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Luers

2026-03-08T22:33:24Z

CellularAutomaton: made luers page

'''Luers''' (natively ''Luỳrs'' /lu̯ɿs˩˧˨/) is a classical language of Rhodinea and the literary and liturgical language of Gemmaism (''sbuãeɂsdóngɂ Gyáerma'' /sbu̯ɛ̃ʔ˩˨.sdoŋʔ˥ ɟɛː˦ma˨/). It seems to have originated around 2500 years before the present, in the vicinity of the city of Hüsheleng (''Ghuxeoláyjĩ́'' /ʁu˨.ɕə˨.laj˦.ʑĩ˦/). In most of Rhodinea, it is taught in schools (the main exceptions being the east coast and Insular Rhodinea, where Gemmaists are a minority and Classical Bant Yul predominates); while it has no native speakers, it is used routinely in many fields of science, mathematics, and philosophy, especially in South Rhodinea. Many vernaculars of the south and southeast Rhodinean mainland are close relatives or descendants of Luers.

Luers is linguistically notable for its expansive vowel inventory of 17 vowels (11 oral, 5 nasal, and one apical vowel), each taking one of 6 tones, all written using a complex array of diacritics and silent letters in a script which is, at its most basic level, an abugida. It is also notable for the fact that the majority of its vocabulary was artificially coined by early Gemmaist religious figures, who expanded the language’s phonology by introducing tone/final combinations that could not have diachronically arisen. (Most of this coined vocabulary is specialized in nature, such as names of many high powers of 10 and 12, and does not survive in post-Luers vernaculars.)

Externally, Luers was made by [[User:CellularAutomaton]] for an unnamed worldbuilding project. It's aesthetically inspired by Tibetan and Wu Chinese, with a hint of French.

== Diachronic notes ==
* originally pitch-accent system affected by final -s, -h, -2
* loanwords add more distinctions
* artificial coinings add more distinctions

== Consonants ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! Bilabial !! Denti-alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
! Nasal
| m || n || ɲ <ny> || ŋ <ng> ||
|-
! Plosive
| pʰ b || tʰ <t> d || cʰ <ky> ɟ <gy> || kʰ <k> g || (ʔ <ɂ>)
|-
! Affricate
| || tsʰ <ts> || tɕʰ <ch> dʑ <cj> || ||
|-
! Fricative
| f || s z || ɕ <x> ʑ <j> || || h ɦ~ʕ~ʁ <gh>
|-
! Approximant
| w || l̥ l ɹ <lh l r> || j <y> || (w) ||
|}

== Vowels ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! Front !! Central !! Back
|-
! High
| i y <ui> ĩ || || u
|-
! High-mid
| e ø <oe> ẽ || ə <eo> ɿ <yr> || o
|-
! Low-mid
| ɛ <ae> œ <oae> ɛ̃ <ãe> || ə <eo> ɿ <yr> || ɔ <ao> ɔ̃ <ão>
|-
! Low
| || a || ɑ̃ <ã>
|}

(For multigraphs, the letter that takes tone diacritics is '''bolded'''.)

== Tones ==
* High level 44 <á>
* High falling 53 <â>
* High checked 55 <áɂ>

* Low level 22 <a>
* Low rising-falling 231 <à>
* Low checked 12 <aɂ>

(high falling and low rising-falling tones can only appear in the first syllable of a word)

== Onsets ==
m n ny ng p b t d ky gy k g ts ch cj f s z x j h gh w lh l r y 
sm sn sny sng sb sd sgy sg sbf sts scj sgh sw slh sl sr sy 
xm xn xny xng xgh xw xlh xl xr 
hm hn hny hng hb hd hgy hg hbf hts hcj

== Nuclei ==

{| class="wikitable"
! !! i !! ui !! ĩ !! u !! um !! ung !! e !! oe !! ẽ !! eo !! eom !! eong !! yr !! o !! om !! ong !! ae !! oae !! ãe !! ao !! ão !! a !! ã
|-
! i/ui
| || || || || || || ie || wyoe || iẽ || ieo || ieom || ieong || iyr || wyo || wyom || wyong || iae || wyoae || iãe || iao || ião || ia || iã
|-
! u
| || || || || || || ue || uoe || uẽ || ueo || ueom || ueong || uyr || uo || uom || uong || uae || uoae || uãe || iao || ião || ia || iã
|}

Non-nasal nuclei with non-checked tones may have as coda: '''s''', '''h''', '''l''', '''r''', '''y''', or '''w'''.
Coda '''l''' or '''r''' is realized as a lengthening of the preceding vowel.

[[Category:Luers]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

User:CellularAutomaton

2026-03-08T22:23:09Z

CellularAutomaton: removed some unused details from a while ago

Hey! I'm @cellularautomaton on Discord. 

Current worlds include Arsu-Aziz and an unnamed one.

User:CellularAutomaton

2024-10-22T20:56:11Z

CellularAutomaton:

Hey! I'm @cellularautomaton on Discord. 

Current worlds include Arsu-Aziz and an unnamed one.

Regions: 
Landmass A: 
Kwato'nanechi - chilly to temperate, mostly forested northern reaches of the supercontinent. sporadic trade with Atitli without being involved in the turmoil (with a couple notable exceptions). when something goes wrong in Atitli the nobles flee here. cultural inspiration: Canada 
Atitli - tropical, with an enclosed sea in the west and a mountainous backbone in the east, historically a cradle of civilization (and unfortunately, empire). cultural inspiration: Mesoamerica 
Ādazejer - large, mountainous peninsula historically oscillating (often violently) between Atitli and Madbid influence. subtropical. cultural inspiration: East Africa 
Madbid - southern hemisphere, temperate, fairly flat region centered on a large sea opening into the southern ocean. cultural inspiration: SW Asia 
 
Landmass B:
Saypachaar - where roof-of-the-world steppe meets a tropical coast, with one large rainforested peninsula. cultural inspiration: tropical Andes 
Udmayan - mountainous steppe to the south, humid continental fertile land to the north. cultural inspiration: Central Asia 
Haurey - boreal forest and plenty of saltwater. cultural inspiration: northern Europe 
 
Waira Akaroa - archipelago of quite large, southerly islands. oceanic to subpolar. contact with Saypachaar. cultural inspiration: New Zealand & Oceania more broadly

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-19T17:44:02Z

CellularAutomaton: /*The Cat and the Bird*/

Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. It is inspired by Turkish and Indonesian, but some English characteristics have accidentally slipped in.
== Phonology ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" |
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''labial'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''dental'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''palatal'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''velar'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''nasal'''
| m
| n̪ <n>
| ɲ <ny>
| ŋ <ng>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''stop'''
| p b
| t̪ d̪ <t d>
| t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ <c j>
| k g
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''fricative'''
| f
| s <s>
| ʃ <ş>
| h
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''approximant'''
| w
| l̪ <l>
| j <y>
| (ɰ) <ğ>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''tap'''
|
| ɾ <r>
|
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#efefef;" |
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''front'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''central'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''back'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''close'''
| i
|
| ɯ u <ı u>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''mid'''
| ᴇ <é>
| ə <e>
| ꭥ <o>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''open'''
|
| ᴀ <a>
|
|}

== Morphology ==
Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order.
== Syntax ==
While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-.
== The Cat and the Bird ==
'''Maye fe céfod icégğu'm dıjun ag lejiğ nofé oyeny.''' 
[ˈ majə fə t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ um̥ dɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ äʔ l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː n̪o̞ˈ fe̞ ˈ o̞jɛɲ] 
cat and bird persimmon=ACC tree ABL eat ATR want 
''A cat and a bird both wanted to eat persimmons from a tree.'' 
'''Céfod feyefdıjun mu aweng fe icégğu mu lejiğ.''' 
[t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ fɛjʌfd̪ɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ mu ˈ ɑwʌŋ̊ fə it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ u mu l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː] 
bird treetop ACC fly and persimmon ACC eat 
''The bird flew to the top of the tree and ate all the persimmons.'' 
'''Maye fonşow hefyet fe buju mu ngıre.''' 
[ˈ majə fo̞n̠̊ˈ t̠ʃo̞w həfˈ jət̪ fə buˈ d̠ʒu mu ˈ ŋɯ̟ɾə] 
cat see IPFV and anger ACC go 
''Seeing this, the cat became angry.'' 
'''"Ngi a ngi aweng," mu tiğ ngége, "yo mu lejiğem hetıtajığ!"''' 
[ŋi ä ŋi ˈ ɑwʌŋ̊ mu t̪iː ˈ ŋe̞gə jo̞ mu l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː.əm̥ hʌt̪ɯ̟t̪äˈ d̠ʒɯ̟ː] 
if 1sg if fly ACC 3sg say 2sg ACC eat-COND instead 
''"If I could fly," it said, "I would eat you instead!"'' 
'''Déğé-héj yişiny şoduğ dıjun-pisre'g ice.''' 
[d̪e̞je̞ˈ he̞t̠ʃ jiˈ ʃiɲ̊ ʃo̞ˈ d̪uː d̪ɯˌd̠ʒum̥ˈ pisɾəʔ ˈ it̠ʃə] 
just.then mouse large bush=ABL run 
''Just then a large mouse darted out from a bush.'' 
'''Céfod ığuş, jél maye tiğ mu rağol déğé.''' 
[t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ ɯˈ ɰuʃ d̠ʒe̞l̪̥ ˈ majə t̪iː mu ɾɑːo̞l̪ d̪e̞ˈ je̞] 
bird attack but cat 3sg ACC catch now 
''The bird lunged for it, but the cat had already caught it.''

