Dãterške

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Danterske
Даңтэршкэ
Progress: 95%
Type
Agglutinative
Alignment
Ergative-absolutive
Head direction
Initial Mixed Final
Primary word order
Subject-object-verb
Tonal
No
Declensions
Yes
Conjugations
Yes
Genders
1
Nouns decline according to...
Case Number
Definiteness Gender
Verbs conjugate according to...
Voice Mood
Person Number
Tense Aspect
Danterian
Dãterške, Danterske
Даңтэршкэ
Даңтэрскэ атӕҗӀұец
Flag of Danterlĕxan.png
The official flag of the Scientific Nation of Danterlokhan.
Pronunciation[t̬ãtʰɛrʃkʰɛ
t̬ãtʰɛrskʰɛ atʰəʒd͡ʒyjet͡n̥]
Created byElliott Wheeler
SettingVerse:Danterlokhan
Official status
Official language in
Danterlokhan
Language codes
CLCRqdt

Dãterške (Даңтэршкэ, Даңтэрскэ атӕҗӀұец), also known as Danterian (English calque) and Danterske, is an auxillary and attempted logical language created by Elliott Wheeler originally designed to be a common language for the scientific community.

Its original purpose was for a significant portion of its morphology was to be comprised of native terms and grammar for scientific terms, technical jargon, and physical processes. It's also designed to lack synonyms as much as possible for inherent goal of disambiguation, which albeit made it relatively difficult to use colloquially. Nevertheless, since then I have been trying to adapt it as a more naturalistic language with an actual constructed culture.

Due to several drastic changes during the course of its development, along with being the first language I created, the language is loosely based off of a variety of sources, such as Proto-Altaic, the Slavic languages, the Northwest-Caucasian languages, a tad bit of German, and my native idiolect of English, but is ultimately a priori.

Introduction

Creation history

The exact date of the language's inspiration remains unknown, but the project probably began on 26-9-12015 (September 26, 2015) with a document titled "Danterian Language", which featured an abecedarium of a bicameral Cyrillic-, Armenian-, & Latin-based alphabetic script, what appears to be an English approximation for the sound each represented, and a set of orthographic conventions. Featured below is the alphabet copied verbatim from the document.

Æ E A B C Д Њ F G H N J K L M I O R S Ð T U V Щ Ж ß Y Z
æ є a Б/ƃ c Δ ђ f դ h и j k l m ն o r s þ t μ v щ ж β y ƶ
(ae) (e) (a) (b) (c) (d) (ny) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) (r) (s) (th) (t) (u) (v) (w) (zh) (sz) (y) (z)

More letters were almost certainly added later. This was probably an attempt of an English spelling reform that I decided to create as I was learning linguistics, but this project then evolved into an entirely separate language that I decided to develop as my interest in linguistics and conlangs grew. This was when the language started to deviate from its goal, the language became something of a sketchbook for developing ideas I came up with as I was learning.

As the language grew, the document where I stored the language's lexicon was named after its first proper word, кражңа, literally translating as "The Index of the Frontier" (Кљіха ды Кражңа). At the time of writing this, the index lists approximately 967 morphemes. This is probably enough of the language to derive a dictionary from such, but it should be noted that various crucial notes and sketches are recorded elsewhere.

Phonology

Orthography

The orthography of Dãterške is a monocase Russian-inspired Cyrillic alphabet, and is mostly phonemic, in that each letter corresponds directly to a single sound or modification on a sound (such as [◌ʼ], [◌ˤ], [◌̃], etC). It's important to note that, unlike many languages, certain modifications (besides nasalization, ң) represent phonemes to themselves and not merely modifiers for a grapheme or phoneme. However, an exception to both prior exceptions stated here is the usage of the digraphs «щӀ» & «җӀ» to represent the consonantal sequences /ʃt͡ʃ/ & /ʒd͡ʒ/, respectively.

Because of its relatively large phonemic inventory, the language had to use relatively unconventional uses and extensions for the letters in modern Cyrillic. This, combined with its monocase typography & usage of circum-sentence punctuation in a manner standardized from Spanish, makes a uniquely recognizable written language. Listed below are all of the characters in the alphabet, associated values, and letter names in IPA and Latin, in no particular order due to the lack of any strict alphabetical order for the language.

