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'''Ris''' is my attempt to unite the sketchy constructed languages of mine | '''Ris''' is my attempt to unite the sketchy constructed languages of mine; those lost forever in incomprehensible grammar, unsatisfying aesthetics and cumbersome phonologies. They stand united by the one shared feature - their relationship to the [[w:Greek language|Greek language]]; my greatest influence no matter the language. | ||
The language is a [[w:language isolate|language isolate]], and is thus not known to be related to any extant language. Ris has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of [[w:allophony|allophony]]. It is a [[w:fusional|fusional]] language and is morphosyntactically [[w:active-stative|active-stative]] and with a fluid subject. The [[w:morphology|morphology]] is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections. | The language is a [[w:language isolate|language isolate]], and is thus not known to be related to any extant language. Ris has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of [[w:allophony|allophony]]. It is a [[w:fusional|fusional]] language and is morphosyntactically [[w:active-stative|active-stative]] and with a fluid subject. The [[w:morphology|morphology]] is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The '''Ris''' language is a [[w:conlang|constructed language]], but does have a fictional background set in the real world. | The '''Ris''' language, '''ῤάνζι ρις''', is a [[w:conlang|constructed language]], but does have a fictional background set in the real world. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== |
Revision as of 22:22, 15 June 2013
- πρανάσση, ἄι ουαθά πανἂννη!
- pranássē, hai ouathá panā́nnē!
- Remember: You walk with your feet!
Ris | |
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Rhánzi ris | |
Pronunciation | [/ˈ/] |
Created by | – |
Native to | Italy, Cyprus; Sicily |
Native speakers | 301,486 (2012) |
Menmer languages
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Early form | Proto-Men
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ri |
ISO 639-2 | ri |
ISO 639-3 | qhr |
Ris is my attempt to unite the sketchy constructed languages of mine; those lost forever in incomprehensible grammar, unsatisfying aesthetics and cumbersome phonologies. They stand united by the one shared feature - their relationship to the Greek language; my greatest influence no matter the language.
The language is a language isolate, and is thus not known to be related to any extant language. Ris has a normal-sized inventory of consonants and a fair amount of allophony. It is a fusional language and is morphosyntactically active-stative and with a fluid subject. The morphology is evenly split between nominal and verbal inflections.
Background
The Ris language, ῤάνζι ρις, is a constructed language, but does have a fictional background set in the real world.
Phonology
Consonants
The following is the inventory of consonants in the Hrasú language. There are 20 contrastive consonants.
Consonants | ||||||||
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Bilabial | Denti-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
apical | laminal | |||||||
Nasals | plain | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
Plosives | aspirated | bh /pʰ/ | th /t̺ʰ/ | ch /kʰ/ | ||||
unvoiced | p /p/ | t /t/ | c /k/ | |||||
voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||||
Fricatives | unvoiced | sh /s̺ʰ/ | s /s/ | h /ç ~ x ~ h/ | ||||
voiced | z /z/ | y /ʝ/ | ||||||
Trills | r /r/ | |||||||
Approximants | hu /w/ | |||||||
Laterals | l /l ~ ɬ/ |
Consonant allophony
Allophony is common to many consonants, and sandhi forces them to be realised different in different environments.
The glottal fricative
The phoneme /h/, the so called glottal fricative, is in free variation with the unvoiced palatal fricative /ç/ as well as the unvoiced velar fricative /x/.
խլո | ||||
hlá | ||||
/ˈhɬæ/ | = | /ˈxɬæ/ | = | /ˈçɬæ/ |
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good; well |
The velar fricative is the most common one, but the phones are all affected by palatalisation, producing the palatal fricative [ç]. If followed by a rhotic trill /r/, the pronunciation becomes uvular.
խևյ | խրասվ | |||||
hyó | hrasú | |||||
/ˈhʝə/ | → | [ˈçə] | /ˈhrɑsɯ/ | → | /ˈχrʌsɯ/ | |
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to leave.subj | pride |
The uvularisation of the glottal fricative is included in broad transcriptions, as such, it is enclosed by slashes, //. The palatalisation is not.
Palatalisation
Palatalisation occurs due to many factors:
- The phonemes /ʝ/ and /ɪ/, the voiced palatal fricative and the near-close near-front vowel, tend to palatalise adjacent consonants internally.
- Externally, a final voiced velar stop, /g/, palatalises the initial consonant of the following word.
All post-bilabial consonants are affected, except the rhotic /r/ and the aspirated apical fricative /s̺ʰ/. As such, the allophony is rather extensive:
Plain | /n/ | /t/ | /d/ | /s/ | /z/ | /l/ | /ŋ/ | /k/ | /g/ | /kʰ/ | /t̺ʰ / | /h/ |
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Palatalised | [ɲ] | [t͡ʃ] | [d͡ʒ] | [ʃ] | [ʒ] | [ʎ] | [ɲ]1 | [t͡ʃ] | [d͡ʒ] | [k] | [t] | [ç] |
- Realised as /ŋg/ when non-initial. This grants /ŋg/ → [ɲd͡ʒ].
խրոնի | դիան | ոդզի; | մյղի | |||||||||||
hráni | tian | átzi? | móngi | |||||||||||
/ˈhrænɪ/ | → | [ˈχræɲɪ] | /ˈtɪɑn/ | → | [ˈt͡ʃɪan] | /ˈætzɪ/ | → | [ˈætʃɪ] | /ˈməŋgɪ/ | → | [ˈməɲd͡ʒɪ] | |||
spider, hand | friend | now.int | to go.subj. |
Voicedness
Some phonemes are susceptible to voicedness sandhi. These are the sibilants and the voiced lateral approximant /l/. When preceded by a phoneme differing in voicedness, the above mentioned phonemes assimilate.
hlá | gyáng-sóm | átzi? | méngshi | |||||||||||
/ˈçlæ/ | → | /ˈçɬæ/ | /ˈgʝæŋgsəm/ | → | /ˈgʝæŋgzəm/ | /ˈætzɪ/ | → | /ˈætsɪ/ | /ˈmiŋɡs̺ʰɪ/ | → | /ˈmiŋɡz̺ʱɪ/ | |||
good; well; happy | to say.subj-you.1.p.pl.acc.inf | now.int | to dance.subj.caus |
The voicedness assimilation is included in broad transcriptions, as such, it is enclosed by slashes, //.
Vowels
There are 10 vowel phonemes in the Hrasic language. In addition to these, the open mid-back unrounded vowel, /ʌ/, is an allophone of /ɑ/.
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | é /i/ | í /ɨ/ | ú /ɯ/ | ||
Near-close | i /ɪ/ | u /ʊ/ | |||
Close-mid | |||||
Mid | e /ə/ | ||||
Open-mid | ó /ɞ/ | a /ʌ/ · o /ɔ/ | |||
Near-open | á /æ/ | ||||
Open | a /ɑ/ |
Morphology
Nominal
=Declension
Animate marked collective | |||
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ma.an | gýtē - fish | ||
singulative | dual-collective | plurative | |
Patientive | gýtē | gytḗn | gytḗr |
Agentive | gytḗr | gytḗrne | gytḗra |
Dative | gytḗs | gytḗnse | gytḗi |
Instrumental | gytḗn | gytḗnne | gytḗs |
Genitive | gýtēa | gýtēan | gytēái |
Locative | gýtēia | gýtēian | gýtēiar |
Vocative | gýta | gýtan | gytár |