1,439
edits
Aoma: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
(→Vowels) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{construction}} | {{construction}} | ||
Aoma together with Rinap form the main languages of Herookuan family deriving from the ancestral Rinapri | '''Aoma''' together with [[Rinap]] form the main languages of Herookuan family deriving from the ancestral [[Rinapri]]. Though Aoma is spoken in Eastern Sceptre it has not much to do with the languages of Western Sceptre. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
[[File:Mihkanor.JPG|400px|thumb]] | |||
Very similar to Rinapian ones | Very similar to Rinapian ones | ||
| Line 119: | Line 120: | ||
|} | |} | ||
Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes so that glottal stop is indicated by writing the short graphemes separately. Since i, æ and œ are often written over preceding consonants, there is a special glottal stop grapheme for them. | Similarly to consonants, vowels have geminated forms marked with special graphemes so that glottal stop is indicated by writing the short graphemes separately. Since i, æ and œ are often written over preceding consonants, there is a special glottal stop grapheme for them. There are also graphemes for vowel combinations occurring at the end of words but their pronounciation varies: ''aee'' [aɛ:]/[æeˑ], ''oee'' [oe:]/[œɛˑ] and ''uee'' [wɛ:]/[ʊe:]. | ||
===Orthography=== | |||
Aoma has a hand-written script developed in Eastern Sceptre from the Eastern Temple Marks of third era. Shinesharers, spreaders of the religion of Light, took the original marks to north where they were developed into Northern script (our Latin). Decorational [http://juhhmi.deviantart.com/art/Beginners-guide-to-Jauhmoe-348647904?q=gallery%3Ajuhhmi%2F42429210&qo=2 Jauhmø script] is also still used for formal documentation. | |||
==Basics== | ==Basics== | ||