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'''Riukish''' ([[w:endonym|autoglossonym]]: Ribnú; <small>Riukish : </small>[[w:ipa chart|[riβnʉː]]]) is a minority language spoken in Lincai (<small>Riukish :</small> Ricda [[w:ipa chart|[ricð̞ä]]]), province in which the majority language is [[Makari]]. Riukish is a language isolate, as it is not related to any languages known in the Ragian subcontinent, place where the Proto-Kinavel language evolved. One of the hypothesis about the provenance of Riukish is that merchants from Kalari brought their language to Lincai, around 900 years ago. | '''Riukish''' ([[w:endonym|autoglossonym]]: Ribnú; <small>Riukish : </small>[[w:ipa chart|[riβnʉː]]]) is a minority language spoken in Lincai (<small>Riukish :</small> Ricda [[w:ipa chart|[ricð̞ä]]]), province in which the majority language is [[Makari]]. Riukish is a language isolate, as it is not related to any languages known in the Ragian subcontinent, place where the Proto-Kinavel language evolved. One of the hypothesis about the provenance of Riukish is that merchants from Kalari brought their language to Lincai, around 900 years ago. | ||
Gramatically speaking, Riukish is a [[w:Fusional lanuage|fusional]] language, even though verbs can be considered as [[w:Agglutinative_language|agglutinative]]. It has a split-ergative alignment, with case depending entirely on verb voices, a concept that Riukish makes extensive use of. | |||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Following the previous hypothesis, the language name could come from the Early Kalari word «Rŭivnĭu» /rʷiβnʲu/ which, at that time, meant "story, novel" | Following the previous hypothesis, the language name could come from the Early Kalari word «Rŭivnĭu» /rʷiβnʲu/ which, at that time, meant "story, novel". In the now extinct Kalari language, that word became «Ruivnu», and meant "tongue" | ||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
The following table is Riukish consonant inventory. It is composed of 19 phonemes, 5 of which being approximants and 5 of them being fricatives according to the traditional pronunciation. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 30em; text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Consonants | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Labials | |||
! Alveolars | |||
! Dorsals | |||
|- | |||
! Nasals | |||
| '''m''' /m/ | |||
| '''n''' /n/ | |||
| '''ng''' /ŋ/ | |||
|- | |||
! Plosives | |||
| '''p''' /p/ | |||
| '''t''' /t/ | |||
| '''c''' /c/, '''k''' /k/ | |||
|- | |||
! Fricatives | |||
| '''f''' /ɸ/ | |||
| '''s''' /s/ | |||
| '''z''' /ç/, '''x''' /x/, '''h''' /h/ | |||
|- | |||
! Approximants | |||
| '''v''' /β̞/ | |||
| '''d''' /ð̞/, '''l''' /l/ | |||
| '''g''' /ɣ̞/, '''w''' /w/ | |||
|- | |||
! Trills | |||
| '''b''' /ʙ̥/ | |||
| '''r''' /r/ | |||
| style="background-color:#999999; color:#9b9b9b;" | | |||
|} | |||
Notes : | |||
*In the "neo-phonology", the approximants /β̞/, /ð̞/ and /ɣ̞/ are able to be pronounced /β/, /ð/ and /ɣ/ | |||
*/c/ and /ç/ can be pronounced /kʲ/ and /ʃʲ/ | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
There are 9 vowels in Riukish, 8 of which form short-long pairs : | |||
[[Category:Riukish]] | [[Category:Riukish]] | ||
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[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||