Galatian

Galatian
Τολιστεκά
Created by	Frederic Bayer (talk)
Setting	Alternate history
Native to	Galatia, Turkey, Greece, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt
Native speakers	3,400,000 (2016)
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Galatian
Official status
Official language in	Galatia
Recognised minority language in	Greece, Georgia, Syria

The Galatian language is a Celtic language spoken mainly in the Galatian Republic, with significant minority communities in Turkey, Greece, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.

Phonology

Consonants

Nasal mutation

Unmutated	Mutated
π	β
τ	δ
κ	γ
β	μ
δ	ν
γ	γ̌

Vowels

	Front	Near- front	Central	Near- back	Back
Close	i y u ɪ ʏ e o ə ɛ ɔ a
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open

In addition to these vowel qualities, Galatian has a length distinction and a historical aspiration distinction (now only retained epenthetically or in conservative dialects, but still consistently written in the orthography). Orthographic correspondence:

Phoneme	Grapheme
i, ɪ	ι
iː	ί
y, ʏ	υ
yː	ύ
u	ου
uː	ού
e, ɛ	ε, αι
eː	η,
ɛː	έ, αί
o, ɔ	ο
oː	ω
a	α
aː	ά

Vowel harmony

Valmoric has limited vowel harmony for bound morphemes: Morphemes subject to harmony which contain an ι, ε, or η will change this to an υ, ο, or ω respectively if the adjacent syllable contains an υ, ου, ο, or ω. Such harmonised vowels are marked with the circumflex: υ̂, ô, ω̂.

Example texts

The Lord's Prayer

The Galatian version lacks the reference to forgiving sin, based on an omission in an apocryphal Q source translation into Galatian. Most Galatian Christians pray the prayer in Greek.

Galatian	IPA	Proto-Celtic cognate	English
Αιρ Ἁθίr ὁ ἐστ ἐν ἱ νεμει, Ἐς ἵσνειμάς ἀμμα θῳ, Ἀγγετ φαλο θῳ, ζο βριθι θῳ, Ἐν ἱ νεμει οὑρ ἐν ἱ ἵφεριο. Δά αιρά βαραγενά τονις ὁδίο, Και νεπ φεδε νις εν ἵσουδου, Ἐθιπε βαριά νι γαλαρου. Αμήν.	er aˈθiːr o ɛst ɛn iː ˈnɛ.mɛɪ, ɛs ˌiː.snɛɪˈmaːs amːa θɔːj ˈaŋ.gɛt ˈfa.lo θɔːj, co ˈvrɪ.θi θɔːj ɛn i ˈnɛ.mɛɪ uːr en i ˈhiː.fer.jo ðaː eˈraː va.ra.ɣɛˈnaː ˈtɔ.nɪs ɔjo kɛ nɛp fɛðɛ nɪs ɛn ˈiː.suˌðuː ˈɛ.θi.pɛ var.jaː ni ɣa.la.ruː aˈmiːn	Ansere ɸatīr so esti eni sindei nemei, Es ɸīssu-neymātyo anman tewe, Anket walo tewe, kiyetyo briti tewe, Eni sindei nemei uɸor eni sindei fīweryon. Dā anserām baragenām tosnis so-dīyo Qe neqe wede snis eni fīssu-edwon Etiqe ɢariyā snis galarū.	Our Father, which is in heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy rule come, thy will be done, In the heaven and in the Earth Give our bread to us today And do not lead us into trial But guide us from evil. Amen.