Nurian
Nurian | |
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nūrimēn | |
Created by | IlL |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | qnr |
Nurian (gaffēn nūrimēn) is a Talmic language descending from Thensarian, aesthetically inspired by Pali, Italian, and Arabic.
Introduction
Nurian is spoken in the western region of the continent called Cuadhlabh by Tigalls. It is easily the most conservative Talmic language, though with signficant influence from Dwischric, in particular Dūsswaren.
Historical phonology
- -m > -n
- -s > -h? -i?
Cluster assimilations!
Double consonants become single word-initially.
- pl bl ml fl cl gl ngl > ppi bbi mmi ffi cci ggi ngi
- ħl, ȝl > ħħ, ȝȝ
- nl, rl > both ll
- sp, st, sc, sȝ, sn, sl, sr > pph, tth, cch, ħħ, tth, nnh, llh, rrh
- pr, fr, tr, θr, cr, ngr, ħr > pph, ff, tth, θθ, cch, ng, ħħ
- br, dr, δr, gr, ȝr > bb, dd, δδ, gg, ȝȝ
- mr > rr
- cn, gn > ngh, ng
- mn > nn
- rC > CC
- lC > uC/iC/:C
- pt, ct > tt
Numbers
Phonology
The Nurian consonant inventory contains around 50 consonants and 10 vowels. A notable feature of the phonology of most Nurian accents is phonemic velarization vs. palatalization in hard-soft pairs. All consonants except /ħ ʕ h j/ are members of a hard-soft-pair. /ħ ʕ h j/ color the /a/ vowel as if they were soft, and /ħ ʕ/ tend to lower adjacent vowels. Nurian is quite phonologically conservative among Talmic languages, preserving vowel length and gemination.
Phonotactics
Nurian forbids any consonant clusters other than those of the form homorganic nasal + consonant. As if in compensation (and indeed so, diachronically speaking), Nurian is rich in geminate consonants; word-medially, every consonant can be geminated except /j/ and /h/. Word-finally, usually only /n/, /h/ and vowels are allowed.
Dagȳne accent
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Radical | Glottal | |||||
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hard | soft | hard | soft | hard | soft | ||||||
Nasal | voiceless | m̊ˠ | m̊ʲ | n̪̊ˠ | n̊ʲ | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | ||||
voiced | mˠ | mʲ | n̪ˠ | nʲ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
Stop | tenuis | pˠ | pʲ | t̪ˠ | tʲ | tʃ | k | ||||
aspirated | pˠʰ | pʲʰ | t̪ˠʰ | tʲʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | |||||
voiced | bˠ | bʲ | d̪ˠ | dʲ | dʒ | ɡ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | fˠ | fʲ | θˠ | θʲ | sˠ | sʲ | ħ | h | ||
voiced | vˠ | vʲ | ðˠ | ðʲ | zˠ | zʲ | |||||
Trill | voiceless | r̥ˠ | r̥ʲ | ||||||||
voiced | rˠ | rʲ | |||||||||
Lateral | voiceless | ɬˠ | ɬʲ | ||||||||
voiced | lˠ | lʲ | |||||||||
Approximant | j | ʕ |
Grapheme | m | p | b | f | v | n | t | d | θ | δ | s | z | r | l | ng | c | g | χ | γ | ħ | ȝ | h | j
VowelsNurian has three short and three long monophthongs. There is a considerable degree of allophony in low vowels.
Diphthongs: /aɪ aʊ iɛ uɔ/
Fiucchēra accentThe Fiucchēra [fuʃˈʃæːrˁɑ] accent turns hard consonants into uvularized consonants, and soft consonants into plain.
Consonants
OrthographyConsonants
Vowels
GrammarSomewhat unusually, Nurian is verb-final with prepositions and modified-modifier order. NounsSgv-clv-plv system. Raddoppiamento sintatticoSome words or endings (from words that ended in consonants such as -r in Thensarian) trigger a form of raddoppiamento sintattico on the next word. |
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