Cannasacian

Cannasacian
Kannasakus
Pronunciation	[kanːasakus]
Created by	The Ramosian
Setting	Arhet Equestria
Language family	Equestrian Cannasacian
Early form	Old Cannasacian
Official status
Official language in	Equestria

Cannasacian is a Equestrian Language spoken as a minority in Equestria. The earliest known records of Cannasacian were written in Old Cannasacian on tree bark in the Cannasacian Script around 100 C.E.

It is most widely spoken in the Equestrian province of Cindaxia and as a minority elsewhere.

Etymology

The name of the language comes from the Old Cannasacian words kafma and sakus meaning "high" and "mountain" possible referring to the Unicorn and Foal mountain ranges where Cannasacian is native to.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants

Bilabial

Labio- dental

Alveolar

Post- Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Uvular

Glottal

Nasal

m

n

Plosive

p

b

t

d

k

g

Fricative

f

v

s

z

ʃ

x

ɣ

Lateral approximant

l

Approximant

j

(w)

Trill

r

1. /w/ is only found in loan words from Latin. eg. weksillum

Vowels

Vowels	Front		Back
Close	i	y	u
Near-close
Close-mid	e		o
Mid
Open-mid
Open	a

History

Colonization

Around 1523 the language was in it's Late Middle Cannasacian period when the Hegamonian people and English started colonizing Equestria. This decreased the number of Cannasacian speakers who favored Hegamonian and Essedrish as first languages. Lots of loan words from these languages were imported to Cannasacian at this time.

Vocabulary Comparison

English	Amateke	Canasacian
arm	braccium	braccium
black	uppame	olain
city, town	ẽmero	aneix
death	scofo	shouv
dog	ippẽje	evain
ear	isẽmi	ezein
egg	urvefi	oreiv
eye	agype	agub
father	musa	mau
fire	pirvo	pi
fish	ḻiko	aix
foot	pedites	pedites
friend	frotak	vrautex
green	kae	kai
horse	ãmate, ecus	anait
I	roid	gai
island	alesĉjiriz, ẽsula	aleighiz
language, tongue	lãngtapa, agaso	langkaib, traut
life	lirte	liert
milk	naturoi	nataux
name	novur	nour
night	nirnges	nirngez
old	longo	long
school	scola	skola
sky	saḟi	aip
star	sitera	steir
tooth	agaso	agai
voice	uroci	ogoux
water	uḻaco	ulaix
wind	quesĉje	kueigh

See also

Amateke