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'''Thoschian''' [θoʃˑɪən] is the main language of westernmost Herooku. Created for the fantasy world of Grundet by [[User:Juhhmi|juhhmi]].
'''Thoschian''' /θoʃˑɪən/ is the main language of easternmost Herooku. Created for the fantasy world of Grundet by [[User:Juhhmi|juhhmi]].


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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*Unstressed reduction of vowels.
*Stressed ''a'' is ''qento'' "deep" /ɑ/ after all velar, uvular and glottal consonants and after voiced consonants (except for ''d'') and ''miteh'' "shallow" /ʌ/ after the rest of the voiceless consonants. Similarly with ''o'', the pronunciation varies between "deep" /ɔ/ and "shallow" /o/.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==

Revision as of 21:52, 30 September 2014

Thoschian /θoʃˑɪən/ is the main language of easternmost Herooku. Created for the fantasy world of Grundet by juhhmi.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m
m
n
n
nj
ɲ
ng
ŋ
Plosive p b
p b
t d
t d
tj dj
c ɟ
k g
k g
q
q
'
ʔ
Fricative f v
f v
th dh
θ ð
s z
s z
sch zj
ʃ ʒ
h j
ç ʝ
ch
x
hq
χ
h
h
Trill r
r
rq
ʀ
Lateral app. l
l
  • Fricatives: /h/ appears with back vowels and /ç/ with front vowels.
  • Word final voiced consonants are reduced into voiceless unless followed by a word beginning with another voiced consonant: lag tesch /lak teʃ/ vs. lag durni /lag durni/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close ni
ɨ
u
u
Near-Close i
ɪ
u
ʊ
Close-Mid no
ø
o
o
Mid e
e
e/o
ə
Open-mid a o
ʌ ɔ
Near-open a
ɐ
Open na
a
a
ɑ
  • Unstressed reduction of vowels.
  • Stressed a is qento "deep" /ɑ/ after all velar, uvular and glottal consonants and after voiced consonants (except for d) and miteh "shallow" /ʌ/ after the rest of the voiceless consonants. Similarly with o, the pronunciation varies between "deep" /ɔ/ and "shallow" /o/.

Orthography

Native

Influence from both Goldhearts and Ancient Kher Empire led to the birth of a combination of alphabet and syllabary systems derived from Rinapri logographs and nowadays written from right to left.

Romanization

  • Trigraphs written with or without the c: kch /kx/, sch /ʃ/
  • Former nasals: no /ø/, ni /ɨ/, na /a/

Grammar

Characteristic to an East-Herookuan language: