m.), провαꙗ (provaya) (f.), провоıи (pruvïyi) (n.)
2	в	двα (dva) (m.), двьα (dvya) (f., n.)	вотори (vutïri) (m.), воторαꙗ (vutoraya) (f.), вотороıи (vuturïyi) (n.)
3	г	триıи (triyi) (m.), три (tri) (f., n.)	трαти (treti) (m.), трαтиꙗꙗ (treteyaya) (f.), трαтиꙗıи (treteyeyi) (n.)
4	д	хαтири (xetiri)	хαтвири (xetviri) (m.), хαтвирαꙗ (xetveraya) (f.), хαтвироıи (xetvïrïyi) (n.)
5	є	пич (pič)	пити (piti) (m.), питαꙗ (petaya) (f.), питоıи (pïtïyi) (n.)
6	ѕ	хαсти (xesti)	хαсти (xesti) (m.), хαстαꙗ (xastaya) (f.), хαстоıи (xostïyi) (n.)
7	ꙁ	шαдми (šedmi)	шαдми (šedmi) (m.), шαдмαꙗ (šadmaya) (f.), шαдмоıи (šodmïyi) (n.)
8	и	осми (ïsmi)	осми (ïsmi) (m.), осмαꙗ (osmaya) (f.), осмоıи (usmïyi) (n.)
9	ѳ	дьαвич (jevič)	дьαвити (jeviti) (m.), дьαвитαꙗ (jevetaya) (f.), дьαвитоıи (jevïtïyi) (n.)
10	ı	дьαсич (jesič)	дьαсити (jesiti) (m.), дьαситαꙗ (jesetaya) (f.), дьαситоıи (jesïtïyi) (n.)
11	αı	ꙗдинαн дьαсич (yedenan jesič)	провин дьαсич (prïvin jesič) (m.), провαꙗн дьαсич (provayan jesič) (f.), провоıин дьαсич (pruvïyin jesič) (n.)
12	вı	двαн дьαсич (dvan jesič) (m.), двьαн дьαсич (dvyan jesič) (f., n.)	воторин дьαсич (vutïrin jesič) (m.), воторαꙗн дьαсич (vutorayan jesič) (f.), вотороıин дьαсич (vuturïyin jesič) (n.)
13	гı	триıин дьαсич (triyin jesič) (m.), трин дьαсич (trin jesič) (f., n.)	трαтин дьαсич (tretin jesič) (m.), трαтиꙗꙗн дьαсич (treteyayan jesič) (f.), трαтиꙗıин дьαсич (treteyeyin jesič) (n.)
14	дı	хαтирин дьαсич (xetirin jesič)	хαтвирин дьαсич (xetvirin jesič) (m.), хαтвирαꙗн дьαсич (xetverayan jesič) (f.), хαтвироıин дьαсич (xetvïrïyin jesič) (n.)
15	єı	пичαн дьαсич (pečan jesič)	питин дьαсич (pitin jesič) (m.), питαꙗн дьαсич (petayan jesič) (f.), питоıин дьαсич (pïtïyin jesič) (n.)
16	ѕı	хαстин дьαсич (xestin jesič)	хαстин дьαсич (xestin jesič) (m.), хαстαꙗн дьαсич (xastayan jesič) (f.), хαстоıин дьαсич (xostïyin jesič) (n.)
17	ꙁı	шαдмин дьαсич (šedmin jesič)	шαдмин дьαсич (šedmin jesič) (m.), шαдмαꙗн дьαсич (šadmayan jesič) (f.), шαдмоıин дьαсич (šodmïyin jesič) (n.)
18	иı	осмин дьαсич (ïsmin jesič)	осмин дьαсич (ïsmin jesič) (m.), осмαꙗн дьαсич (osmayan jesič) (f.), осмоıин дьαсич (usmïyin jesič) (n.)
19	ѳı	дьαвичαн дьαсич (jevečan jesič)	дьαситин дьαсич (jesitin jesič) (m.), дьαситαꙗн дьαсич (jesetayan jesič) (f.), дьαситоıин дьαсич (jesïtïyin jesič) (n.)
20	к	двαдьαсич (dvajesič)	двαдьαсични (dvajesični) (m.), двαдьαсичнαꙗ (dvajesičnaya) (f.), двαдьαсичноıи (dvajesïčnïyi) (n.)
21	кα	двαдьαсич и ꙗдин (dvajesič i yedin) (m.) двαдьαсич и ꙗдинα (dvajesič i yedina) (f., n.)	двαдьαсични и прови (dvajesčtni i prïvi) (m.), двαдьαсичнαꙗ и провαꙗ (dvajesečnaya i provaya) (f.), двαдьαсичноıи и провоıи (dvajesïčnïyi i pruvïyi) (n.)
22	кв	двαдьαсич и двα (dvajesič i dva) (m.) двαдьαсич и двьα (dvajesič i dvya) (f., n.)	двαдьαсични и вотори (dvajesični i vutïri) (m.), двαдьαсичнαꙗ и воторαꙗ (dvajesečnaya i vutoraya) (f.), двαдьαсичноıи и вотороıи (dvajesïčnïyi i vuturïyi) (n.)
30	л	двαдьαсич и дьαсич	двαдьαсични и дьαсити (dvajesični i jesiti) (m.), двαдьαсичнαꙗ и дьαситαꙗ (dvajesečnaya i jesetaya) (f.), двαдьαсичноıи и дьαситоıи (dvajesïčnïyi i jesïtïyi) (n.)
40	м	двα двαдьαсич (dva dvajesič)	двα двαдьαсични (dva dvajesični) (m.), двα двαдьαсичнαꙗ (dva dvajesičnaya) (f.), двα двαдьαсичноıи (dva dvajesïčnïyi) (n.)
50	н	двα двαдьαсич и дьαсич (dva dvajesič)	двα двαдьαсични и дьαсити (dva dvajesični i jesiti) (m.), двα двαдьαсичнαꙗ и дьαситαꙗ (dva dvajesičnaya i jesetaya) (f.), двα двαдьαсичноıи дьαситоıи (dva dvajesïčnïyi i jesïtïyi) (n.)
60	ѯ	триıи двαдьαсич (triyi dvajesič)	триıи двαдьαсични (triyi dvajesični) (m.), триıи двαдьαсичнαꙗ (triyi dvajesičnaya) (f.), триıи двαдьαсичноıи (triyi dvajesïčnïyi) (n.)
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