Oltic

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Oltic
Λῦτικη, Литике
Pronunciation[lîtike]
Created byDillon Hartwig
Date2021
SettingOlt County, Romania; Pleven Province, Bulgaria
Early forms
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Oltic /ˈɔʊltɪk/ (Oltic: Λῦτικη, Литике [lîtike]) is a Celtic language spoken by the rivers Olt and Danube.

Etymology

Oltic is from the English name of the river Olt.

Orthography

Oltic is written with the Greek and Cyrillic scripts.

Hellenic orthography
Α α Αι αι Β β Γ γ Γγ γγ Γλ γλ Γν γν Γρ γρ
/a/ /ɛ/ /v/ /ɣ,j/ /ᵑg,ⁿd͡ʑ/ /ʎ/ /ɲ/ /ʑ/
Γϝ γϝ Δ δ Ε ε Ει ει Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι
/ᵑgʷ,ⁿd͡ʑʷ/ /ð/ /e/ /z/ /ɛ/ /f/ /i,j,ɲ,∅/
Κ κ Γκ γκ Λ λ Μ μ Μβ μβ Μπ μπ Ν ν Νδ νδ
/k,t͡ɕ/ /ᵑg,ⁿd͡ʑ/ /l,ʎ/ /m/ /ᵐb/ /ᵐb/ /n,ɲ/ /ⁿd/
Ντ ντ Ξ ξ Ο ο Οι οι Ου ου Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ/ς
/ⁿd/ /xs/ /o̞/ /i/ /u/ /p/ /r,ʑ/ /s/
Τ τ Υ υ Υι υι Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω Ϝ ϝ
/t/ /i,f,m,v/ /i/ /f/ /x,ɕ/ /fs/ /o̞/ /ɣʷ,ɥ/
ά Ϊ ϊ Ϋ ϋ
/á/ /â/ /ǎ/ /i,j/ /i,j/
Cyrillic orthography
А а Б б В в Г г Гв гв Д д Ђ ђ Ђв ђв Е е
/a/ /ᵐb/ /v/ /ᵑg,ɣ/ /ᵑgʷ,ɣʷ/ /ⁿd,ð/ /ⁿd͡ʑ// /ⁿd͡ʑʷ/ /e/
Ж ж З з И и Ј ј Јв јв К к Л л Љ љ М м
/ʑ/ /z/ /i/ /j/ /ɥ/ /k/ /l/ /ʎ/ /m/
Н н Њ њ О о П п Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ У у
/n/ /ɲ/ /o̞/ /p/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /t͡ɕ/ /u/
Ф ф Х х Ш ш Ѣ ѣ
/f/ /x/ /ɕ/ /ɛ/

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Phonotactics

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ
Stop p ᵐb t ⁿd t͡ɕ ⁿd͡ʑ ⁿd͡ʑʷ k ᵑg ᵑgʷ
Fricative f v s ð z ɕ ʑ x ɣ ɣʷ
Approximant l j ɥ ʎ
Trill r
  • /l/ is in free variation with [ɫ].
  • /r/ is in free variation with [ɾ].
  • Prenasalized consonants are plain phrase-initially and before consonants.

Morphology

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Negation

Numerals

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun and verb phrases

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1

Linguifex-hosted translations

Conlang Atlas of Language Structures-hosted translations

Other resources

CALS