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Zudakh (Zúdağ) was created / is being created for a worldbuilding project. Because of this, it was created to be somewhat naturalistic. | Zudakh (Zúdağ) was created / is being created for a worldbuilding project. Because of this, it was created to be somewhat naturalistic. The language is agglutinative and I tried to incorporate some inspiration from Finnish and Hungarian, like vowel harmony. | ||
Zudakh is spoken primarily in the Republic of Dakhduk ( | |||
Zudakh is spoken primarily in the Republic of Dakhduk (Dağduk), and is part of the [placeholder a] language family, making it hypothesized that it was likely the language spoken when human first arrived on the island of Dakhduk (albeit in its ancient form). There is a theory that proto-[placeholder a] was at some point spoken by the entirety of the continent, although, it is debatable as to whether [placeholder a] could be considered to be part of [root family of everything idk] by the time [placeholder a] reached the island of modern day Dakhduk. Zudakh is most closely related to [placeholder b], being the two largest members of the [placeholder a] family, with the two being relatively mutually intelligible. Because of this, and the two countries' cultural and political proximity, both Zudakh and [placeholder b] are official languages of Dakhduk, while only [placeholder b] is an official language of [country b], with Zudakh being a recognized minority language. While [placeholder b] is rarely spoken natively in Zakhduk, there are small populations of Zudakh speakers in [country b]. This is shown by [country b] being the country with the highest number of Zudakh speakers, excluding Dakhduk. This is an effect of the occupation of Dakhduk, and is a controversial issue within Dakhdukian politics. | |||
Being a [placeholder a] language, it is agglutinative, and has nominative-accusative alignment. It is nearly strictly head-initial, with a VSO word order, though only the verb is required to stay in its position. Only nouns inflect for case, and only verbs inflect for tense and mood. | |||
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| Fricative || <div class="center">ɸ β</div> || <div class="center">s z</div> || <div class="center">ç ʝ</div> || <div class="center">ɣ</div> | | Fricative || <div class="center">ɸ β</div> || <div class="center">s z</div> || <div class="center">ç ʝ</div> || <div class="center">ɣ</div> | ||
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| Affricates || || || <div class="center">cç ɟʝ</div> || | |||
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| Approximant || || <div class="center">ɹ</div> || <div class="center">j</div> || | | Approximant || || <div class="center">ɹ</div> || <div class="center">j</div> || | ||
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! !! Front Unrounded !! Front Rounded !! Central !! Back Unrounded !! Back Rounded | |||
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| Close || <div class="center">i iː</div> || <div class="center">y yː</div> || || <div class="center">ɯ ɯː</div> || <div class="center">u uː</div> | |||
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| Mid || <div class="center">ɛ ɛː</div> || || || || <div class="center">ɔ ɔː</div> | |||
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| Open || || || <div class="center">a aː</div> || || | |||
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Revision as of 02:13, 5 February 2026
Introduction
Zudakh (Zúdağ) was created / is being created for a worldbuilding project. Because of this, it was created to be somewhat naturalistic. The language is agglutinative and I tried to incorporate some inspiration from Finnish and Hungarian, like vowel harmony.
Zudakh is spoken primarily in the Republic of Dakhduk (Dağduk), and is part of the [placeholder a] language family, making it hypothesized that it was likely the language spoken when human first arrived on the island of Dakhduk (albeit in its ancient form). There is a theory that proto-[placeholder a] was at some point spoken by the entirety of the continent, although, it is debatable as to whether [placeholder a] could be considered to be part of [root family of everything idk] by the time [placeholder a] reached the island of modern day Dakhduk. Zudakh is most closely related to [placeholder b], being the two largest members of the [placeholder a] family, with the two being relatively mutually intelligible. Because of this, and the two countries' cultural and political proximity, both Zudakh and [placeholder b] are official languages of Dakhduk, while only [placeholder b] is an official language of [country b], with Zudakh being a recognized minority language. While [placeholder b] is rarely spoken natively in Zakhduk, there are small populations of Zudakh speakers in [country b]. This is shown by [country b] being the country with the highest number of Zudakh speakers, excluding Dakhduk. This is an effect of the occupation of Dakhduk, and is a controversial issue within Dakhdukian politics.
Being a [placeholder a] language, it is agglutinative, and has nominative-accusative alignment. It is nearly strictly head-initial, with a VSO word order, though only the verb is required to stay in its position. Only nouns inflect for case, and only verbs inflect for tense and mood.
Phonology
| Method of articulation | Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar |
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| Nasal | m |
n |
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| Plosive | p b |
t d |
k g
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| Fricative | ɸ β |
s z |
ç ʝ |
ɣ
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| Affricates | cç ɟʝ |
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| Approximant | ɹ |
j |
| Front Unrounded | Front Rounded | Central | Back Unrounded | Back Rounded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː |
y yː |
ɯ ɯː |
u uː
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| Mid | ɛ ɛː |
ɔ ɔː
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| Open | a aː |