Ehomanian

Ehomanian
Ëhomanyš
Flag of Ehomania
Pronunciation	[ə'homa.nyʃ]
Created by	Hailirev
Date	May 2025
Setting	Medetia (continent; worldbuilding)
Native to	Ehomania to be added to be added
Language family	Ehomanic Central Ehomanic Ehomanian
Standard form	Standard Ehomanian (based on Artarda (Artërdë) dialect)
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Ehomania
Regulated by	National Language Council of Ehomania

Ehomanian (Ëhomanyš [əˈhoma.nyʃ]) is an Ehomanic language spoken by several Ehomanic peoples, primarily by the Ehomanian people in the country of Ehomania and, to a lesser extent, in surrounding areas. It is the most widely spoken, by both number of native and overall speakers, and most standardised member of the Ehomanic languages, which together form a dialect continuum. Standard Ehomanian is based on the prestigious Artarda (Artërdë) dialect. Although Standard Ehomanian is closely related to neighboring vernaculars, it is regarded as the formal and official form of the language family.

Depending on sociolinguistic factors, spoken Ehomanian may be partly mutually intelligible with other Ehomanic languages such as Artiutan, Furtaian, Kunstetian, amongst other minor Ehomanic languages. Linguists often categorize the Ehomanic languages into Western, Central, and Eastern branches, with Ehomanian forming the core of the Central Ehomanic languages. It is also considered the reference point for comparative Proto-Ehomanic reconstruction, of which Ehomanian is theorised to have descended from.

Phonology

Standard Ehomanian has eight vowels and 24 consonants. In the Erepunsh dialect, vowels are nasalized when preceding a nasal consonant, and the mid-central vowel ë is lost at the end of words. The word stress is mainly on the final syllable.

Vowels

Standard Ehomanian vowel phonemes

	Front		Central	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded		Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	y			u
Close-mid	e
Mid			ə		o
Open-mid	ɛ
Open	a

IPA	Description	Written as	English approximation
i	Close front unrounded vowel	i	ski
y	Close front rounded vowel	y	few
e	Close-mid front unrounded vowel	e	bed
a	Open front unrounded vowel	a	far
ɛ	Open mid-front unrounded vowel	ä	bad
ə	Mid central vowel	ë	about
o	Close-mid back rounded vowel	o	go
u	Close back rounded vowel	u	boot

Consonants

Consonant Chart

		Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ	(ŋ)
Plosive	voiceless	p		t			k
	voiced	b		d			g
Fricative	voiceless		f	s	ʃ			h
	voiced		v	z	ʒ
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s	t͡ʃ
	voiced			d͡z	d͡ʒ
Approximant						j
Lateral				l		ʎ
Trill				r