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Revision as of 09:13, 20 June 2014
The Astrallic language is the language spoken in several areas on the island of Rockall in the Seafaring Confederation. It is spoken by approximately 782,000 people, which makes it the least spoken language of Rockall.
Background
Astrallic is a language spoken in my conworld nation of Rockall, located in the Seafaring Confederation. It is meant to be a Celtic language, being a member of the Bryttonic branch in speech, but due to a largely etymological orthography often very Goidelic in written form.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s | ʃ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | ʕ | ɦ | |||||
| Affricate | ts | |||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | ɻ | j | |||||||||
| Trill | r | ʀ | ᴙ | |||||||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ | |||||||||||
| Lateral fric. | ɬ | |||||||||||
| Lateral app. | l |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | ɯ u | ||
| Near-close | ʊ | ||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open |