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| Pronunciation | [/ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/] |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Dodellic
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Shalian (Šel hamśaųfý /ʃɛl hamɕəʏ̃ˈfiː/) is a Dodellic language spoken in Cualuav. It is the sole descendant of Old Shalian. Its aesthetics is inspired by Lithuanian, Estuary English, and the Semitic conlang Alashian.
card /tsaʋd/ = moon, month; cord /tsuːʋd/ = your armor
Diachronics
- R-intrusion is retained within words but disappears across word boundaries.
- tʲ dʲ sʲ nʲ lʲ > ts z s ɲ l
- l > l/w
- w > v unless geminated
- ā > oː > uː ⟨o⟩
- ħ > ʀ
- ʕ > h
- ʔ is retained within words but disappears initially.
- nC > CC (> Cʰ)
- plosives spirantize before a consonant
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Radical | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | palatalized | |||||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nı /nʲ/ | [ŋ] | ||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | t /t/ | tı /tʲ/ | ch /tʃ/ | k /k/ | ' /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dı /dʲ/ | j /dʒ/ | ||||||
| Fricative | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | sı /sʲ/ | sh /ʃ/ | kh /x/ | x /ħ/ | h /h/ | ||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l~ɫ/ | lı /lʲ/ | r /ɹ~ɾ/ | y /j/ | c /ʕ/ | ||||
Vowels
Shalian has many vowels.
a ā e ē ė i y o u ū ai ei ou ao eo io ouo uo a aː ɛ æː eː ɪ iː uː ʏ yː ɒɪ æɪ əʏ ɑʊ æʊ ɪʊ ɔʊ ʏʊ
Nasal vowels: ą ę ę̇ į ǫ ų aį eį oų ãː æ̃ː ẽː ĩː ũː ỹː ɒĩ æɪ̃ əʏ̃
Grammar
Possessive suffixes: hamśaųfuł, hamśaųft, hamśaųfý, hamśaųfē, hamśaųfřo, hamśaųfáfa
-aųf = abstract noun