Letter IPA Sound Letter Name IPA Letter Name Latin transliteration
Ӏ /◌ʼ/, /ʡ/~[ʔ] пӀалєчһа /pʼalot͡ʃħa/ '
' нруцӕфих пӀалєчһа /nrut͡n̥əfɪx pʼalot͡ʃħa/
і /ʲi/ пӀалєчһих і /pʼalot͡ʃħɪx iː/ İ i
а /a/ а /a/ A a
ӑ /ʕ/ нруцӕфих ӑа /nrut͡n̥əfɪx ʕa/ ʕ ʿ
я /ʲɒ/ я /ɒː/ Â â
ә /æ/ ә /æ/ Æ æ
ӕ /ə/ ӕ /ə/ Ə ə
э /ɛ/ э /ɛ/ E e
ӭ /ɘ/ ӭ' or птрђих ӭ /ɘʡ/ or /pʰtʰr̩c̬ɪx ɘ/ Ë ë
ө /ɞ/ ө /ɞ/ Œ œ
є /ʲo/ є // Ô ô
е /ʲe/ е // Ê ê
ё /ʲø/~[ʲɵ] ё' or птрђих ё /øːʡ/ or /pʰtʰr̩c̬ɪx øː/ Ø ø
и /ɪ/ и /ɪ/ I ı
ӥ /i/ ӥ' or птрђих ӥ // or /pʰtʰr̩c̬ɪx i/ Ï ï
й /j/ нруцӕфих йи /nrut͡n̥əfɪx jɪ/ J j
о /ʌ/ омь /ʌɱʲ/ O o
ӧ /ɤ/ ӧ' or птрђих ӧ /ɤʡ/ or /pʰtʰr̩c̬ɪx ɤ/ Ö ö
у /u/ у /u/ U u
ў /w/ нруцӕфих ўу /nrut͡n̥əfɪx wu/ W w
ұ /y/ ұ or пӀ'алєчһих ұ /y/ or /pʼʡalot͡ʃħɪx y/ Ü ü
ю /ʲɯ/ ю /ɯː/ Û û
ы /ɨ/ ы /ɨ/ Y y
ӹ /ʉ/ ӹ' or птрђих ӹ /ʉʡ/ or /pʰtʰr̩c̬ɪx ʉ/ Ÿ ÿ
м /ɱ/ эм /ɛɱ/ M m
н /n/ эн /ɛn/ N n
ң /◌̃/ р'ьәњӕы эң or пӀалєчһих эң /rʡʲæɲəɨ ɛ̃/ or /pʼalot͡ʃħɪx ɛ̃/ ˜ ◌̃
ц /t͡n̥/~[θ] цөд /t͡n̥ɞt̬/ C c
њ /ɲ/ њэ /ɲɛ/ Ñ ñ
б /p̬/~[b̪] эб /ɛp̬/ B b
п /pʰ/ пэ /p̪ʰɛ/ P p
д /t̬/~[d̟] эд /ɛt̬/ D d
т /tʰ/~[t̟ʰ] тэ /tʰɛ/ T t
џ /d͡ʒ/ эџ /ɛd͡ʒ/ Đ đ
ч /t͡ʃ/ чэ /t͡ʃɛ/ Č č
ђ /c̬/~[ɟ] эђ /ɛc̬/ Ĝ ĝ
ћ /cʰ/ эћ /cʰɛ/ Ć ć
ҹ /c͡ç/ ҹэ /c͡çɛ/ Ĉ ĉ
г /k̬/~[g] эг /ɛk̬/ G g
к /kʰ/ клєм /kʰlʲoɱ/ K k
ҝ /q͡χ/ ҝэ /q͡χɛ/ Q q
в /v/ витҍ /vɪtˤʰ/ V v
ф /f/ еф /eːf/ F f
з /z/ зе /zʲe/ Z z
с /s/ ес /eːs/ S s
ж /ʒ/ же /ʒʲe/ Ž ž
ш /ʃ/ еш /eːʃ/ Š š
җ /ʝ/ җе /ʝeː/ Ẑ ẑ
щ /ç/ ещ /eːç/ Ŝ ŝ
ғ /ɣ/ ғе /ɣʲe/ Ƣ ƣ
х /x/ ех /eːx/ X x
һ /ħ/~[h] шһа /ʃħa/ H h
р /r/~[ɹ] ер /eːr/ R r
ь /j/~/◌ʲ/ йэрь /jɛrʲ/ j
ъ /w/~/◌ʷ/ ўэръ /wɛrʷ/ w
ҍ /ʕ/~/◌ˤ/ ӑэрҍ /ʕɛrˤ/ ʿ
л /l/~[ɮ] ел /eːl/ L l
љ /ʎ/ љер /ʎeːr/ Ł ł

