Posadi: Difference between revisions
Posadastan (talk | contribs) (→Glides) |
Posadastan (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
| sign = | | sign = | ||
| posteriori = | | posteriori = | ||
| nation = [[File:Posadist | | nation = [[File:Posadist flag4.png|25px|frameless]][[Posadastan]] | ||
| minority = | | minority = | ||
| agency = IPCL | | agency = IPCL | ||
| Line 176: | Line 176: | ||
Posadi maintains 3 different glide consonants: {{IPA link|j}}, {{IPA link|w}} and {{IPA link|ɥ}}. Each one can occur alone as a singular consonant, but they also occur on the offset of other consonants. The glides are sometimes analyzed not as independent phonemes, but as consonantal allophones of the high vowels: [i̯, u̯, y̯ respectively]. A consonant-glide combination at the start of a syllable is articulated as a single sound – the glide is not in fact pronounced after the consonant, but is realized as palatalization [ʲ], labialization [ʷ], or a labio-palatalization [ᶣ], of the consonant. The same modifications of initial consonants occur in syllables where they are traditionally followed by a high vowel, although normally no glide is considered to be present there. Hence a consonant is generally palatalized [ʲ] when followed by /i/, labialized [ʷ] when followed by /u/, and both [ᶣ] when followed by /y/, all only when the traditional vowel is immediately followed by another vowel. | Posadi maintains 3 different glide consonants: {{IPA link|j}}, {{IPA link|w}} and {{IPA link|ɥ}}. Each one can occur alone as a singular consonant, but they also occur on the offset of other consonants. The glides are sometimes analyzed not as independent phonemes, but as consonantal allophones of the high vowels: [i̯, u̯, y̯ respectively]. A consonant-glide combination at the start of a syllable is articulated as a single sound – the glide is not in fact pronounced after the consonant, but is realized as palatalization [ʲ], labialization [ʷ], or a labio-palatalization [ᶣ], of the consonant. The same modifications of initial consonants occur in syllables where they are traditionally followed by a high vowel, although normally no glide is considered to be present there. Hence a consonant is generally palatalized [ʲ] when followed by /i/, labialized [ʷ] when followed by /u/, and both [ᶣ] when followed by /y/, all only when the traditional vowel is immediately followed by another vowel. | ||
===Vowels | ===Vowels=== | ||
=Words= | =Words= | ||
Latest revision as of 23:13, 27 January 2024
| Posadi | |
|---|---|
| Amonian | |
| (Ψοcαδι) | |
| Pronunciation | /posadi/ |
| Native to | Posadastan |
| Region | East Elisia |
Native speakers | ~45 million |
Isolate | |
Early form | Proto-Posadi
|
| Dialects |
|
| Greek | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Posadastan |
| Regulated by | IPCL |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
History
Classification
Posadi is classified as a linguistic isolate, though it borrows a fair bit of its vocabulary from nearby Okchon lnaguages.
Distribution
The Posadi language is found almost exclusively within the borders of Posadastan; however, many Posadi individuals and expat communities abroad maintain various forms of it.
Dialects
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | q | ʔ | ||||||
| Fricative | f | β | s | z | ʂ | ɕ | ʑ | x~χ | ɣ~ʁ | h | ||||
| Affricates | pf | t͡s | d͡z | ʈʂ | t͡ɕ | d͡ʑ | qχ | |||||||
| Approximates | l | ʐ~ɻ | j | w | ||||||||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ʀ | ||||||||||||
Glides
Posadi maintains 3 different glide consonants: j, w and ɥ. Each one can occur alone as a singular consonant, but they also occur on the offset of other consonants. The glides are sometimes analyzed not as independent phonemes, but as consonantal allophones of the high vowels: [i̯, u̯, y̯ respectively]. A consonant-glide combination at the start of a syllable is articulated as a single sound – the glide is not in fact pronounced after the consonant, but is realized as palatalization [ʲ], labialization [ʷ], or a labio-palatalization [ᶣ], of the consonant. The same modifications of initial consonants occur in syllables where they are traditionally followed by a high vowel, although normally no glide is considered to be present there. Hence a consonant is generally palatalized [ʲ] when followed by /i/, labialized [ʷ] when followed by /u/, and both [ᶣ] when followed by /y/, all only when the traditional vowel is immediately followed by another vowel.