Storvani language

Storvani
Strovan, Storvanic, Storvanese
Storvanƈī
Ethnic flag of Storvans
Pronunciation	/stɔrvanʧɪː/
Native to	Zhousheng Storvan Autonomy Southern district
Region	Storvan island
Ethnicity	Storvani Imperial settlers
Native speakers	L1: ~470,000 L2: ~470,000 FL: <80,000
Language family	Thuado-Thrismaran Zarav-Slavic Slavic Kento-Polyash Mustelarian subgroup Storvani
Early form	Odluchian Ⲟⲇⲗⲩϭⲓⲛⲁ (Odluchian) ⲟⲇⲗⲩϭϣⲥⲕⲓ (Mustelarian) Odɫuƈinaƈī (Storvani) Odluчina (Zhoushi)
Official status
Official language in	Zhousheng Storvan Autonomy
Recognised minority language in	Zhousheng Sekidean Union
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ST
ISO 639-2	STO
ISO 639-3	STO
File:StorvaniLangMap.png Distribution of the language   Absolute majority   >30% of native speakers

The Storvani language is a Slavic-Bornese macaronic language out of Kento-Polyash language group, which is one of the official languages of Storvan Autonomy in Zhousheng.

Alphabet

A a /a/	Ā ā /aː/	B b /b/	C c /t͡s/	Ƈ ƈ /t͡ʃ/	D d /d/	Ɗ ɗ /ɟ/	E e /ɛ/	Ē ē /ɛː/	F f /f/	G g /g/
H h /ɦ ~ h/	Ȝ ȝ /x/	I i /i/	Ī ī /iː/	J j /j/	K k /k/	L l /l/	Ɫ ɫ /ʟ ~ w/	M m /m/	N n /n/	Ɲ ꬻ /ɲ/
O o /ɔ/	Ō ō /ɔː/	P p /p/	Q q /q/	R r /r/	Ɽ ꭉ /ʀ/	S s ſ /s/	Ȿ ȿ ᶘ /ʃ/	Ә ә /ə/	Ә̄ ә̄ /əː/	T t /t/
Ƭ ƭ /c/	U u /u/	Ū ū /uː/	V v /v/	Ƿ ƿ /w ~ ʋ/	X x /ks/	Y y /ɪ/	Ȳ ȳ /ɪː/	Z z /z/	Ɀ ɀ /ʒ/

Detailed table

Official version			Zhoushi version		Protopolyash version	IPA Symbol	Example of a common word with the sound
1	A a		A a		Ⲁ ⲁ	/a/	After
2	Ā ā		⨇ ⩕	Ꜳ ꜳ		/aː/
3	B b		B b		Ⲃ ⲃ	/b/	Label
4	C c		C c		Ϭ ϭ	/ʦ/	Its
5	Ƈ ƈ		Ч ч		ϬⲌ ϭⲍ	/ʧ/	Check
6	D d		D d		Ⲇ ⲇ	/d/	Done
7	Ɗ ɗ		Đ đ		Ϫ ϫ	/ɟ/	Voiced palatal plosive (not in common)
8	E e		E e		Ⲉ ⲉ	/ɛ/	Bed (General American accent)
9	Ē ē		Ѥ ѥ			/ɛː/
10	F f		F f		Ⲫ ⲫ	/f/	Fine
11	G g		G g		Ⲅ ⲅ	/g/	Game
12	H h		H h		Ϩ ϩ	/ɦ/ /h/	Hello
13	Ȝ ȝ		Ȝ ȝ		Ⲭ ⲭ	/x/	Voiceless velar fricative (not in common)
14	I i		I i		Ⲓ ⲓ	/i/	Free
15	Ī ī		Ꝩ ꝩ			/iː/
16	J j		J j			/j/	You
17	K k		K k		Ⲕ ⲕ	/k/	Key
18	L l		L l		Ⲗ ⲗ	/l/	Later
19	Ɫ ɫ		Λ λ		Ⲗ' ⲗ'	/ʟ/	Middle
20	M m		M m		Ⲙ ⲙ	/m/	Mother
21	N n		N n		Ⲛ ⲛ	/n/	Month
22	Ɲ ꬻ		Ƞ ƞ		Ⲛ' ⲛ'	/ɲ/	New
23	O o		O o		Ⲟ ⲟ	/ɔ/	Not
24	Ō ō		Ꝏ ꝏ			/ɔː/
25	P p		P p		Ⲡ ⲡ	/p/	Play
26	Q q		Q q		ⲔⲪ ⲕⲫ	/k͡v/	A bigram of /k/ and /v/, for example in Question
27	R r		R r		Ⲣ ⲣ	/r/	Bright
28	Ɽ ꭉ		Ԗ ԗ		Ⲣ' ⲣ'	/ʀ/	Red
29	S s ſ		S s		Ⲥ ⲥ	/s/	Surprise
30	Ȿ ȿ ᶘ		Ш ш		Ϣ ϣ	/ʃ/	Show
31	Ә ә		Ә ә		Ⲱ ⲱ	/ə/	Bird
32	Ә̄ ә̄		Ɛ ɛ			/əː/
33	T t		T t		Ⲧ ⲧ	/t/	Time
34	Ƭ ƭ		Ꞇ ꞇ		Ϯ ϯ	/c/	Voiceless palatal plosive (not in common)
35	U u		U u		Ⲩ ⲩ	/u/	Boot
36	Ū ū		Ɯ ɯ			/uː/
37	V v		V v		Ⲯ ⲯ	/v/	Valve
38	Ƿ ƿ	W w	Ƿ ƿ	W w	Ⲫ ⲫ	/w/ /ʋ/	Weep
39	X x		X x		Ⲝ ⲝ	/k͡s/	A bigram of /k/ and /s/, for example in Maximal
40	Y y		Y y		Ⲩ ⲩ	/ɨ/	Lip (London accent)
41	Ȳ ȳ		У ү			/ɨː/
42	Z z		Z z		Ⲍ ⲍ	/z/	Zoo
43	Ɀ ɀ		З з		ⲌϢ ⲍϣ	/ʒ/	Pleasure

Short and long S, Ȿ

S s ſ
S s ſ

Ȿ ȿ ᶘ
Ȿ ȿ ᶘ

Letters S and Ȿ have a two miniscule versions, the short (s, ȿ) and the long (ſ, ᶘ). The rules on the usage of the versions are:

• Short version is used before a vowel: Әsa, Ȿedȳ
• Short version is used on the end of the word: Los, Kuȿ
• Long version is used before a consonant: Radoſƭ, Moᶘƭ
• If the consonant is syllabic, short version is used: Slza, Ȿlk
• In case the /s/ or /ʃ/ sound is syllabic, long version is used: Pſt, Pᶘt