Consonants

Danterške consonant phonemes
Labiodental Denti-alveolar Palato-alveolar Palatal Velar Guttural
Nasal ɱ (м) n (н) ɲ (њ)
Plosive lenis (б) (д) (ђ) (г) ʡ (Ӏ,')
ejective[note 1] (пӀ) (тӀ) t͡ʃʼ (чӀ) (ћӀ) (кӀ) (ҝӀ)
aspirated (п) (т) (ћ) (к) qʰ~q͡χ (ҝ)
Affricate voiceless p͡f [note 2] (пф) t͡n̥~t͡θ[note 3] (ц) t͡ʃ (ч) c͡ç (ӵ)
ʃt͡ʃ (щӀ)
voiced d͡ʒ (џ)
ʒd͡ʒ (җӀ)
nasal release dⁿ~nˑ (дң) d͡ʒ̃ (џң) ɟⁿ~ɲˑ (ђң) g̊ⁿ~ŋ (кң,гң)
Fricative voiceless f (ф) s[note 4] (с) ʃ (ш) ç (щ) x (х) ħ (һ)
voiced v (в) z[note 4] (з) ʒ (ж) ʝ (җ) ɣ (ғ)
nasalized (вң) [note 4] (зң) ʒ̃ (жң) ʝ̃ (җң) ɣ̃ (ғң)
Approximant r~ɹ (р) ɹ̃ (рң) j (ь,й) w (ъ,ў) ʕ (ҍ,ӑ)
Lateral oral l~ɮ (л) ʎ (љ)
nasalized (лң) ʎ̃ (љң)
  1. ^ Ejectives are phonemically and graphically considered sequences of Cʡ, however they are listed here to demonstrate all permissible sequences
  2. ^ Mainly attested as a single phoneme in loanwords from German, but this analysis may be extended to native words as well
  3. ^ Though /t͡θ/ may be used as an allophone in any context, it naturally occurs in codas, especially word-finally.
  4. ^ a b c No hissing sibilants technically occur in this language's phonology, these symbols are meant to be interpreted as shorthand for their non-sibilant equivalents and to distinguish from their dental equivalents

Vowels

Dãterške vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close oral i (ӥ) ʲi(ː) (і) y (ұ) ɨ (ы) ʉ (ӹ) u (у)
nasal ĩ (ің/ӥң) (ұң) ɨ̃ (ың) ʉ̃ (ӹң) ũ (уң)
Near-close oral ɪ (и) ʲɯ (ю)
nasal ɪ̃ (иң) ɯ̃ (юң)
Close-mid oral ʲe (е) ɘ (ӭ) ʲø~ʲɵ (ё) ɤ (ӧ) ʲo (є)
nasal (ең) ɘ̃ (ӭң) ø̃~ɵ̃ (ёң) ɤ̃ (ӧң) õ (єң)
Open-mid oral ɛ (э) ə (ӕ) ɞ (ө) ʌ~ɔ (о)
nasal ɛ̃ (эң) ə̃ (ӕң) ɞ̃ (өң) ʌ̃~ɔ̃ (оң)
Near-open oral æ (ә)
nasal
Open oral a (а) ʲɒ (я)
nasal ã (аң) ɒ̃ (яң)

Prosody

The only hard rule of prosody in this language pertains to syllables containing an ава (rough) vowel, which are stressed by default. However, in casual speech, primary stress usually occurs in a somewhat similar manner to English, and is often placed on the initial syllable of a word, and secondary stress is often trochaic (placed in repeating patterns of stressed-unstressed) from the beginning of the word

