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'''Aoid''' (''aoidlíumh'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈiːdʲlʲĩw̃]]]) is an [[ | '''Aoid''' (''aoidlíumh'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈiːdʲlʲĩw̃]]]) is an [[Esperantido|Esperanto-derived]] language influenced by the phonology of [[w:Irish language|Irish Gaelic]]. It is spoken primarily by members of the Céas na hAoidean; because of this, speakers of Aoid and members of the Céas are both (confusingly) called '''''aoidean''''', (<small>Aoid pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈiːdʲən]]]) singular of ''aoid'' "child". | ||
Aoid is the liturgical language of the Céas na hAoidean new religious movement, founded by Fí Deám in 65-Knees. The extent of the use of Aoid before the founding of the Céas is unclear; the general consensus is that the language developed from various groups of Esperantists, retroactively called the ''Fáirlean'', who settled on the bank of the [[w:Sanzu River|Sanzu River]]; after drinking the water of the Sanzu, they contracted [[w:Amnesia|viral amnesia]] which also garbled their speech, leading them to develop their unique Esperanto-derived language. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Aoid | Aoid has 19 consonant phonemes (''sonáintean''). These consonants are split into two categories; the "strong" (''díoch'') consonants and "lean" (''sbhaelte'') or [[w:Palatalization|palatalised]] consonants (cf. Irish [[w:Irish phonology#Consonants|broad and slender]] consonants). | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Labial !! colspan=2 | Coronal !! colspan=2 | Dorsal | ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Labial !! colspan=2 | Coronal !! colspan=2 | Dorsal | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Stop | ! rowspan=2 | Stop | ||
! <small>voiceless</small> | ! <small>voiceless</small> | ||
| p || pʲ || t || tʲ || k || | | p || pʲ || t || tʲ || k || kʲ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <small>voiced</small> | ! <small>voiced</small> | ||
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| || || l || lʲ || || | | || || l || lʲ || || | ||
|} | |} | ||
/z/ only appears phonemically in a couple words, such as '''''Z'''ámóftach'' "[[w:Zamenhof Day|Zamenhof Day]]", as well as as an [[#Elition|elition]] of /d/. /ŋʲ/ appears as a nasal assimilative allophone before lean dorsal stops, i.e. /kʲ, gʲ~dʒ/, though the status of this allophone is controversial as some have described the phone as closer to a palatal nasal /ɲ/. | |||
The pronunciation of /ʋ vʲ/ is variable. In common speech, /ʋ/ can be pronounced as [[w:Labial-velar consonant|labial-velar]] /w/, especially around rounded vowels.{{efn|cf. ''nia'''ubh''''' [ˈɲiəw] "boys"}} | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
Aoid has seven pure vowel phonemes, called the ''fídealat'' (lit. "faithfuls, laypeople"), shown below in the table. Five of the ''fídealat'', /a ɛ i ɔ u/, can also be lengthened, and are also nasalised before nasal consonants; these five are called the ''fáistean''. (lit. "priests") The other non-''fáistean'' vowels, /ə/ and /ɪ/, are unstressed allophones of /a ɛ ɔ u/ and /i/ respectively. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! colspan=2 | Front !! Central !! Back | |||
|- | |||
! Close | |||
| i || ɪ || || u | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
| colspan=2 | ɛ || ə || ɔ | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| colspan=2 | || a || | |||
|} | |||
Stressed /u/, especially word-initally, is often pronounced more centrally as [ʊ], such as in '''''ui'''nd'' [ˈʊɲdʲ] "dog". | |||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category:Aoid]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Aoid]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||