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-19T17:23:26Z

CellularAutomaton: /* The Cat and the Bird */ phonetic transcription (not complete!)

Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. As his first conlang, there are inevitably things he dislikes about it, although it is at the time of writing under a week old.
== Phonology ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" |
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''labial'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''dental'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''palatal'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''velar'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''nasal'''
| m
| n̪ <n>
| ɲ <ny>
| ŋ <ng>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''stop'''
| p b
| t̪ d̪ <t d>
| t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ <c j>
| k g
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''fricative'''
| f
| s <s>
| ʃ <ş>
| h
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''approximant'''
| w
| l̪ <l>
| j <y>
| (ɰ) <ğ>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''tap'''
|
| ɾ <r>
|
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#efefef;" |
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''front'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''central'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''back'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''close'''
| i
|
| ɯ u <ı u>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''mid'''
| ᴇ <é>
| ə <e>
| ꭥ <o>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''open'''
|
| ᴀ <a>
|
|}

== Morphology ==
Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order.
== Syntax ==
While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-.
== The Cat and the Bird ==
'''Maye fe céfod icégğu'm dıjun ag lejiğ nofé oyeny.''' 
[ˈ majə fə t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ um̥ dɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ äʔ l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː n̪o̞ˈ fe̞ ˈ o̞jɛɲ] 
cat and bird persimmon=ACC tree ABL eat ATR want 
''A cat and a bird both wanted to eat persimmons from a tree.'' 
'''Céfod feyefdıjun mu aweng fe icégğu mu lejiğ.''' 
[t̠ʃe̞ˈ fo̞t̪ fɛjʌfd̪ɯˈ d̠ʒun̪̊ mu ˈ ɑwʌŋ fə it̠ʃe̞ʔˈ u mu l̪ɛˈ d̠ʒiː] 
bird treetop ACC fly and persimmon ACC eat 
''The bird flew to the top of the tree and ate all the persimmons.'' 
'''Maye fonşow hefyet fe buju mu ngıre.''' 
cat see IPFV and anger ACC go 
''Seeing this, the cat became angry.'' 
'''"Ngi a ngi aweng," mu tiğ ngége, "yo mu lejiğem hetıtajığ!"''' 
if 1sg if fly ACC 3sg say 2sg ACC eat-COND instead 
''"If I could fly," it said, "I would eat you instead!"'' 
'''Déğé-héj yişiny şoduğ dıjun-pisre'g ice.''' 
just.then mouse large bush=ABL run 
''Just then a large mouse darted out from a bush.'' 
'''Céfod ığuş, jél maye tiğ mu rağol déğé.''' 
bird attack but cat 3sg ACC catch now 
''The bird lunged for it, but the cat had already caught it.''

User:CellularAutomaton

2022-04-19T16:44:49Z

CellularAutomaton:

Hey! I'm cellularAutomaton#0102 on Discord. 
Currently documenting [[Nyosangeyish]].

User:CellularAutomaton

2022-04-19T16:43:17Z

CellularAutomaton:

Hey! I'm cellularAutomaton#0102 on Discord.
Currently documenting: [[Nyosangeyish]]

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-19T15:08:53Z

CellularAutomaton: /* Phonology */

Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. As his first conlang, there are inevitably things he dislikes about it, although it is at the time of writing under a week old.
== Phonology ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" |
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''labial'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''dental'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''palatal'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''velar'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''nasal'''
| m
| n̪ <n>
| ɲ <ny>
| ŋ <ng>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''stop'''
| p b
| t̪ d̪ <t d>
| t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ <c j>
| k g
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''fricative'''
| f
| s <s>
| ʃ <ş>
| h
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''approximant'''
| w
| l̪ <l>
| j <y>
| (ɰ) <ğ>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''tap'''
|
| ɾ <r>
|
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#efefef;" |
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''front'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''central'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''back'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''close'''
| i
|
| ɯ u <ı u>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''mid'''
| ᴇ <é>
| ə <e>
| ꭥ <o>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''open'''
|
| ᴀ <a>
|
|}