Phonotactics

Syllable Structure: (W/N)(C)6(W)2V/-P2(W)2(C)4(W/N)
Where:

  • C = Consonant
  • N = Nasal consonant
  • -P = Non-plosive
  • V = Vowel
  • W = Semivowel
  1. /r/, /rʲ/, /r̃/ cannot immediately follow a palato-alveolar consonant.
  2. Unstressed /ʲi/, /ʲe/, /ʲø/, /ʲɒ/, /ʲo/, /ʲɯ/ cannot precede liquids and will become lengthened /ː/ and/or undergo ава-ућу mutation.
  3. Lenis Stops are not released syllable-finally or preceding other Stops.
  4. Complex consonant clusters with non-plosives >C6 become syllabic.
  5. /j/, /w/, /ʕ/ become devoiced after aspirated Stops and assimilate with the plosive.
  6. Fortis and lenis equivalents of a given consonant cannot be adjacent unless at a syllable boundary.
  7. /t͡n̥l/ cannot occur.
  8. /ʡ/ cannot immediately follow a voiceless plosive or affricate, forcing the consonant in question to become an ejective

Ава-ућу vowel correspondence

Dãterške vowel mutation
Series # Ава Ућу
1 А Е
2 Ә Ӭ
3 И Ӕ
4 Э Ө
5 О У
6 Є І
7 Ӥ Ы
8 Ӧ Ұ
9 Ю Ӹ
10 Я Ё
11 аў,ӑу єұ
12 Р Л

Morphophonology

Due to the language being a semi-agglutinative language, little purely morphophonological processes take place other than the aforementioned vowel mutation. Because of this process alone, one could either analyze the language’s morphological typology as an agglutinative language with ablauting morphemes, or as a minor fusional language without sandhi.

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

The constituent order of the language is relatively straightforward, being almost exclusively SOV in almost all instances. Other word-orders (commonly SVO) may be used occasionally for poetic effect, but such must be clearly marked with affices denoting their grammatical role, often merely to avoid ambiguity.

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Swadesh list



No. English Dãterške
0DãterškeДаңтэршкэ
1Iхж
2you (singular)хи
3heэсі
4weмыр
5you (plural)хи'с
6theyэсі'с
7thisэхі
8thatэхі
9hereлєх ды хж
10thereлєх ды эхі
11whoўла'у
12whatўлэцћ
13whereўлэзђ
14whenўлатҝ
15howўлих
16notњэд
17allсфэх
18manyбвиӑҗӕы
19someу
20fewлэхмындопӀӕы
21otherщԇөмтӕы
22oneінэ
23twoџвћ
24threeнрій
25fourхԇрф
26fiveвпіђ
27bigбољщевӕы
28longбоюхӕы
29wideбољщевӕы
30thickдлекӕы
31heavyщрьєхӕы
32smallлэхӕы
33shortльыхӕы
34narrowлэхӕы
35thinблӕнзӕы
36womanфрау
37man (adult male)
38human beingйёй'
39childльыхфрау
40wifeебщаюңһа
41husbandебщаюңһа
42motherмам
43fatherмам
44animal
45fishғєчӥ
46birdфљећһа
47dog
48louse
49snake
50worm
51tree
52forest
53stickпӀалєчһа
54fruitџябрућөй
55seedбул
56leaf
57root
58bark
59flower
60grass
61ropeумукңәту
62skin
63meat-ишмалж
64bloodершы
65bone
66fatнрійпфӭӑшєл
67egg
68horn
69tail
70feather
71hairграӑюлш
72headњђәмӹнец
73earаўрӥс
74eyeӑәйн
75noseњђәмӹнец
76mouth
77tooth
78tongue
79fingernail
80foot
81legєӑөпӀһа
82kneeгену
83hand
84wing
85belly
86guts
87neck
88back
89breast
90heart
91liver
92drink
93eat
94bite
95suck
96spit
97vomit
98blow
99breathe
100laugh
101see
102hear
103know
104think
105smell
106fear
107sleep
108live
109die
110kill
111fight
112hunt
113hit
114cut
115split
116stab
117scratch
118dig
119swim
120fly
121walk
122come
123lie
124sit
125stand
126turn
127fall
128give
129hold
130squeeze
131rub
132wash
133wipe
134pull
135push
136throw
137tie
138sew
139count
140say
141sing
142play
143float
144flow
145freeze
146swell
147sun
148moon
149star
150water
151rain
152river
153lake
154sea
155salt
156stone
157sand
158dust
159earth
160cloud
161fog
162sky
163wind
164snow
165ice
166smoke
167fire
168ash
169burn
170road
171mountain
172red
173green
174yellow
175white
176black
177night
178day
179year
180warm
181cold
182full
183new
184old
185good
186bad
187rotten
188dirty
189straight
190round
191sharp
192dull
193smooth
194wet
195dry
196correctљәһвкӕы
197nearблъю
198farҝаһ
199rightжљэфң
200leftтљэфң
201atпрьи
202inдре
203withтсъу
204andи
205ifҝелф
206becauseжерг
207nameім'ьяћљ


