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 | В в | Г г | Гв гв | Д д | Ђ ђ | Ђв ђв | Е е | Ж ж |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /v/ | /ɣ/ | /ɣʷ/ | /ð/ | /ⁿd͡ʑ/ | /ⁿd͡ʑʷ/ | /e/ | /ʑ/ |
| З з | И и | Ј ј | Јв јв | К к | Л л | Љ љ | М м | Мб мб |
| /z/ | /i/ | /j/ | /ɥ/ | /k/ | /l/ | /ʎ/ | /m/ | /ᵐb/ |
| Нв нв | Нг нг | Нд нд | Н н | Њ њ | О о | П п | Р р | С с |
| /ᵑgʷ/ | /ᵑg/ | /ⁿd/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /o̞/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ |
| Т т | Ћ ћ | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ш ш | Ѣ ѣ | ||
| /t/ | /t͡ɕ/ | /u/ | /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.
- /sj,zj/ are variably realized as [ɕ,ʑ].
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 root-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
Ωύλοι ζόνιοι χρίοι άπε αυκεῖντινοι δίγνιτης άπε κωὺραχτον γῆνοντο. Χρόδηντο μέγμαναν άπε κονθῶγνιγϝον άπε λίγοντο γνίοντοι σεῖ αῦρε βρῆτιι ὰνζι.
Овли зоњи хрии апе афћендини дињитѣс апе коврахтон генондо. Хродѣндо мегманан апе конфоњинвон апе логондо љионди се авре врѣтии анзи.
Ωύλ-οι
all-M.PL.NOM.DEF
ζόνι-οι
person-PL.NOM
χρί-οι
free-M.PL.NOM.DEF
άπε
and
αυκεῖντιν-οι
equal-M.PL.NOM.DEF
δίγνιτ-ης
dignity-SG.GEN
άπε
and
κωὺρ-αχτ-ον
right-NZ-PL.GEN
γῆν-οντο.
be_born-3PL.MID.PRES
Χρόδ-ηντο
give-3PL.MID.PRES
μέγμ-αναν
mind-SG.ACC
άπε
and
κονθῶγνιγϝ-ον
conscience-SG.ACC
άπε
and
λίγ-οντο
should-3PL.MID.PRES
γνί-οντ-οι
do-PRES.PTCP-M.PL.NOM.DEF
σεῖ
3.RECP
αῦρε
with
βρῆτ-ι-ι
brother-NZ-SG.GEN
ὰνζ-ι.
spirit-SG.GEN