Oltic
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| Oltic | |
|---|---|
| Λῦτικη, Литике | |
| Pronunciation | [lîtike] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | Olt County, Romania; Pleven Province, Bulgaria |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Oltic /ˈɔʊltɪk/ (Oltic: Λῦτικη, Литике [lîtike]) is a Celtic language spoken by the intersection of 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.
| 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/ | /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 | ᾶ | ὰ | Ϊ ϊ | Ϋ ϋ | |||
| /á/ | /â/ | /ǎ/ | /i,j/ | /i,j/ | |||
| 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
| 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.
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o̞ |
| Open-mid | ɛ | |
| Low | a | |
- /a/ is in free variation with [ɐ].
- /i,u/ may be devoiced or elided after voiceless consonants.
- /ɛ/ merges into /e/ after velar consonants.
Pitch accent
| High | Falling | Rising |
|---|---|---|
| ˥ | ˥˩ | ˩˥ |
Prosody
Stress is variable but in native words is initial.
Phonotactics
Oltic maximal syllables are CCCVCC
Morphology
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Negation
Numerals
Syntax
Constituent order
Oltic word order is flexible but predominantly SVO.