Chemistry

Dãterške Periodic table of the Elements
Group Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 H
һыд/'ыд
Li
лиц
Na
нҍид
K
кчил
Rb
дриб
Cs
ҝиԇ
Fr
фғинћ
2 Be
бірљ
Mg
міџ
Ca
гҍілс
Sr
щӀіһ
Ba
бірь
Ra
ҝрішд
3 Sc
щӀэй
Y
йэт
La
лңҍяп
Ac
'ӹџҍ
F1 Ce
сярп
Th
цӹрь
F2 Pr
прязд
Pa
прӹђъ
F3 Nd
лњяд
U
ўӹрңҝ
F4 Pm
пяһ
Np
нпӹгҝ
F5 Sm
смяһр
Pu
пъӹхң
F6 Eu
пяб
Am
ӑӹмь
F7 Gd
дяҗ/гяҗ
Cm
кӹрҝ
F8 Tb
тярб
Bk
вкӹԇҝ
F9 Dy
рдясп
Cf
пфӹњҝ
F10 Ho
һял
Es
йӹнст
F11 Er
һряц
Fm
фмӹрь
F12 Tm
цялм
Md
мдңӹл
F13 Yb
йят
No
њӹбҝ
F14 Lu
ляӑт
Lr
лрӹнџ
4 Ti
тэпӀ
Zr
крэз
Hf
хӭфң
Rf
рфӭдь
5 V
внэлб
Nb
њэў
Ta
тӀӭп
Db
дбӭўн
6 Cr
хрьэлм
Mo
љэйд
W
ўӭлӵ
Sg
сгӭӵ
7 Mn
мнэг/њэмг
Tc
йтэхц
Re
рңӭщц
Bh
бһӭр
8 Fe
фэҗ
Ru
рэԇ
Os
ӑӭљш
Hs
һсӭӑ
9 Co
ҝэҗ
Rh
рһэд
Ir
ӑӭрд
Mt
мтӭрң
10 Ni
њэҗ
Pd
спэљ
Pt
ӑӭп
Ds
дшӭғм
11 Cu
гэп
Ag
сэп
Au
ӑӭўж
Rg
ргӭт
12 Zn
ԇэн
Cd
хэд
Hg
ғмӭлһ
Cn
цнӭрп
13 B
бөд
Al
ӑљөм
Ga
гҍөљ
In
ӵөдң
Tl
цөл
Nh
нһөџң
14 C
гсъарб
Si
саљ
Ge/Esi
дач
Sn
тсан
Pb
пћаџб
Fl
фларв
15 N
нхлет
P
пресң
As
сбехңт
Sb
њхңет
Bi
ԇңелғ
Mc
мскевң
16 O
һок
S
сњоб
Se
срол
Te
тољ
Po
ҝпор
Lv
лворҝ
17 F
фюңл
Cl
хюңл
Br
люңб
I
йюңдь
At
ҝюңӵ
Ts
тсюңԇ
18 He
һұл
Ne
ғњӥд
Ar
хрёђ
Kr
крєћ
Xe
хсьәм
Rn
ҝрӕун
Og
ӑгӧњ

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