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'''Nanyse''' is my first and only conlang. Although this is far from its first incarnation, I'm hoping to use this version of my project in a science-fiction novel I'm working on. The language, and the culture of those humans who speak it, was created gradually over time as native speakers from different points in Earth's history were kidnapped and forced to work with speakers from other cultures and languages. I'd call the end result - this current incarnation of my conlang - a macro-[[w:pidgin|pidgin]], but in the story there are over 14 million native speakers. I hope you enjoy watching me struggle with creating this language. Please, don't hesitate to send any questions my way - especially if I've slipped up and forgotten my own rules or spellings. Thank you for your attentions!


{{Infobox language
'''Nanyse''' is a term which represents the full history of the cultures and languages of those (Humans) which reside in (the Void). An archaic word with origins in Lax An, it was first thought to mean language, but is now believed to mean oral history and traditions. The languages it encompasses are as follows:
|name = Nanyse
|nativename = Иφчψѣɔ
|pronunciation = /nʌ.nɪ.sɛ/
|region = [[conworld:Fifth Quadrant|Fifth Quadrant]]
|states = [[conworld:Dumun Territories|Dumun Territories]]
|speakers = 14,854,447
|date = 2013
|familycolor = Indo-European
|fam1 = [[Source of Nanyse|Multiple]]
|ancestor = [[Proto-Nanyse]]
|dia1 = Ohi
|dia2 = Kote
|dia3 = Jara
|dia4 = Yrem
|script        = [[w:Latin script|Latin]]
|agency        = [[conworld:Ohi|The Academy of Unu]]
|notice = IPA
}}


==Introduction==
=[[Lax An]]=
Nanyse is the native language of the Ubaneb Dumun and the official language of trade in the known [[conworld:Nabdetam|nabdetam]]. It is an a posteriori language, with reported origins in ancient Sumerian, Hittite, and Chinese, and employs alphabetic orthography, as well as agglutinative grammar. Nanyse is a consonantic language that lightly stresses the last syllable and doesn't use tones. It's also accusative and inflecting. There four recognized dialects of Nanyse and, of them, the Ohi dialect is considered to be the official pronunciation.
Translating directly to Ancestor's Tongue, Lax An is an old, dead language thought to be the first fully developed language used by (Humans) in (the Void)and is now widely thought of as the proto language that led to the development of each of the four languages spoken by (Humans) today.


==Phonology==
==(Proto Dev-Merc-Polit)==
The Nanyse alphabet is composed of 52 symbols, with separate symbols denoting either the upper or lower case forms of 26 different sounds. Due to the difficulties of learning the native alphabet, and the relatively wise-spread use of the Roman alphabet on Kisar, it is the Roman alphabet that is used to teach new comers the written form of Nanyse. The native alphabet will be described in another article.


===Alphabet===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | '''Names'''
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Am
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Æp
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | El
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Yc
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Is
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Ot
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Um
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Har
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Bat
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Din
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Fæ
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Gan
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Jen
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Ci
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Kap
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Lun
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Mos
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Nem
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Pan
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Rom
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Xo
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Sel
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Vas
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Tro
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Was
| bgcolor=#c0cfe4 | Zap
|-
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | '''Upper Case'''
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | A
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | Æ
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | E
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | Y
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | I
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | O
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | U
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | H
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | B
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | D
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | F
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | G
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | J
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | C
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | K
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | L
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | M
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | N
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | P
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | R
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | X
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | S
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | V
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | T
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | W
| bgcolor=#c0e4c0 | Z
|-
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | '''Lower Case'''
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | a
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | æ
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | e
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | y
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | i
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | o
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | u
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | h
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | b
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | d
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | f
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | g
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | j
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | c
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | k
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | l
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | m
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | n
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | p
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | r
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | x
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | s
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | v
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | t
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | w
| bgcolor=#e4c0c0 | z
|}


===Vowels===
===(Pre Merc)===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 90px; "|
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
! style="width: 90px; " |Near-front
! style="width: 90px; " |Central
! style="width: 90px; " |Near-back
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| [[w:close front unrounded vowel|i]]
|
| [[w:close central rounded vowel|ʉ]]
|
| [[w:close back rounded vowel|u]]
|-
! style="" |Near-close
| [[w:near-close near-front unrounded vowel|ɪ]]
|
|
|
| [[w:near-close near-back rounded vowel|ʊ]]
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
|
|
| [[w:close-mid central rounded vowel|ɵ]]
|
| [[w:close-mid back rounded vowel|o]]
|-
! style="" |Mid
|
|
| [[w:mid-central vowel|ə]]
|
|
|-
! style="" |Open-mid
| [[w:open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]
|
|
|
| [[w:open-mid back unrounded vowel|ʌ]]
|-
! style="" |Near-open
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="" |Open
| [[w:open front unrounded vowel|a]]
|
|
|
|
|}


====Monophthongs====
[[w:monophthongs|Monophthongs]] are pure vowel sounds. Nanyse has four of these: A[ʌ], E[ɛ], Y[ɪ], and U[ʉ]


====Diphthongs====
====(Merc)====
[[w:diphthongs|Diphtongs]] are two vowel sounds occurring in the same syllable. Nanyse has three of these: Æ[ɛɪ], I[aɪ], and O[oʊ]


