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 last 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

Notes:

• /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /k/ and /g/.
• /w/ only appears in recent loanwords, such as in the word quiz (/kwiːz/) and kwark (/kwaːrk/)

Consonants

Consonant Chart

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

IPA	Description	Written as	English approximation
m	Bilabial nasal	m	man
n	Alveolar nasal	n	no
ɲ	Palatal nasal	nj	onion
ŋ	Velar nasal	ng	sing
p	Voiceless bilabial plosive	p	spot
b	Voiced bilabial plosive	b	back
t	Voiceless alveolar plosive	t	stop
d	Voiced alveolar plosive	d	dog
k	Voiceless velar plosive	k	skip
ɡ	Voiced velar plosive	g	good
t͡s	Voiceless alveolar affricate	c	cats
d͡z	Voiced alveolar affricate	x	kids
t͡ʃ	Voiceless postal-alveolar affricate	č	check
d͡ʒ	Voiced postal-alveolar affricate	x̌	jump
f	Voiceless labiodental fricative	f	fan
v	Voiced labiodental fricative	v	van
s	Voiceless alveolar fricative	s	sit
z	Voiced alveolar fricative	z	zip
ʃ	Voiceless postal-alveolar fricative	š	sheep
ʒ	Voiced postal-alveolar fricative	ž	vision
h	Voiceless glottal fricative	h	heavy
r	Alveolar trill	r	Spanish perro
l	Alveolar lateral	l	lip
ʎ	Palatal lateral	lj	million
j	Palatal approximant	j	yes