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'''Lordlang''' is a polysynthetic language used by the six Ancient Elemental Lords. They lack(ed) all ways for biological messaging (no mouth, nose, ears or eyes) and use(d) telepathic communication instead. The emotional part of their communicational transmissions as well as their use of elemental magic affect their skin color (different shades of gray from white to black), and it has been described as their way of raising voice or shouting intensively. Lords rarely use the native language of a listener as it requires a greater degree of mind-penetration and mental manipulation, which is impossible in common, non-magical environments, and they resort to simpler distortions in the hearing center of a brain.  
'''Lordlang''' is a polysynthetic language used by the six Ancient Elemental Lords. They lack(ed) all ways for biological messaging (no mouth, nose, ears or eyes) and use(d) telepathic communication instead. The emotional part of their communicational transmissions as well as their use of elemental magic affect their skin color (different shades of gray from white to black), and it has been described as their way of raising voice or shouting intensively. Lords rarely use the native language of a listener as it requires a greater degree of mind-penetration and mental manipulation, which is impossible in common, non-magical environments, and they resort to simpler distortions in the auditory areas of a brain.  


==Parameters==
==Parameters==


The actual language was used telepathically so speaking of phonology is in vain. Originally, a hexagon script system was constructed to help humans focus on what they are receiving and to create a way of documenting and sharing messages. According to the archives on the Isle of Fire, if one is not familiar with the system, their brain will construct a personal experience, which is hard to grasp and remember. The following romanization was developed later.
The actual language was used telepathically so speaking of phonology is in vain. Originally, a hexagon script system was constructed to help humans focus on what they are receiving and to create a way of documenting and sharing messages. According to the archives on the Isle of Fire, if one is not familiar with the system, their brain will construct a personal experience, which is hard to grasp and remember. A person's mother tongue has also a great effect on how one defines the "sounds" thus giving monasteries a reason to raise children with Lordlang as their mother tongue to decipher Lords' speech with more certainty. The following romanization was developed later.


The syllabary parameters are classified in six classes with inspiration from [[User:Juhhmi/Godlang|Godlang]]:  
The syllabary parameters are classified in six classes with inspiration from [[User:Juhhmi/Godlang|Godlang]]:  
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!Uvular
!Uvular
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|Nasal
!rowspan="3"|(pre-)Nasal  
!Lenis
!Voiced
| ⟨ņ⟩ /n̪/
| n̪d̪
| ⟨n⟩ /n/
| nd
| ⟨ṇ⟩ /ɳ/
| ɳɖ
| ⟨ṅ⟩ /ɲ/
| ɲɟ
| ⟨ṋ⟩ /ŋ/
| ŋɡ
| ⟨ṉ⟩ /ɴ/
| ɴɢ
|-
|-
!Tenuis
!Voiceless
| n̪̊
| n̄ /n̪t̪/
| n̥
| n  /nt/
| ɳ̊
| ṇ  /ɳʈ/
| ɲ̥
| ṅ  /ɲc/
| ŋ̊
| ṋ  /ŋk/
| ɴ̥
| ṉ  /ɴq/
|-
|-
!Fortis
!Alone
|n̪̊ʰ
| n̪
|n̥ʰ
| n
|ɳ̊ʰ
| ɳ
|ɲ̥ʰ
| ɲ
|ŋ̊ʰ
| ŋ
|ɴ̥ʰ
| ɴ
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|Stop
!rowspan="3"|Stop
!Lenis
!Lenis
|⟨ț⟩ /d̪/
|d̪
|⟨t⟩ /d/
|d
|⟨ṭ⟩ /ɖ/
|ɖ
|⟨ṫ⟩ /ɟ/
|ɟ
|⟨ṱ⟩ /ɡ/
|ɡ
|⟨ṯ⟩ /ɢ/
|ɢ
|-
|-
!Tenuis
!Tenuis
|t̪
| t̄  /t̪/
|t
| t /t/
|ʈ
| ṭ  /ʈ/
|c
| ṫ  /c/
|k
| ṱ  /k/
|q
| ṯ  /q/
|-
|-
!Fortis
!Fortis
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!rowspan="3"|Fricative
!rowspan="3"|Fricative
!Lenis
!Lenis
|⟨ș⟩ /ð/
| ð
|⟨s⟩ /z/
|z
|⟨ṣ⟩ /ʐ/
|ʐ
|⟨ṡ⟩ /ʝ/
|ʝ
|⟨s̭⟩ /ɣ/
|ɣ
|⟨s̱⟩ /ʁ/
|ʁ
|-  
|-  
!Tenuis
!Tenuis
|θ
| s̄  /θ/
|s
| s /s/
|ʂ
| ṣ  /ʂ/
|ç
| ṡ  /ç/
|x
| s̭  /x/
|χ
| s̱  /χ/
|-
|-
!Fortis
!Fortis
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|}
|}


Tenuis is shown with a preceding ''h'' and fortis with a succeeding one: ''t'' /d/, ''ht'' /t/ and ''th'' /tʰ/
Some systems prefer voiceless nasals, but experience has shown that prenasalization is easier to deceive for an unaccustomed ear.
 