===Consonants===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! style="width: 75px; " |
! style="width: 75px; " |Bilabial
! style="width: 75px; " |Labio-dental
! style="width: 75px; " |Dental
! style="width: 75px; " |Palato-Alveolar
! style="width: 75px; " |Alveolar
! style="width: 75px; " |Alveolol-Palatal
! style="width: 75px; " |Post-alveolar
! style="width: 75px; " |Retroflex
! style="width: 75px; " |Velar
! style="width: 75px; " |Glottal
|-
! style="" |Nasal
| [[w:bilabial nasal|m]]
|
|
|
| [[w:alveolar nasal|n]]
|
|
|
| [[w:velar nasal|ŋ]]
|
|-
! style="" |Plosive
| [[w:voiceless bilabial stop|p]] / [[w:voiced bilabial stop|b]]
|
|
|
| [[w:voiceless alveolar stop|t]] / [[w:voiced alveolar stop|d]]
|
|
|
| [[w:voiceless velar stop|k]] / [[w:voiced velar stop|g]]
|
|-
! style="" |Affricate
|
|
|
| [[w:voiceless palato-alveolar affricate|tʃ]] / [[w:Voiced palato-alveolar affricate|dʒ]]
| [[w:Voiced alveolar sibilant affricate|dz]]
| [[w:voiced alveolo-palatal affricate|ʥ]]
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="" |Fricative
|
| [[w:voiceless labiodental fricative|f]] / [[w:voiced labiodental fricative|v]]
| [[w:voiceless dental non-sibilant fricative|θ]] / [[w:voiced dental non-sibilant fricative|ð]]
|
| [[w:voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] / [[w:voiced alveolar sibilant|z]]
|
| [[w:voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant|ʃ]] / [[w:voiced palato-alveolar sibilant|ʒ]]
|
| [[w:voiceless velar fricative|x]]
| [[w:voiceless glottal fricative|h]]
|-
! style="" |Approximant
|
|
|
|
| [[w:alveolar approximant|ɹ]]
|
|
|
| [[w:labio-velar approximant|w]]
|
|-
! style="" |Lateral app.
|
|
|
|
| [[w:alveolar lateral approximant|l]]
|
|
| [[w:retroflex lateral approximant|ɭ]]
|
|
|}


====Pronunciation====
===(Proto Dev-Polit)===
In Nanyse, consonants are pronounced as follows:


H[h] - B[b] - D[d] - F[f] - G[g] - J[dʒ] - C[tʃ] - K[k] - L[l] - M[m] - N[n] - P[p] - R[ɹ] - X[ʃ] - S[s] - V[θ] - T[t] - W[w] - Z[z]


===Dialects===
====(Dev)====
As mentioned before, the Ohi dialect is considered to be the proper pronunciation of Nanyse, but, standing at 14% of the population, the Ohi are far from the most numerous speakers of the language. Below is how Nanyse is pronounced among the Kote, Jara, and Yrem.


====Kote====
Vowels: A[a] - Æ[ʌɪ] - E[ɛ] - Y[ə] - I[ɛɪ] - O[u] - U[ɵ]


Consonants: H[silent] - B[b] - D[d] - F[v] - G[g] - J[ʥ] - C[sk] - K[x] - L[ɹ] - M[m] - N[n] - P[t] - R[h] - X[ʃ] - S[s] - V[f] - T[ð] - W[w] - Z[ʒ]
====(Polit)====


====Jara====
Vowels: A[ʌ] - Æ[ɛɪ] - E[ɛ] - Y[ɪ] - I[aɪ] - O[a] - U[ʉ]


Consonants: H[h] - B[p] - D[t] - F[f] - G[dʒ] - J[g] - C[ʃ] - K[k] - L[l] - M[m] - N[n] - P[b] - R[ɹ] - X[tʃ] - S[s] - V[θ] - T[d] - W[w] - Z[z]
==(Proto Scholar)==


====Yrem====
Vowels: A[ʌ] - Æ[aɪ] - E[ɛ] - Y[ɪ] - I[oʊi] - O[o] - U[u]


Consonants: H[h] - B[b] - D[p] - F[ð] - G[g] - J[dz] - C[dʒ] - K[x] - L[ɹ] - M[m] - N[n] - P[d] - R[ɭ] - X[ʃ] - S[s] - V[v] - T[tʃ] - W[w] - Z[ʒ]
===(Pre Scholar)===


==Phonotactics==
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Latest revision as of 14:22, 28 April 2014


Nanyse is a term which represents the full history of the cultures and languages of those (Humans) which reside in (the Void). An archaic word with origins in Lax An, it was first thought to mean language, but is now believed to mean oral history and traditions. The languages it encompasses are as follows:

Lax An

Translating directly to Ancestor's Tongue, Lax An is an old, dead language thought to be the first fully developed language used by (Humans) in (the Void)and is now widely thought of as the proto language that led to the development of each of the four languages spoken by (Humans) today.

(Proto Dev-Merc-Polit)

(Pre Merc)

(Merc)

(Proto Dev-Polit)

(Dev)

(Polit)

(Proto Scholar)

(Pre Scholar)

(Scholar)

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