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The length distinction is only phonemic in stressed, closed syllables with a single {{IPA|/m n t k s/}} as coda. Otherwise, length is predictable: all unstressed syllables have short vowels; stressed open syllables always have long vowels, while other closed syllables have short vowels with the exception of word-final stressed syllables with either one of {{IPA|/β ð/}} as coda, which have long vowels.<br/> | The length distinction is only phonemic in stressed, closed syllables with a single {{IPA|/m n t k s/}} as coda. Otherwise, length is predictable: all unstressed syllables have short vowels; stressed open syllables always have long vowels, while other closed syllables have short vowels with the exception of word-final stressed syllables with either one of {{IPA|/β ð/}} as coda, which have long vowels.<br/> | ||
Short vowels are represented by doubling the consonant letter. Exceptions are a few functional words, such as the inanimate definite article ''ys'': | Short vowels are represented by doubling the consonant letter. Exceptions are a few functional words, such as the inanimate definite article ''ys'': | ||
* ''ddim'' "finger" {{IPA|/ðiːm/}}, ''ddimm'' "basket" {{IPA|/ðim/}}; | |||
* ''ryn'' "leader" {{IPA|/ɽɤːn/}}, ''rynn'' "grass" {{IPA|/ɽən/}}; | |||
* ''lat'' "cup" {{IPA|/lɑːt/}}, ''latt'' "string" {{IPA|/lat/}}; | * ''lat'' "cup" {{IPA|/lɑːt/}}, ''latt'' "string" {{IPA|/lat/}}; | ||
* '' | * ''träk'' "white" {{IPA|/tɽɛːk/}}, ''träkk'' "ring" {{IPA|/tɽɛk/}}; | ||
* '' | * ''kjos'' "hit" {{IPA|/ɕuːs/}}, ''kjoss'' "snow" {{IPA|/ɕus/}}. | ||
Diphthongs are more varied in their realizations. The following ones are found in standard Rufian: | Diphthongs are more varied in their realizations. The following ones are found in standard Rufian: | ||
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Situated at the junction between the Nâdja, Nivarese, and marginally the Spocian world, and more broadly at the junction between Evandor and Márusúturon, the Kädd-speaking areas have long been important trade centers (Geythbreyddyn has historically been one of the largest cities on Calémere until the age of Evandorian colonization) and have absorbed multiple influences from the surrounding languages; there are multiple Nâdja and Nivarese loans in Kädd dialects, as well as Spocian and some non-Nivarese Evandorian influences. | Situated at the junction between the Nâdja, Nivarese, and marginally the Spocian world, and more broadly at the junction between Evandor and Márusúturon, the Kädd-speaking areas have long been important trade centers (Geythbreyddyn has historically been one of the largest cities on Calémere until the age of Evandorian colonization) and have absorbed multiple influences from the surrounding languages; there are multiple Nâdja and Nivarese loans in Kädd dialects, as well as Spocian and some non-Nivarese Evandorian influences. | ||
==External history== | ==External history== | ||
I started creating Rufian-Kädd in early June 2020 as | I started creating Rufian-Kädd in early June 2020 as a stylistic experiment merging Swedish and Welsh aesthetics. As I liked the result, I decided to use it for an area on Calémere, and I chose Rufisgen for it – an area I had not yet started any language for and only had placeholder placenames; in relation to Evandor both in culture and geography, the Kädd-speaking world has some similarities to the relation on Earth of Turkey to the rest of Europe. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||