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Ośnir
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| Ośnir | |
|---|---|
| syhośnira | |
 One of many flags of the Vilskar movement, representing indigenous cultures such as those of the Ośnir. See § Ośnir flag | |
| Pronunciation | [sɨxoʂnirɑ] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2025 |
| Native to | Oślaith |
| Ethnicity | Ośnir people |
| Native speakers | 40,000 (400 BH) L2: 67,890 |
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| Official status | |
Official language in | Iśatúr Confederacy |
Ośnir(Ośnir: syhośnira [sɨxoʂnirɑ]) is a North Ossic language spoken natively by around 40,000 Ośnir people(ośnirá) in the region of Oślaith,[a] which is primarily situated around the Oś river. However, in recent years it has also gained many L2 speakers thanks to the efforts of proponents of Iśatúredá(lit. "Iśatúr-ism"), both its original proponents, and its modern continuation, the Vilskar. Thus, since the beginning, the Ośnir language has spread in use across the Confederacy, far from traditional Oślaith, and has also massively influenced the Iśatúr and Vilskar movements; the word iśatúr itself figuratively means "to fight for a good cause" while vilskar means "to repeat", alluding to a second Iśatúr revolution.
Ośnir is an official language of the Iśatúr Confederacy. In 400 BH, it was estimated that there were around 67,890 L2 speakers of Ośnir; these speakers are often called "urban speakers" by native (primarily rural) speakers
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | (ɖ) | g | ||
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | θ | s | ʂ | x | |
| voiced | β | ð | z | (x̬) | ||
| Laterals | voiceless | (l̥) | (ɭ̥) | |||
| voiced | l~ɭ | |||||
Ośnir is notable for its lack of any palatal consonants; Proto–North-Ossic *y merged into long vowels(Proto–North-Ossic *bayo > báo "root") or into preceding consonants(PNO *nyéḍ > nédh "wood")
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | ɑ ɑː | ||
Grammar
Verbs
Ośnir verbs have two types, I and II; these generally end in -ur or -ar respectively, though there are also some specific conjugations for verbs ending in -úr. Both types of verbs are conjugated on person, tense and aspect.
Type I
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing. | pl. | sing. | pl. | |||
| simple | -u | -te | -té | - | -lú | |
| continuous | -ún | -tha | -thá | -a | -thú | |
| conditional | simple | -uen | -tau | -téu | -ath | -nud |
| continuous | man i aint feeling it imma work on this later bruh | |||||