Lenis is shown with a preceding ''h'' and fortis with a succeeding one: ''ht'' /d/, ''t'' /t/ and ''th'' /tʰ/


===Vowels===
===Vowels===


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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!
!
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|-
|-
!Close
!Close
|⟨i⟩ /i/
| i  /i/
|⟨ï⟩ /ɨ/
| ị  /ɨ/
|⟨u⟩ /ɯ/
| ï  /ɯ/
|-
|-
!Mid
!Mid
|⟨e⟩ /e̞/
| e  /e̞/
|⟨ë⟩ /ə/
| ẹ  /ə/
|⟨o⟩ /ɤ̞/
| ë  /ɤ̞/
|-
|-
!Open
!Open
|⟨a⟩ /a/
| a  /a/
|⟨ä⟩ /ä/
| ạ  /ä/
|⟨ö⟩ /ɑ/
| ä  /ɑ/
|}
|}


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Three tones:
Three tones:
*low ⟨a,⟩ /à/
*low a, /à/
*medium ⟨a⟩ /a/
*medium a /a/
*high ⟨a’⟩ /á/
*high a’ /á/
 
==Orthography==


==Phonotactics==
In academic world, Lordlang is written with hexagons whose sides indicate one of the parameters.
 
==Morphology==


Every syllable has to have an onset, but never contains a coda.
Lordlang is a polysynthetic language whose morphemes are agglutinated (little fusion), and pronouns, nouns and adjectives are easily incorporated into verbs.


==Orthography==
===Verb===


In academic world, Lordlang is written in hexagons, where each side indicates one of the parameters.
====Person====


==Orthography==
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (unknown=passive)


Lords are able to imprint magical hexagon glyphs which encode entire sentences in fractal packages. Humans only use a featural abugida where each side of a hexagon indicates one of the six parameters.
====Voice====


===Romanization===
active, reflexive, reciprocal, causative (spell), passive (4th person)...


====Tense====


====Aspect====


==Morphophonology==
===Pronoun===


combinations of morphemes, consonant gradation
* 1PL.EXCL,1PL.INCL, 1SIX.EXCL (Lords), 1SIX.INCL (only in interlordic communication), 1SG
* 2PL, 2SG
*3PL, 3SG


==Morphology==
===Nominal===


logical language which serves as a source of inspiration for Akekatans
===Modality===


polysynthetic verbs form sentences by agglutinating morphemes
influential spell-mood: "O become true, what I desire"

Latest revision as of 15:39, 22 October 2014

Lordlang is a polysynthetic language used by the six Ancient Elemental Lords. They lack(ed) all ways for biological messaging (no mouth, nose, ears or eyes) and use(d) telepathic communication instead. The emotional part of their communicational transmissions as well as their use of elemental magic affect their skin color (different shades of gray from white to black), and it has been described as their way of raising voice or shouting intensively. Lords rarely use the native language of a listener as it requires a greater degree of mind-penetration and mental manipulation, which is impossible in common, non-magical environments, and they resort to simpler distortions in the auditory areas of a brain.

Parameters

The actual language was used telepathically so speaking of phonology is in vain. Originally, a hexagon script system was constructed to help humans focus on what they are receiving and to create a way of documenting and sharing messages. According to the archives on the Isle of Fire, if one is not familiar with the system, their brain will construct a personal experience, which is hard to grasp and remember. A person's mother tongue has also a great effect on how one defines the "sounds" thus giving monasteries a reason to raise children with Lordlang as their mother tongue to decipher Lords' speech with more certainty. The following romanization was developed later.

The syllabary parameters are classified in six classes with inspiration from Godlang:

  • "Places": dental, alveolar, retroflex, palatal, velar, uvular
  • "Manners": nasal, stop, fricative
  • "Voices": lenis (voiced), tenuis (voiceless), fortis (aspirated voiceless)
  • "Frontness": front, central, back
  • "Openness": close, mid, open
  • "Tones": low, medium, high

1458 base syllables with different meanings

Consonants

Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
(pre-)Nasal Voiced n̪d̪ nd ɳɖ ɲɟ ŋɡ ɴɢ
Voiceless n̄ /n̪t̪/ n /nt/ ṇ /ɳʈ/ ṅ /ɲc/ ṋ /ŋk/ ṉ /ɴq/
Alone n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Stop Lenis d̪ d ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ
Tenuis t̄ /t̪/ t /t/ ṭ /ʈ/ ṫ /c/ ṱ /k/ ṯ /q/
Fortis t̪ʰ tʰ ʈʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ
Fricative Lenis ð z ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ
Tenuis s̄ /θ/ s /s/ ṣ /ʂ/ ṡ /ç/ s̭ /x/ s̱ /χ/
Fortis θʰ sʰ ʂʰ çʰ xʰ χʰ

Some systems prefer voiceless nasals, but experience has shown that prenasalization is easier to deceive for an unaccustomed ear.

Lenis is shown with a preceding h and fortis with a succeeding one: ht /d/, t /t/ and th /tʰ/

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ị /ɨ/ ï /ɯ/
Mid e /e̞/ ẹ /ə/ ë /ɤ̞/
Open a /a/ ạ /ä/ ä /ɑ/

Tones

Three tones:

  • low a, /à/
  • medium a /a/
  • high a’ /á/

Orthography

In academic world, Lordlang is written with hexagons whose sides indicate one of the parameters.

Morphology

Lordlang is a polysynthetic language whose morphemes are agglutinated (little fusion), and pronouns, nouns and adjectives are easily incorporated into verbs.

Verb

Person

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (unknown=passive)

Voice

active, reflexive, reciprocal, causative (spell), passive (4th person)...

Tense

Aspect

Pronoun

  • 1PL.EXCL,1PL.INCL, 1SIX.EXCL (Lords), 1SIX.INCL (only in interlordic communication), 1SG
  • 2PL, 2SG
  • 3PL, 3SG

Nominal

Modality

influential spell-mood: "O become true, what I desire"

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