== Morphology ==
Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order.
== Syntax ==
While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-.
== The Cat and the Bird ==
'''Maye fe céfod icégğu'm dıjun ag lejiğ nofé oyeny.''' 
cat and bird persimmon=ACC tree ABL eat ATR want 
''A cat and a bird both wanted to eat persimmons from a tree.'' 
'''Céfod feyefdıjun mu aweng fe icégğu mu lejiğ.''' 
bird treetop ACC fly and persimmon ACC eat 
''The bird flew to the top of the tree and ate all the persimmons.'' 
'''Maye fonşow hefyet fe buju mu ngıre.''' 
cat see IPFV and anger ACC go 
''Seeing this, the cat became angry.'' 
'''"Ngi a ngi aweng," mu tiğ ngége, "yo mu lejiğem hetıtajığ!"''' 
if 1sg if fly ACC 3sg say 2sg ACC eat-COND instead 
''"If I could fly," it said, "I would eat you instead!"'' 
'''Déğé-héj yişiny şoduğ dıjun-pisre'g ice.''' 
just.then mouse large bush=ABL run 
''Just then a large mouse darted out from a bush.'' 
'''Céfod ığuş, jél maye tiğ mu rağol déğé.''' 
bird attack but cat 3sg ACC catch now 
''The bird lunged for it, but the cat had already caught it.''

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-19T15:01:06Z

CellularAutomaton: /*Phonology*/

Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by [[User:CellularAutomaton|CellularAutomaton]]. As his first conlang, there are inevitably things he dislikes about it, although it is at the time of writing under a week old.
== Phonology ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" |
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''labial'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''dental'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''palatal'''
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''velar'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''nasal'''
| m
| n̪ <n>
| ɲ <ny>
| ŋ <ng>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''stop'''
| p b
| t̪ d̪ <t d>
| t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ <c j>
| k g
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''fricative'''
| f
| s <s>
| ʃ <ş>
| h
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''approximant'''
| w
| l̪ <l>
| j <y>
| (ɰ) <ğ>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''tap'''
|
| ɾ <r>
|
|
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background-color:#efefef;" |
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''front'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''central'''
! style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''back'''
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''close'''
| i
|
| ɯ u <ı u>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''mid'''
| ᴇ <é>
| ə <e>
| ꭥ <o>
|-
| style="background-color:#efefef;" | '''open'''
|
| ᴀ <a>
|
|}
== Morphology ==
Nyosangeyish is an analytic language, with verb tense and aspect being expressed with adverbs, and noun cases expressed with postpositions (which can become clitics, as in a=g "my" or ngedlo=f "at night".) The main exceptions to this are some derivational morphology, as well as verb mood, which is expressed with a suffix (fonşow-ec "accidentally see", akı céjug-u "smell that!"). Verb voice is also expressed with a suffix, which allows the speaker to modify word order.
== Syntax ==
While normally SOV, Nyosangeyish can switch to OSV with the right verb suffix. Adjectives and adverbs come after the word they modify, but unusually for a head-initial language, adpositions are post- instead of pre-.
== The Cat and the Bird ==
'''Maye fe céfod icégğu'm dıjun ag lejiğ nofé oyeny.''' 
cat and bird persimmon=ACC tree ABL eat ATR want 
''A cat and a bird both wanted to eat persimmons from a tree.'' 
'''Céfod feyefdıjun mu aweng fe icégğu mu lejiğ.''' 
bird treetop ACC fly and persimmon ACC eat 
''The bird flew to the top of the tree and ate all the persimmons.'' 
'''Maye fonşow hefyet fe buju mu ngıre.''' 
cat see IPFV and anger ACC go 
''Seeing this, the cat became angry.'' 
'''"Ngi a ngi aweng," mu tiğ ngége, "yo mu lejiğem hetıtajığ!"''' 
if 1sg if fly ACC 3sg say 2sg ACC eat-COND instead 
''"If I could fly," it said, "I would eat you instead!"'' 
'''Déğé-héj yişiny şoduğ dıjun-pisre'g ice.''' 
just.then mouse large bush=ABL run 
''Just then a large mouse darted out from a bush.'' 
'''Céfod ığuş, jél maye tiğ mu rağol déğé.''' 
bird attack but cat 3sg ACC catch now 
''The bird lunged for it, but the cat had already caught it.''

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-19T01:03:33Z

CellularAutomaton: /* The Cat and the Bird */

Nyosangeyish

2022-04-18T23:14:56Z

CellularAutomaton: Created page with "Nyosangeyish (natively Nyosangé'g or jığo Nyosangé'g) is a conlang by CellularAutomaton. As his first conlang, there are inevitably things he di..."

User:CellularAutomaton

2022-04-18T22:10:02Z

CellularAutomaton: Created page with "Hey! I'm cellularAutomaton#0102 on Discord. Stay tuned for conlangs."

Hey! I'm cellularAutomaton#0102 on Discord. Stay tuned for conlangs.