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媈唐人民國政府 or Fai Tang Hnin Bin Jieng Foo

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

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

Syllable structure

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Example texts

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