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Revision as of 14:28, 16 May 2022

Chelsian (Native: čelsa linga /ˈtɕɛɫsa ˈlʲɪŋɡɐ/, čelsōrų linga /tɕɛɫˈsoːruː ˈlʲɪŋɡɐ/) is a highly conservative Romance language with Baltic influence.

Chelsian
čelsōrų linga
Pronunciation[tɕɛɫˈsoːruː ˈlʲɪŋɡɐ]
Created byShariifka
Early forms
Classical Latin
  • Middle Chelsian

Introduction

Etymology

From Latin celsus.

Features

Phonological

  • Preserves original vowel length and quality.
  • Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels (but they are kept distinct in writing).
  • Original velars became alveolar/dental fricatives/affricates before /i/ and postalveolar fricatives/affricates before /e/.
    • This is because palatalization before /i/ and before /e/ occurred separately at different times.
  • Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions.
  • Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction.
  • Glide v- inserted before word-initial o- (long or short).
  • Glide j- inserted before word-initial e- and i- (long or short).
  • Original au preserved as a diphthong.
  • Original ae merged with long e in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunciation but without palatalization).
    • This may have actually been through an intermediate phase -āī rather than descending directly from Classical Latin -ae.
  • Original oe merged with long e in all cases.

Grammatical

  • Preserves case inflection.
  • No articles.
  • Modifier precedes noun.

Phonology

Orthography

Vowels
Grapheme Sound (IPA) Remarks
a [ɐ]
ā [äː]
ą
e [ɛ ~ e̞] Before hard consonants/before soft consonants and word-finally respectively.
ē [æː ~ ɛː ~ eː] Before hard consonants/before soft consonants/word-finally respectively.
ę
æ
i [ɪ] /jɪ/ word-initially.
ī [iː] /jiː/ word-initially.
į
o [ɔ]
ō [oː]
ǫ
u [ʊ]
ū [uː]
ų
y [ɪ] Used to represent unpalatalized /ɪ/ and /iː/ in loanwords (especially word-initially).
ȳ [iː]
Diphthongs
Grapheme Sound (IPA) Remarks
ai [äɪ̯]
au [ɐʊ̯]
eu [e̞ʊ̯]
Consonants
Grapheme Sound (IPA)
Hard Soft
b b
c t̪͡s̪ t͡sʲ
č t͡ʃ t͡ɕ
ch x
d
dz d̪͡z̪ d͡zʲ
d͡ʒ d͡ʑ
f f
g ɡ ɡʲ
h ɦ ɣʲ
j j
k k
l ɫ
m m
n
p p
r r
s
š ʃ ɕ
t
v ʋ
z
ž ʒ ʑ

Consonants are always palatalized (soft) before ⟨e, ē, ę, i, ī, į⟩. Before ⟨a, ā, ą, æ, o, ō, ǫ, u, ū, ų⟩, palatalization is denoted by inserting an ⟨i⟩ between the consonant and the vowel.

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Stress generally follows Classical Latin rules.

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

First declension

1st declension endings
Case Singular Plural
nominative -a
genitive -ārų
dative -āvīs
accusative -ās
locative -āvīs
vocative -a

Second declension

2nd declension endings
Case Singular Plural
m. n. m. n.
nominative -us -a
genitive -ōrų
dative -īs
accusative -ōs -a
locative -īs
vocative -e -a

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Note: The cases have been reordered for convenience, since nominative & accusative forms are often identical as are dative & locative. The vocative has been excluded since it is always identical to the nominative.

Personal pronouns
Person Number Gender Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Locative
1 sg. all jehō mejus, -a, -ų mivī
pl. all nōs nostrus, -a, -ų nōvīs
2 sg. all tuvus, -a, -ų tivī
pl. all vōs vostrus, -a, -ų vōvīs
3 sg. m. isse issų issījus, -a, -ų issui issī
f. issa issą issējus, -a, -ų issei issæ
n. issut issījus, -a, -ų issui issī
pl. m. issī issōs issōrus, -a, -ų issīs
f. issæ issās issārus, -a, -ų issāvīs
n. issa issōrus, -a, -ų issīs
Reflexive all suvus, -a, -ų sivī

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example Texts

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)

Tōtī vominēs naščunt līverī jet jekālēs in dinnitāte jet jūrivīs. Sunt dōtātī dē rācōne jet kǫscencæ, jet dēviunt ažere inter sē in frāternitātis spīritī.

[ˈtoːtʲiː ˈʋɔmʲɪnʲæːs ˈnɐʃtʃʊnt ˈlʲiːvʲɛrʲiː jɛt jɛˈkaːlʲæːs jɪn dʲɪnʲːɪˈtaːtʲe̞ jɛt ˈjuːrʲɪvʲiːs ‖ sʊnt doːˈtaːtʲiː dʲeː raːˈtsoːnʲɛ jɛt koːˈstsʲɛnʲtseː | jɛt dʲɛːvʲʊnt ˈɐʑe̞rʲe̞ ˈjɪnʲtʲɛr sʲeː jɪn fraːtʲɛrʲnʲɪˈtaːtʲɪs ˈsʲpʲiːrʲɪtʲiː]

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