High Ceirspeech
| High Ceirspeech, Nobles' Common Tongue of the Aedaïr Empire | |
|---|---|
| Céir-aelon | |
| Pronunciation | [[w:Help:IPA|ˈke̟˞.'aɛ̯l.on]] |
| Setting | Westcoast |
| Native to | Aedaïr Empire and its former territories |
| Native speakers | ~600 000 (3299 AGS) |
Aembric
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Dialect | High Ceirspeech is the formal language derived from the Ceirspeech-Saeghêl dialect continuum |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Aedaïr Empire |
Recognised minority language in | The Krammakhaar, Fwylien, Eastmounts |
High Ceirspeech is an a priori conlang created by warlockelder. It is set in the fantasy word of Speak, in the Westcoast region of the Aembra continent. This page is a WIP in early stages.
Introduction
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Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Alveolo-
palatal |
Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ̟ | ||||||
| Plosive | p b | t̪ d̪ | tʲ dʲ | k g kʷ gʷ kʲ~c gʲ~ɟ | |||||
| Fricative | β ɸ βʷ ɸʷ | v f | s z | ʃʷ ʒʷ | ç ʝ | ɕ ʑ | xʷ ɣʷ | χ ʁ | |
| Approximant | w | ɹ ɹʲ | j | ||||||
| Flap or tap | ɾ ɾʲ | ||||||||
| Lateral app. | l~ɫ | ʎ̟ |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i y | u | |||
| Near-high | ɪ ʏ | ʊ | |||
| High-mid | e ø | o | |||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Low-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ɔ | ||
| Near-low | ɐ | ||||
| Low | a ɶ |