Essanian

Essanian (Native: xanhán /ʃaˈɲan/) is an Iberian Romance language descended from Mozarabic.

Essanian
La lengua xanhana لَلَانْغُوَ شَنَّنَ
Pronunciation	[[Help:IPA|la ˈleŋgwa ʃaˈɲana]]
Created by	Shariifka
Language family	Indo-European Romance Western Romance Iberian Romance Pyrenean–Mozarabic Essanian
Early forms	Mozarabic Old Essanian Middle Essanian

Introduction

Etymology

The endonym xanhán is derived from the place name Xanha, from Latin Hispānia.

The English name Essanian is derived from the Medieval Latin equivalent Essanianus from Middle Essanian exanyán.

Phonology

Orthography

Latin orthography

Consonants

Consonants

Letter	Context	IPA	Examples	Remarks
b	word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨m⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[b]
	elsewhere (i.e. after a vowel, even across a word boundary, or after any consonant other than ⟨m⟩ or ⟨n⟩)	[β]
c	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[tʃ] or [ʃ] (depending on the dialect)
	elsewhere	[k]
	before voiced consonants	[ɣ]
ch	everywhere	[tʃ] or [ʃ] (depending on the dialect)
ç	everywhere	[θ] or [s] (depending on the dialect)
d	word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨l⟩ or ⟨n⟩	[d]
	after ⟨n⟩ word-finally	Ø
	elsewhere	[ð]
f	everywhere	[f]
g	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩ not before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[dʒ]
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ʒ]
	not before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡ]
	not before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ]
gh	everywhere	[ʕ]		In Arabic loanwords
gu	before ⟨a⟩ or ⟨o⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡw]
	before ⟨a⟩ or ⟨o⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣw]
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡ]
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣ]
gü	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[ɡw]
	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩, and not in the above contexts	[ɣw]
h	everywhere	[h] or [ħ] or [x]		Generally occurs in loanwords.
	everywhere (rare)	Ø		Occurs in loanwords where the letter is silent in the original language. May be pronounced [h] as a spelling pronunciation.
j	either word-initial after a pause, or after ⟨n⟩	[dʒ]
	elsewhere	[ʒ]
k	rare; only occurs in a few loanwords and sensational spellings	[k]
l	everywhere	[l]
lh	everywhere	[ʎ]
m	everywhere except word-finally	[m]
	word-final	[n] or [ŋ] (depending on the dialect)
n	everywhere but before other consonants and word-finally	[n]
	before other consonants	[m]; [ɱ]; [n]; [ɲ]; [ŋ]		Assimilates to the following consonant’s place of articulation.
	word-finally	[n] or [ŋ] (depending on the dialect)
nh	everywhere	[ɲ]
p	everywhere	[p]
	in the consonant cluster ⟨pt⟩	[β]
qu	before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[k]
	elsewhere	[kw]
qü	only occurs before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩	[kw]
r	word-initial, morpheme-initial, or after ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨z⟩; in emphatic speech may also be used instead of [ɾ] in syllable-final (especially before ⟨l⟩, ⟨m⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨d⟩) and word-final positions (before pause or consonant-initial words only)	[r]
	elsewhere	[ɾ]
rr	only occurs between vowels	[r]
s	before a voiced consonant (e.g. ⟨l⟩, ⟨m⟩, ⟨d⟩,⟨g⟩) or between vowels	[z]
	everywhere else	[s]
ss	only occurs between vowels	[s]
t	everywhere	[t]
	before voiced consonants	[ð]
v	everywhere	[v]
w	everywhere	[w]
x	everywhere	[ʃ]
	between vowels and word-finally	[ks]		In words of Latin or Greek origin; may be replaced with ⟨cs⟩ or ⟨s⟩ (with the associated pronunciation change).
	before a consonant	[ks] or [s]		In words of Latin or Greek origin; may be replaced with ⟨s⟩ (and pronounced accordingly).
	in the prefix ex-	[z]; [s] before a plosive
y	as a semivowel (almost always in a diphthong)	[i] or [j]
	as a consonant	[j]
z	everywhere except word-finally	[ð] or [z] (depending on the dialect)
	word-finally	[θ] or [s] (depending on the dialect)

Vowels

Monophthong Vowels

Letter	IPA	Examples	Remarks
a	[ä]
e	[e̞]
i	[i]
y
o	[o̞]
u	[u]

Vowel letters behaving as semivowels

Letter		IPA	Examples	Remarks
i	⟨i⟩ before a vowel	[j]
u	⟨u⟩ before a vowel (but silent in ⟨qu⟩, also ⟨gu⟩ before an ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩)	[w]