Faiten

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Faiten
Fae Tan Fah or 飛談話
Pronunciation[fᴀi̯ tᴀn fᴀ]
Created byNathan Xu
Date2009
Native toFaitonia
Sino-Tibetan
  • Sinitic
    • Faiten
Official status
Official language in
Faitonia
Regulated by共產媈唐人民共和國政府 or Kaung Shan Fai Tang Hnin Bin Gong Var Quoc Jieng Fu

Introduction

Faiten Language (also known as Tan Language) is a constructed language with its roots in the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is primarily spoken in the region of Faitonia and holds a community of 4 million speakers (4.5 million including in Faitonian diaspora). While Faiten initially gained popularity as a tool to circumvent government censorship on the internet, it has also evolved into a fully-fledged spoken language. Faiten's linguistic structure draws influences from mainly Chinese and in some cases Vietnamese.

Phonology

Vowel inventory

Front Back
Close i y ɨ u
Middle e ø ə o
Open ɛ œ ɔ

Consonant inventory

Labial Dental Velar Alveolar Retroflex Palatal
Stop Aspirated t͡sʰ ʈ͡ʂʰ t͡ɕʰ
Tenuis p t k t͡s ʈ͡ʂ t͡ɕ
Voiced b d g
Fricative Tenuis f h s ʂ ɕ
Voiced v z ʐ ʑ
Resonant Nasal m n ŋ
Liquid w l j

Correspondences From Middle Chinese

NOTES:

  • Labialisation of initials 幫 滂 並 明 only occur in independent rimes 嚴 元 殷 庚 凡 文 廢 微 幽 as well as Chongniu-B rimes 祭 支 脂 宵 鹽 侵 仙 真 清 as well as Closed mouth III rimes 戈 陽 蒸.
  • Rimes 魚 虞 are realized as back vowels /u o/ in initials 知 徹 澄 娘 莊 初 崇 生 俟 and front /y ø/ for the rest.
  • Before initials 知 徹 澄 娘 莊 初 崇 生 俟 the mixed III finals lose their palatal glide as they merge with division II.
  • The initials 曉 匣 are both realized as /h/. But in closed mouth syllables they labiodentalise into /f v/ which lose their -u̯- glide.
  • Before initials 端 透 定 泥 精 清 從 心 邪 they lose their palatal glide while retaining their vowels.
  • In initials 知 徹 澄 娘 莊 初 崇 生 俟 the vowels /e i/ become /ə ɨ/.
  • In initials 見 溪 羣 疑, Chongniu-B rimes loses it’s palatal glide while Chongniu-A rimes retains the -i- glide.

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Example texts

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