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 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.

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

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

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Close-mid e
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

Tones
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.

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